Friday Ephemera (798)
“Is that a pile of bird shit?” and other pressing questions. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || Yes, but can you do it with bees attacking you? || The bollards of Islington, 1976. || How to clean your marmot. || Two half-hours of Hancock, 1961. || Oddly, I’m not getting a sense of goodwill. || Cloudflare error page generator. E.g., “Host on fire.” || Curious snow formations. || Shoe-related emotional rollercoaster. || Today’s word is ladylike. || That’s exactly how I would’ve done it. || Attention, all amorous ladies, he goes full speed. || I see the parenting is going well. || The progressive retail experience, parts 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693 and 694. || Predating the pyramids by 8,000 years. || Touchscreen safety measure. || Tilt-shift farming. || And finally, I’ve been assured this is exactly like the real thing.
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I could joke that I’d be perfectly safe opening a bookstore in a black neighborhood, except that while I wouldn’t have many shoplifters I would still experience armed robbery and arson.
John Derbyshire said nothing wrong.™
The progressive
retailgovernment experience, part one million.You know you’ve strayed when even David Sideris thinks you’re nuts.
The progressive fitness club experience.
From the comments:
There you go with the N-words.
We live in a world where parody and reality converge.
That seems a bit tongue-in-cheek.