2019 archive
QOTD 0
Dorothy Sayers:
They gazed at one another with the faint resentment of two cats at their first meeting.
Sayers, Dorothy, Murder Must Advertise in a double volume with
The Five Red Herrings (New York: Harper and Row, year uncertain), p. 309.
“Brotherhood” 0
Aside:
When I was in college, I had no interest in joining a fraternity.
I could get drunk quite nicely on my own without having to pay dues to do so.
“What Do You Mean, ‘We’?” 0
That’s the punchline of a really terrible joke about the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
It’s also the topic of a recent column by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
You won’t be surprised to learn that, in the mouths of some, “we” is a remarkably exclusive term.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
Celebrate April’s Fools with us.
When: Thursday, April 11, 6 p. m.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your friends.
Hammond , 18, removed the magazine and jokingly pointed the gun at Apisa’s face in the driveway of his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
“Zach stated in the past he and Eric have pointed guns at each other multiple times just to mess around,” police said, according to the publication. “According to Zach the gun just went off.”
Republican Family Values 0
Shorter Dick Polman: Kirstjen Nielsen fired for being insufficiently sadistic.
A Nation of Immigrant Haters 0
A recurring pattern in U. S. history is that some members of each generation of immigrants have tried to close the “golden door” behind them. Donald Trump, a second-generation American, is not unique in this.
He recently ludicrously claimed that “the country is full.” (Really, Donald? Have you been to say for example Montana or New Mexico?)
Field explains that the country is not full, but Donald Trump is full of it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is going to the cats.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout:
Archie Goodwin: “What do you swear on, the Bible?”
Julie Jaquette: “No, some of the men in it are awful, and so are the women.”
Stout, Rex, Death of a Doxy (New York: Bantam, 1995), p. 116.
Working Crass 0
Shorter Atrios: Persons who have never done an honest day’s work in their lives are criticizing AOC because she has.
Aside:
Reworded Monday morning, but the same thought.
Mean for the Sake of Mean 0
Seth and Digby discuss a recent Supreme Court ruling normalizing cruel and unusual punishment.