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or “I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw up on him.”

Please send me your phrase terns. I’d like to feather my nest.

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their cousins, the plentiful puns and adroit malapropisms. They prey on hackneyed collections of words, twisting them to delicious morsels to make our world both more absurd and digestible.

Examples pertaining to our current leader this week might include “pomp and circumstantial evidence,”

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Phrase terns.

They gather amongst the C birds, a cacophony coming from the crap-covered crags of cove, so much like the words in which we struggle not to drown.

But phrase terns, or birds of a Father, as I call them (given the proximity to Dad jokes), have markings and habits different from

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In Canada, where airport restroom placards have Braille in both English and French.

This assumes students have mastered the art of handwriting.

When I applied to Swathmore College in the early 80s, they judged penmanship, insisting you write an essay in your own hand.

I heard someone traced the outline of their hand and scrawled their prose in its confines.

GC grows best with high CO2. As a med student at Boston City, we used candle jars well into the ‘80s. The candle uses up the oxygen then flickers out, leaving CO2.

A resident once complained someone was maliciously blowing out her candles. She was given a “Guaiac Award” at the annual roast.

Radicchiohead

Can’t compete with Ken’s cocktails!

Fun course. Recommend to every wine lover!

Wow. Bang a gong!

Just did this. What subheading is most effective? I listed health worker.

Loved the episode, very timely.

Costco makes a Kirkland brand Chateauneuf-du-Pape that is a great value!

We pair it with beef stew dishes and flank steak but it also goes great with hard cheeses like Comte.

It ages well. We buy a few bottles every year to store & enjoy five years later.

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But in the long run, Journalism beats Sovereignty every time.

I’m tempted every time I pay my dry cleaning bill.

I’m seriously old school.

Still wear dress shoes, white coat, dress pants. Only change into scrubs when I’m in the OR for a bronch.

I did give up wearing a tie during COVID.

I’d like to report $100K in cash stolen from my wallet. That should zero out my tax obligations for a while.

We all had great aspirations for the future.

Seriously, consider treating empirically for GERD. See if it helps.

Want to destroy every free standing children’s hospital in the country?

Simple. Just cut Medicaid by 33%.

Good to vent about it.

A few minutes later, Air-a-gone.

But he was cruisin’ for a bruising.

It was cold blooded.

I was always a Tanqueray guy but now appreciate Hendrick’s.

Cool. What’s your go to gin?

This year for Passover we skipped the Manischevitz when making our Charoset.

Inexpensive Tawny Port really made it pop.

And the symbolic mortar got Costco DEI points, so there’s that!

I hear goat cheese and my mind goes first to a Sauvignon Blanc pairing.

But I’m guessing the fig jam is the dominant flavor, so I’d propose a glass of Amarone. It’s powerful, acidic and slightly raisinated, which would stand up to the fat in the pork.

Lots of films shot in Atlanta, but I’ll stick to the “Baby” theme.

Right next to the Japanese garden is the International Test Rose site, where they honor new hybrids of roses from around the world.

They’re all meme stocks now.

As I write this, Gap and Lululemon are both up based on a Trump post he might reduce tariffs on Vietnam.

No sane trader can determine the true value of any company when policy shifts with the president’s whims.

We have nothing to trade on but vibes.

The Gap and Lululemon are both up based on Trump saying he might remove tariffs on Vietnam.

They’re all meme stocks now.