First Post: Friday, March 3, 2017

Not big Grateful Dead fans, probably owing to all the young Reaganites at L’ville in the early-to-mid-1980s enjoying them so much but not really having the hippie ethos/bona fides to back it up — even back then the smell-test and dreck-detector were working OK! Oh, well. Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, March 2, 2017

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Dianthus

To the Rust Belt & Bible Belt & Beltway, a shot of color to brighten and enliven your otherwise dull, drab and pasty-pale existence. Enjoy! Continue reading →

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First Post: Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Everything’s better when you read off the Autocue (read: TelePrompTer). Still, we have no hesitation calling the current leader by the nickname ‘Pres. Very-Optional Adverb-Adjective.’ He likes the word ‘very’ very much. He also likes adverbs and adjectives after that. This is counter to the sturdy advice of Strunk & White, who remind us that, paraphrasing here, ‘nouns and verbs do the heavy lifting’. We’ll see. However, this speech was good since it was mainly recited off the Autocue/TelePrompTer. Thank you. Good work. Autocue/TelePrompTer is your friend if you have trouble with nouns and verbs doing the heavy lifting. Oblahblah: master of reading off the Autocue/TelePrompTer. Also, some say he was born in Kenya. How are those private investigators in Hawaii doing these days? Did they come up with the dirt? Or did they move on to the Central Park Five now? Inquiring minds want to know! However, if the current leader by the nickname ‘Pres. Very-Optional Adverb-Adjective’ wants to do more recitation off the Autocue/TelePrompTer, we should all be grateful to him and all those private investigators doing the heavy lifting in Hawaii and in Central Park. Good work. Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Happy [Fill-in-the-Blank] Mardi Gras! Edition

Walk down to the K&B (‘one on every corner!’) and pick up a suitcase of Dixie. Throw me sumthin’, Mistah! Pete Fountain lives forever! Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, February 26, 2017

‘Range-rovin’ with the cinema stars…’ Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, February 25, 2017

For All The President’s Women (Except Omarosa Manigault). They give yellow- and white-yellow-haired people everywhere a bad rep. Continue reading →

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First Post: Friday, February 24, 2017

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More colorful than Bannon, Miller, Spencer…

Speaking of those mopes, if Bannon = Va. Poly, and Miller = Dookie, and Spencer = UVa. Ergo, ACC = All-Caucasian Caucus. Ugh. Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, February 23, 2017

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A lymon?

Yeah, boys. The Left Coast has got it on lock. Nothing like being in your shirtsleeves in February and plucking some citrus off a tree in your backyard. Yeah, boys. Meantime, how’s things going on in the Rust Belt & Bible Belt right about now? But, pray tell, is the fruit in the snap a lemon or a lime? Inquiring minds want to know! Continue reading →

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First Post: Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Hey! How’s it going over there? How’s your cemeteries? Safe from vandals and other highly civilized and evolved Caucasians, etc.? Well, that’s good! Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Borderland Edition

‘I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico, the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures.’ Continue reading →

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