Monthly Archives: June 2014

Odd Thought on Portmanteaus

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OddThoughtsI was going to write a crabby letter but I ran out of crustacionery.

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We’re all like Game of Thrones now

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To be fair, the Washington Post piece is actually about all the bad analogies to Game of Thrones. Check it out for a good chuckle!

BRACE YOURSELF

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Odd Thought on Inventions

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OddThoughtsNicéphore Niépce: I’ve invented something wonderful!

Friend: Photos, or it didn’t happen…

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Odd Thought on Fire Protection

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OddThoughtsI was walking through a home improvement store the other day and saw a sign that read: “SMOKE ALARMS”

 

And, I thought, “Yes, it tends to.”

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Odd Thought on Funerals

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OddThoughtsWhen the oldest tailor in the country died, the other tailors dedicated the day of his funeral to offering free measurement services for the poor.

It was a fitting tribute.

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Visual Poetry – That Key Love

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Category: Poetry

Odd Thought on Hearths

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OddThoughtsThe log had been waiting in the woodpile for months.

When he finally made it to the fireplace, he was stoked!

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Metro forward, one routine maintenance task at a time

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This snarky image of mine was recently featured on UNSUCK DC METRO‘s Facebook page. (For more of my commentary on the DC transit system, check out my Design page.)

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Category: Design

Odd Thought on Trans-Atlantic Spelling

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OddThoughtsIs “arsenal” as funny in the UK as “assassin” is in the US?

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Let’s kill the Boromir meme!

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Category: Fiction