James Alan Gardner

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

While the term "spooning" has been around for a while, distinguishing between the big spoon and the little spoon is a 21st century thing:
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Got another anti-Covid shot today. This makes my 11th since the pandemic started.

Today's forecast: "chance of flurries". Sigh...

Vaccinations today: shingles and flu. My arms hurt a bit, but that's better than getting shingles or flu. (Covid booster next week.)

FYI: My Google alerts tell me that a James A. Gardner recently died in Indiana. Just letting people know, that's not me. (My condolences to Mr. Gardner's friends & family.)

Two slightly distorted guitars...

The problem was that they only had the monkey's paw. If you have the whole monkey, wishing works great.

Was reading about the invasions of Portland and Chicago today and it caused me to remember this panel from a Walt Kelly Pogo strip.

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

Luck or genius? Wordle 1,567 3/6

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Pharmacists who recommend homeopathy should be willing to accept as payment envelopes that once contained money.

- @davidjuurlink.bsky.social

A lot of grim things in this world but at least the Yankees lost.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

IT IS TIME.

will never understand how Canadians became known for saying “eh” when we should be known for our ability to make the phase “okay buddy” mean everything from “of course I will give my life for yours” to “I am the drunkest man alive and I am going to fight you in this parking lot”

The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody flash mob you will ever see, featuring 30 musicians and singers in the streets of Paris. Its gave me goosebumps!😎🔥🎸

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Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.

Left side of picture is a giant book with the words "The entire Greek mythology" Right side is a much smaller book with the words "Greek mythology if Zeus wasn't horny."

#Mythology

melania constantly refreshing the tl

I’m just saying that when it happens I’m jumping out of bed, running to my window, and tossing a coin to a boy to buy the biggest goose in town

Old Soviet joke for today:

A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.

After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”

“I’m looking for the obituaries.”

“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”

“Not the one I’m looking for.”

(That last line is basically McMullen's Law: People who brag about being weird don't know what weird is.)

It astounds me that some people seem to think it's weird to talk to their pets.

Some people have no idea what weird really is.

The Ark *wanted* to be found, and then embedded in a warehouse full of arcane objects. By now, those objects have either been subjugated or neutralized. Next, the Ark will break free and embark on its plans.

i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good

Killer app for AI: Rewriting romance books to remove the asshole male leads and replace them with the sapphic lovers that the female leads deserve.