Category: Varia
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Dog Shoots Man
What the hell's going on in Florida? The other day an oven shot a woman, and now a dog has shot a man, with an 'unloaded' gun no less. Tragedies like these show the need for Dog Control. Members of the Dog Lobby such as Duane LaRufus of the National Hound Association will scream in protest,…
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Woman Shot By Oven
She didn't know a friend stored his ammo there. Will liberals call for oven control? Or perhaps demand that ovens come with warning labels: Do not store ammunition in ovens! Or perhaps: Remove all ammo, fuels, cats and babies before preheating! Is there anything so stupid that some liberal won't jump to embrace it? That last…
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Snow Here Now
But it is a very wet snow that does not survive its contact with the ground. A nasty cold front has arrived from the Left Coast. Can we blame this on libruls too? Snow had the Grapevine closed for a spell. And that puts me in mind of Johnny Bond, 1960, Hot Rod Lincoln: We…
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On Light
Today I preach on a text from Joseph Joubert: Light. It is a fire that does not burn. (Notebooks, 21) Just as the eyes are the most spiritual of the bodily organs, light is the most spiritual of physical phenomena. And there is no light like the lambent light of the desert. The low…
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12/12/12
Numerology is buncombe.
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How To Be a Curmudgeon
The Constructive Curmudgeon waxes instructive: 1. Care about truth.2. Care about grammar.3. Care about eloquence in speaking. 4. Develop refined tastes in everything you can.5. Develop a masterful BS detector.6. Speak truths that no one else will, but which need to be heard.7. Never flatter.8. Don't sell character for success.9. Be skeptical of whatever "the…
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Why is the Gore Lane So-Called?
See the triangle-like piece of roadway where the routes diverge? That's called the gore lane. Gore lanes are also found near on ramps and exit ramps. Driving across such a lane is a moving violation. The gore lane is not, strictly, a lane, nor is it named after Al Bore Gore. This scintillating topic came up in conversation with…
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Imagine No ‘Imagine’
Imagine no 'Imagine'It's easy if you tryNo more lefty lyricsAbove us only sky. You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope some day you'll join usAnd Lennon's song'll go unsung.
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Farrell in Flagstaff
It was my pleasure to meet science writer and long-time reader and friend of MavPhil, John Farrell, in Flagstaff Friday evening. He was in town for a conference on the origins of the expanding universe, as he reports in Forbes here. Flag is a lovely dorf sitting at 7,000 feet amongst the pines and…
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Apology to a Fly
I regret having to kill you, but one of my thoughts is worth more than your entire life. "But if the fly could speak, he would most assuredly disagree with your value assessment." If the fly could speak, then I would consider him a spiritual being and accord him the respect I accord myself.
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Still Irish After All These Years
I met a man on Sunday who, after introducing himself, remarked that he was Irish-Catholic. "And I'm still Irish," he continued.
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Four Dead in Ohio
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the shootings at Kent State in 1970. Here is what happened. Here is Neil Young's song performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young about the events of the day.
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Cat and Mouse
Introducing to the worldwide readership of MavPhil, Manny K. Black, the brother and litter mate of Max Black who will be making his debut later:
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A Good Example is the Best Sermon
I read the above-captioned message on a sign in front of a church. I doubt that the pastor coined it. It is a watered-down variation on a line most likely passed on to him by his teachers. Three questions. What was the original saying? Who was its famous author? Where did he or she say…
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April 30th, 1945, Berlin
Why did Hitler commit suicide on this day in his bunker in Berlin in 1945? One reason was that he didn't want to end up like Mussolini and his girlfriend. I was in Hitler's suicide bunker. Despite the attempts on Hitler's life, in particular Claus von Stauffenberg's of July 1944, the Leader of the 1000…