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The jokes this guy’s had to endure...

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The Giant lady’s voice in self-checkout is very kind—until she finds out what item number you’ve just entered. She does regain her composure quickly, though. “Please move your…BANANAS!?…to the bag.”

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: The "jabroni" insult, recently used by the

@Chiefs

@tkelce

, got popularized in pro wrestling by

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and

@TheRock

. But its roots go back further in American slang, perhaps originating in a word for Italian ham. on.wsj.com/3WYeYao

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One important thing I learned from this week’s spy balloon drama is that the great Jimmy Webb (“MacArthur Park,” “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Highwayman,” “Wichita Lineman”) wrote the 5th Dimension hit “Up, Up, and Away.”

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Look at that pathetic and obvious balloon, just following a straight, predictable line across the sky. And one of the jets is right on target! The Commie spies of my youth were better than this.

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Clash Report

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USAF F-22 fighter jets circling the Chinese spy balloon above Conway, South Carolina.

Had experiences yesterday and this morning that confirmed every stereotype of used-car dealers.

I went to an Orioles game in 1987/88, when Lynn was playing for Baltimore, and on the outfield screen they played a highlight reel of his great catches to the Spider-Man cartoon theme.

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Fred Lynn with the catch that made TWIB famous: twitter.com/honestlarry1/s…

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🎶 That makes two Chinese balloons🎵

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Another Chinese weather balloon was blown off course?! Terrible luck.

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A second suspected Chinese spy balloon has been spotted over Latin America, a U.S. defense official said on.wsj.com/3RujM6f

They Might be Giants - Where do They Make Balloons?

Feb 3

They Might Be Giants - Where Do They Make Balloons?

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Video I made for TMBG's song "Where do They Make Balloons?" from their album "No!"Edited in After Effects. The beginning and end graphic are from VideoCopilo...

Robyn Hitchcock - Balloon man

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Robyn Hitchcock - Balloon man

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I was walking up Sixth Avenue when Balloon Man came right up to meHe was round and fat and spherical with the biggest grin I'd ever seenHe bounced on up towa...

Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the U.S. “has detected and is tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now.”

Chinese spy balloon seen over U.S. this week—Officials

U.S. Tracked Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Over America This Week - WSJ

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Incident comes days before Secretary of State Blinken set to travel to China

Local sports radio guys just referred to uncritical fans as “blind homers,” which is the best accidental classical allusion you’ll hear all day.

I’m sad to say that the edits they made to the Rockford Files theme song for season 2 were an absolute hack job. At least a pre-mustache Gerald McRaney makes an appearance. And with God as my witness, season 1 had a pre-WKRP Gordon Jump.

This is getting grief for some obvious howlers, but let’s face it: everyone hates “shoot me an email.”

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Jeremiah Owyang

@jowyang

I didn’t even consider my language, I’ve used the phrases on the left too often.

4 Non Blondes

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TrivWorks

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Can you name this band? Right and wrong answers only

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The Wall Street Journal

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Two small monkeys that went missing from the Dallas Zoo were found inside a closet in an abandoned home, the latest in a string of mysterious incidents at the zoo this month on.wsj.com/40gfa7z

It was a Mayor of Cincinnati's worst sports moment since this first pitch.

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National Review

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Mayor Aftab Pureval's bizarre pregame insult of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes probably didn't end the Bengals' Super Bowl chances. But it was stupid regardless. | @jackbutler4815 trib.al/vR3nWmU

Adele Scalia

@AdeleScalia

Pippa is 6! She could not be more loved.

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So many conspiracy theories have been debunked lately, I just don’t know what to not believe anymore.

A New Birth of Freedom in Higher Education: Civic Institutes at Public Universities

If you're interested in higher-ed reform, check out Paul Carrese's new

@AEI

report about Arizona State's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership (SCETL), an important institute that's leading the way for similar ones around the country.

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Conservatives frequently bemoan the ideological monoculture on college campuses, but they too rarely propose constructive solutions. One notable exception has been Arizona State University’s School...

This is obviously a reference to a Silver Spoons episode from 1985, when Edward Stratton ran up the Empire State Building for a fundraiser called “Race with Eagles.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=OQTQF9

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Empire State Building

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Jan 29

Fly @Eagles Fly! We’re going Green and White in honor of the Eagles NFC Championship Victory.

ELO on CBS! “Hold On Tight” going into the ads,

@ScotBertram

@jackbutler4815

When my kids leave their closet light on despite my previous million reminders to turn it off.

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Television - Marquee Moon [1977]

Tom Verlaine, RIP

Jan 28

Back at ye olde stomping grounds. William & Mary must be one of the few schools in the country to erect statues of early presidents in the past 20 years. These are of James Monroe and John Tyler (and Tyler’s family).

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Jan 27

2003: You jokingly avoid the term “French fries”? You warmongering rube! 2023: You refer to “the French”? You dehumanizing bigot!

Jan 27

Assuming “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” is still an acceptable substitute for les French. twitter.com/APStylebook/st

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Midge Ure performs the Robert Burns song “A Man’s a Man for A’ That”

One scholar called Burns "the greatest songwriter Britain has produced." Here's a good performance of one of his best songs, and greatest expressions of his republican sympathies, "For a' that and a' that"--performed in front of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Singer Midge Ure has performed the Robert Burns song “A Man’s a Man for A’ That” at the Fifth Session Opening Ceremony of the Scottish Parliament.Published b...

In the mid-90s, the BBC aired a program about Maya Angelou's Burns-inspired pilgrimage to Scotland. It features some very good performances of Burns's songs. youtube.com/watch?v=tHjrA4

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Robert Burns

Happy Robert Burns Day! If you don't know much about the national poet of Scotland, check out the In Our Time episode about him from a few years ago.

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry, ideas and life of Robert Burns (1759-1796).

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Which 60s/70s NFL star was on the best TV show in the 80s?

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