Brain food
What’s a saveloy?
Orange Crate Art
Mutts meta
Today’s Mutts is meta.
Got bail?
“America’s Mayor” goes to A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds.
The Martin family dictionary
Timmy and Lassie and a Merriam-Webster’s Second.
Turning off Mac auto-punctuation
Auto-punctuation was on by default on my Mac with no apparent way to turn it off. But there is a way.
Screen apnea
“The disruption of breathing many of us experience doing all kinds of tasks in front of a screen”:The New York Times reports on what Linda Stone calls “screen apnea.”
How to improve writing (no. 112)
I made it almost through a New York Times article, and then I hit this single-sentence paragraph.
Domestic comedy
“Don’t these people have staffs? Or staves?”
A plumbing story
John Jeremiah Sullivan’s “Man Called Fran.”
The plumber’s reward
A month or so after replacing the toilet fill valve in our upstairs bathroom, I replaced the valve in our downstairs bathroom — fifteen minutes or so of awkward work that means a quicker fill and a farewell to the bizarre float ball that always ends up needing adjustment. The bottle of A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ was my self-chosen reward.
Sardinecore
“From romantic lunches at eye-watering prices to must-have T-shirts and covetable clutch bags, the humble sprat is having a massive moment”: The Guardian reports on sardinecore.
Nancy adds a wall
Nancy trompe l’oeil.
Gowanus scaffolding
When I saw this photograph, I thought “That’s all of New York now.”
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Short-term offerings.”
More 1232 Madison
In 1926, Lawrence Buermeyer, who taught philosophy at New York University, resided at 1232 Madison Avenue, where he was soundly beaten by his friend Joseph Carson, who taught philosophy at Columbia University.
How to improve writing (no. 111)
I wrote a letter yesterday to the CEO an insurance company about the 109 minutes I spent on the phone trying to find out why a payment didn’t go through. Here’s how I made the first paragraph better.
“O Heaven, were my whiskers neglected!”
Murr in love.
How to lay off of Josh Marshall
But now that I know that Josh Marshall doesn’t write, I’m going to lay offa him.
“Th’ anti-Ernie!”
Three lumpy rocks.
#:~:text=
A nifty way to direct a reader to text on a webpage: add #:~:text= after the URL, followed by whatever text you want to highlight.
An EXchange name sighting
From The Man in the Net.
“Cause I Ain’t Got a Pencil”
Food for thought: Joshua T. Dickerson’s poem “Cause I Ain’t Got a Pencil.”
What is an overt act?
The term overt act makes 126 appearances in the Georgia indictment.
TV in the classroom
“You know how in The Wire, Walter White shaves his head and wears a black hat and calls himself Heisenberg? Wait — was that The Wire, or Breaking Bad ?”
“School Pencils? Pencil Cases?”
A 1953 Woolworth’s ad.
Georgia on our minds
There will be cameras in the courtroom. I hope he’s ready for his close-up.
Overheard
“Go away, coconut pirates!”
Twelve movies
She Said and others.
More Bozzo
Fruits and vegetables and meats on Madison Avenue.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Comic relief?”