The absolute best summation of the Matthew Johns controversy I’ve read all week: “It’s the gayest thing ever.” And she means it in the literal sense. HA!
Category: Random Links
Links that I’m reading/watching/listening to/thinking about
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Kriek! Nooo!
Please, oh please don’t let them tax the Kriek even more! It’s my favorite import.
Edited 14/05/2025: Link is dead and not archived.
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Teeth Falling Out
I dreamt last night that my teeth were falling out. The feeling is still with me, so I looked it up this morning. There are numerous interpretations… none of them good.
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Elkhart – too bleak?
Is The Elkhart Project making the city look too bleak? They’re going to start featuring more positive stories. Glad to hear it. The one about the abandoned meth lab houses depressed the hell out of me.
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Dating a Foreigner
Take this essay about dating a foreigner and replace all the references to Frenchmen to Aussies. That’s pretty much my life ‘lo these nine years. (“What do you MEAN you’ve never heard of The Little Rascals? WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM??”)
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Donkey Basketball
Donkey basketball was definitely something that happened in my part of Indiana. Probably still does!
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Cross-species friendships
Do other animals keep pets? This AskMeFi question was fascinating. I made the Snook watch all of those YouTube videos. The one with Koko the gorilla and her kitten All Ball nearly made me cry! I also really liked the elephant with a pet dog.
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Auto-Meme
Auto-Meme Generator. I sent Rodd that link today and he is now literally crying with laughter beside me. I think it’s something you have to be familiar with 4chan to appreciate.
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Nemesis
The Snook just sent me a link to this YouTube video featuring Richie Eisler, who – in addition to being like the 6th best inline skater in the world – also WORKS IN RODD’S OFFICE. Craziness, huh?
Me: “You know how in Unbreakable, Samuel L Jackson’s guy theorizes that because he’s so fragile and vulnerable, there must exist somebody who’s the opposite so that the universe remains balanced? Based on that theory and this film clip, Richie Eisler is therefore my nemesis as far as agility and balance are concerned.”
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Amish Country in the NY Times
Cousin Jenny pointed out in her Twitter feed that our area of Indiana is featured in The New York Times today. Cool! It sounds like the writer is really pushing the “Amish country as tourist destination” angle, which is probably a good thing. With the RV industry in tatters, tourism is one of the last things the area has going for it. I’m amused by the writer’s attempt to describe chicken-and-noodles though. Some kind of “deconstructed pot pie”? *snort*