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Bobby Blue Collar: “Greetings, fellow citizen!”
Winifred White Collar: “Good Morrow, Good Sir!”
Bobby Blue Collar: “Perchance, did you partake in the public polling?”
Winifred White Collar: “You mean to select the Democratic nominee for President of these United States of America? How could I not — it is my patriotic duty!”

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I should probably reply to all of those comments left on my last post. It probably won’t win me any friends, but, whatever, I know too many people as it is. If you try to take down your happiness immune systems, then I will try to do the same.
This is the second post […]

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Happy Ash Wednesday or, if you don’t want the partying to stop, happy Mercredi Gras.
There is a long-standing Catholic tradition of ceremoniously rubbing ash on the foreheads of the faithful to remind them that they are all sinners.  In my childhood,

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I’m rather fond of saying that I know something like “the back of my hand.” On occasion, I’ve even been known to say that I know something like “the back of my mother’s hand.”1
It’s a good saying, but, how much do you know about the back of your hand, really? If you were […]

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Daniel M
In theory, Halloween should be the scariest time of the year, but, in theory, Georgia should not beat Florida, Kansas should not beat Nebraska, Navy should not beat Notre Dame, Stanford should not beat USC, an LSU coach should not go to play for another SEC school, and Ohio State should not ever […]

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Daniel M
Wouldn’t it be nice to know the answer to that question?
I try not to give too much credence to any definitions of laughter because I don’t want to limit it. However, I came across an explanation at the start of the summer that I can’t stop thinking about:

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Daniel M
This post is rated AO for language and sexual themes. If you can’t handle that, don’t click on read more, and don’t you dare judge me. If I’m old enough to get drafted and bleed out on foreign soil, I’m old enough to talk about whatever happens to be on my mind.
Let me throw […]

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Daniel M
I’m not going to apologize for not updating this blog in over a week. I’m just going to ramble about how busy I am.
I have fallen victim to a vicious cycle. I devote creative energy to more personal and long-term projects, and then I remember that I have a blog. I’ll […]

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Daniel M
I cut my fingernails outside so that I won’t have to worry about picking them up.
I’m always looking for new ways to do things. It’s not a love of efficiency, and it’s certainly not a desire to make the world a better place. I just want to invent something cool that will make […]

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Daniel M
You know that thing that successful blogs do where they add “How to” at the beginning of any old title to make it more pertinent to you, the reader? Yeah, we’re doing that.
And now, how to curse for charity in seven easy steps.

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