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I had an idea last night.
It was a list I wanted to make. My list became very big, very fast, and at last too big to be anything but absurd.
I eventually devised a solution to my list problem.
To wit, what follows is a brief list of love songs that do NOT remind me of her: -
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Around noon, on the days we found ourselves in the hotel at that hour, housekeeping would come to clean our room. She and I would pull ourselves off the bed, arm in arm out to the hallway, where an open window looked out over the street and let in the heat ( Read more... ) -
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I want so bad to write something about my trip, but I can't think of anything. Or maybe I'm thinking of too much at once... either way, the result is the same ( Read more... ) -
Fun fact for July 1st, 2010
The word "portmanteau," meaning a new word coined by blending two separate words, is itself a portmanteau of "portable" and "catmanteau." "Catmanteau" is itself a portmanteau of "cat" and "portmanteau," and refers to the process of coining new portmanteaux using the word "cat." -
Fun fact for June 25th, 2010
The phrase "let sleeping dogs lie" is actually a reference to Texas congressman Johnny "Sleeping Dog" Collins, who was an early pioneer in political bullshitting. Legend has it that in late 1898, Collins, floundering in a debate in front of Texas voters, panicked and stabbed his opponent to death. He later insisted the incident was taken out of