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Don’t Like / Do Like
Here are two things that I do not like: The fact that, when I see two houseflies buzzing around, tangled together, humping each other, I start to feel kinda lonely. Seeing posters on every other lamp post, reading LOST DOG, $250 reward. The kids, especially, want her back. She is sick and needs medication. These…
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The Sacred Mushroom
OK this is long, but worth watching. It’s a show called One Step Beyond, from 1961, about psychedelic mushrooms (i.e., magic mushrooms) and whether or not they enhance ESP. There are so many fascinating / hilarious things about this video. The way they talk funny (“a man was shot!”… “and shot AT!”); the host himself…
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Bell, Bring Back Beavers
Have you seen this new Bell Canada ad? The father asks the ugly teen kid where the laptop is. He says he checked email in his room, played video games in the living room, and watched videos on the deck with it. The dad immediately becomes uncomfortable; “don’t tell me,” he says. The bathroom. I…
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