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Otiose Maundering

Posted on June 28, 2018 by JMN

Dead cat bounce Catch a falling knife Bum luck Egypt Seven large going spare Bespoke zoots Pasta puttanesca War and Peas Puckish truculence Warp speak Aloe, Vera! Circular humanism Caveat empty Flag elation Mass turbation Con stir nation Absolute shun … Continue reading →

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“Monk was the reason…”

Posted on June 25, 2018 by JMN

Monk was the reason I went to work for Barker Tools, what was it, sixty-nine, seventy? He was district manager working out of Kingsville. Hired me as a field rep. You bumped into some squirrely sons-of-britches in the oil patch, … Continue reading →

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The Northernness

Posted on June 25, 2018 by JMN

“If you’re full of beauty and positive things it’s harder for stuff to get to you. Joy is not a luxury that you can tack on when you’ve sorted everything out, joy is how you will sort out your problems… … Continue reading →

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“Laughter is breath…”

Posted on June 25, 2018 by JMN

“Laughter is breath, it alters your being, and it allows you to move on, and keep living.” (Anna Mackmin, quoted by Patrick Barkham in The Guardian) There’s so much to like in the blog world. As one finding his feet … Continue reading →

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Tu me manques, mon fils

Posted on June 23, 2018 by JMN

“Its studied fuzziness, agony glimpsed through clamor, gives this poem its knife edge.” (Unremembered) Bush Doctrine // Hung Foo Testes Titan // E-wrecked Titty Tyrant // Testosterone Tank Cmen-130 // Sperm Gun Callous Phallus // Erectile Projectile Headache Balls // … Continue reading →

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Jejune Maundering

Posted on June 23, 2018 by JMN

What’s right? I was braised Raptist. Dawder, fetch me some wadder. Of core snot Flying butt tresses I’ve herded all now. Ready! Fire! Claim! Diddle Dawdle & Dodge, LLC Salience is golden. Naughty pine Bête blanche Procrastinator Anticrastinator Horse d’oovers … Continue reading →

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Autocorrect Zen

Posted on June 23, 2018 by JMN

Type the following without cursing: (1) Ride with the tide and go with the flow. Rade wath tha tade and ga wath tha flaw. Rede weth the tede end ge weth the flew. Ride with thi tide ind gi with … Continue reading →

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“When did you stop beating your wife?”

Posted on June 20, 2018 by JMN

“Through his mysterious and appealing lectures, they were guided away from the cold sobriety of genuine knowledge into the picturesque realms of pseudoscience….” (Grete de Francesco, “The Power of the Charlatan,” quoted by John Ganz in an opinion piece in … Continue reading →

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Fun With Glue Gun

Posted on June 13, 2018 by JMN

[From the Manual] “Prohibited in flammable and explosive occasions.” “Do not touch the glue gun and glue bar when working.” “It is forbidden to pull the glue strip out of the tail of the glue gun.” “The glue gun is … Continue reading →

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Tweet in haste, repent at leisure

Posted on June 13, 2018 by JMN

Once I excerpted the following from a New Yorker article and flagged it in a tweet: “The Odd Future charge has been led by…Tyler Okonma, known as Tyler, the Creator… Hodgy Beats, a diminutive, quick-tempered rapper,… is half of the … Continue reading →

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