Highway exits that could be people's names:

Cecil Waugh
Fostoria McComb
Seymour Paddock
Florence Union
Uriah Atmore
Flomaton Wallace
Creola Satsuma
Prichard Citronelle
Theodore Dawes
Moraine Kettering
Anna Minister
Troy Covington
Wapakoneta Uniopolis
Napolean Maumee
Bently Bluffton
Opelika Hurtsboro
Rabun Perdido

Flickr set here.

Day One: We spent a good 20 hours in the van, a 15-passenger monstrosity for a grand total of four people. Only three other students came on the trip. We got into New Orleans at about 4 am local time, and our hotel's front desk didn't open until 7 am. So, we took a brief tour of the city, looking for food. No food, folks, but plenty of liquor. All ( Read more... )

The only thing dumber than a reflexive undergraduate conservative may be the much older non-student longhair trying to hit on her. "Wow, that's, like, really something that, like, I've put a lot of thought into, but you're, so articulate about it ( Read more... )

One, I'm in the computer lab, right, getting linguistics drills from the internet (as after my class's quiz, the whole fucking class just stood outside the classroom and bitched about how everything was going too fast, and everyone was having the same troubles that I was). Anyway, the attendent is talking about how, like, she was watching Roger and ( Read more... )

Man, remember how I was talking about that guy Mike who "inherited some black people," and I gave the WTF ( Read more... )

So, I'm standing at the Williams UMCU ATM, while Amy's getting some cash out and I'm waiting for her to be done. Some guy comes walking by, looking like he's in a pizza delivery uniform or something, and as he gets close, he says, "How's it goin', Beardy ( Read more... )

From The Music Blog:

josh ( Read more... )

Several moderately connected thoughts. First off, there's this MeFi thread which saw me being probably more of an ass than I should have been. But there has been a change in how liberals (and PJ O'Rourke) view the issue of race, and the candor with which we're willing to address it ( Read more... )

IN FRANCE a condom is known as capote Anglaise, or "English cap." A gentleman once went into a French shop, intending to purchase a dark cap, to wear in mourning for his wife, who had recently died. He knew the French word for cap was capote, so he asked for that. Several were shown him, but he wanted one English style, so he asked for a capote ( Read more... )