Emperor Snapper

There were "oleo wars". People went to prison for smuggling margarine

Incredible photo choice here.

A screenshot of a humorous reply I made to a post about a hedgehog. My reply, "They should have realized that the hedgehog only knows one big thing" is a reference to a poetic fragment written by the early Greek iambic poet Archilochus, who famously wrote "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." In the 1950's a philosopher named Isaiah Berlin wrote an essay that used this as way to classify various thinkers into "foxes" and "hedgehogs"

That there are, apparently, at least 10 people out there who appreciated a reference to the ancient Greek mercenary/poet Archilochus is an encouraging sign for this site.

They should have realized that the hedgehog only knows one big thing.

Hillier's major work, however, is the authorised biography of Sir John Betjeman. It took him 28 years to research and write, and was published by John Murray in three volumes (1988, 2002 and 2004). A one-volume abridgement was published in 2006 for Betjeman's centenary.

In August 2006, Wilson's biography of Sir John Betjeman was published. It was then discovered that he had been the victim of a hoax perpetrated by Betjeman's disgruntled biographer Bevis Hillier. Wilson had included in the book a letter (to Anglo-Irish writer Honor Tracy), purportedly by Betjeman, detailing a previously unknown love affair. Wilson acknowledged the letter to be a fiction when it was pointed out that it contained an acrostic spelling out an insulting message to him: "AN Wilson is a shit". 81191

Betjeman letter hoax (edit ] In August 2006 a rival biography of Betjeman was published by A. N. Wilson. It was later discovered to contain a hoax letter, purportedly by Betjeman, but actually containing an acrostic insulting Wilson. The letter had been sent to Wilson by "Eve de Harben", an anagram of "Ever been had?", and the first letters of each sentence, beginning with the second sentence, spelled out the message "A. N. Wilson is a shit." Hillier was an immediate suspect for the literary forgery: the Sunday Times article revealing the hoax was accompanied by a prominent picture of Hillier and noted that an envelope containing a letter supposedly from de Harben to the newspaper had been bought in Winchester, his home town. 5l Hillier initially denied responsibility, but soon admitted that he had written the letter. He explained that he had been angered by Wilson's negative review of the second volume of his biography of Betjeman, and by pre-publication publicity for Wilson's own biography.[6]

the letter

reading about this petty and wildly undignified beef between rival biographers of poet laureate John Betjeman

They are almost exactly the same age (as rookies) too. Mind you, the offensive environment is much different now, but still.

Culturally Buffalo is part of Canada. They listen to the Tragically Hip, speak with an accent and haven't won a Stanley Cup.

It is really mind boggling how the top 20 or so Presidential scandals of all time are Trump's. Teapot Dome is just a Tuesday for these folks.

I am in touch with no one from high school, although a few months back a coworker told me we'd been in the same 1st grade class, hundreds of miles away. My wife has a group of friends she's known since kindergarten.

I used to work across the state line with people who lived in a truly terrible, crime-ridden neighborhood. But when they found out I lived on the other side of the line, in a city with black people in it, they were amazed I was even alive.

My high school is pretty boring - most famous grads are 2 MLB and 3 NFL players, none stars. My Dad's has an amazing list- Jerry Bruckheimer, Jemele Hill, Gilda Radner, and stock fraudster Ivan Boesky, who actually went to school w my dad.

As with most things, several of those items can either be delicious or terrible depending on method of preparation, but my only hard no would be black licorice, which is Satan's candy.

Last year, he used the word "motherfucker" in his written statement arguing against discipline for using foul language to a coworker.

I received a notice for a disciplinary hearing for an employee who is accused of using foul language. Name seemed familiar, so I checked & last year I recommended termination for using foul language and physically fighting with a supervisor. I guess someone wiser than me overruled the termination.

The Piven Experience

Imagine if they only sold one ticket to this thing

I'm waiting for someone in the admin to use "parental rights" to defend Lutnick for bringing his kids to the child sex trafficking island.

Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......

Me, every time autocorrect tries to change my words into meaningless slop.

An all-time classic, the day Reggie Miller got thrown out of a game for being punched in the face by Michael Jordan. Now we can all sympathize with wanting to punch Reggie Miller, but still...

Tonight was almost the night that Miles Bridges' bullshit caught up with him

Miles Bridges is really lucky there was a crowd there between him and Stewart.

No, Cris, it isn't "ironic" that Christian Gonzalez has perhaps been the best player on the field. He's an All-Pro.

I think Bad Bunny has had the ball more than the Patriots offense tonight

What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? Anton Chigurh here for FanDuel,

YouTube video by Luck Films Willie Nelson - "Superman"

Mood during my long run today
youtu.be/Tb516Mn3ZxA?...

Rodrigo, a brown tabby cat, maybe 8 or 9 years old, sitting on the floor near two blue wooden chairs. We adopted him last year, and he is still pretty skittish, but we have come to a chair-sharing accord: He sits in my favorite easy chair when I am not around. When I enter the room, he vacates it, but if I sit too long he comes in the room, sits down behind me on the floor, and stares a hole in me until I give the chair back.

So today I brought out the broom to sweep and Rodrigo freaked out and bolted, so now I'm thinking someone might have beaten him with a broom in his old life. Poor little guy

Van Buren is a tough one, because he was (even for his time) pretty miserable towards Native Americans, but he also evolved into a legit abolitionist during his career, and even early on was out of step with his party on slavery.

He finally quit? That story was first reported months ago. I assumed he had immediately resigned in disgrace.

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

A screenshot of a Connections puzzle. This is supposed to be a word game, but today all the entries are fucking symbols and dots. I don't even know what the fuck this is. They look like dice or a child's calculator. Someone was clearly really fucking bored.

Fuck you, Connections