If they succeed, they should change the name to “North America” just to mess with trumps obsession with the word.

Whenever there is some viral story about some youtube/ticktock celebrity.

Always love idioms from other languages. Had a book called “Idioms Delight” that explored equivalents from several different cultures/languages.

That used to be my drug of choice

Tulsi (Holy Basil): Has just enough anti-anxiety properties to quiet the inner voice that keeps me up at night.

Sugar is great for when I’m sleepy in the afternoon (good strong black licorice is a good complimentary to that, since it seems to keep my blood sugar from dropping in the first place)

Well, ya; not with that attitude

Blow up the mooooon!!!

He should have moved to Idaho; I guess that stuff is ok there. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/idaho-allows-faith-based-medical-neglect-to-kill-children/

Two favorites that I reread several times in my teens/twenties/thirties that I was recently thinking about:

• “Geek Love” by Katherine Dunn

• “At the sign of the naked waiter” by Amy Herrick

Mysterious ways, indeed…

Perfect time to hand out casu martzu

Mom told me that dragonflies would sew my mouth shut.
Was afraid of them until I was at least 6 or so…

The t-shirt on the Future costume should feature a large middle finger…

Philly used to know what to do with robots…
Poor Hitchbot

I keep my cash between the pages of my pocket notebook.

Ah, the classic good guy with a flashlight story.

Spell of toes curling

Friend mentioned that when a similar thing happened at his University, the frats just had “gatherings” instead of “parties” and that was ok with the administration… (probably decades ago, so a slightly different environment)

I think she just made the classic rookie mistake of swallowing a whole rat before the press conference; tail was probably still in her throat.