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Street Art, Minus the Street
At STRAAT in Amsterdam, street art is bigger, bolder, and easy to peruse. I’m not sure that’s a good thing. But I’m not sure it’s a bad thing, either.
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Nature Walk
It has been a while since I posted some critter photos from Bayshore Boulevard. Here some recent animal encounters, starting with a dolphin sighting. It was early in the morning when I saw this squirrel, so he was more bright-eyed…
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Don’t Cry Over Spilled … What?
Good glavin! After finding a Simpsons neologism in the New York Times crossword puzzle a few days ago, I discovered another Simpsons invention in the dairy aisle in Publix. Malk isn’t new. Nearly 30 years ago, Springfield Elementary School substituted…
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He’s No Nostrodomus
I saw the infamous Neil Horan doing his thing in London 10 years ago. He and the Bible got it wrong, but props for hedging his bets with the phrase “very probably.”
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The Answer Wasn’t “Kwyjibo”
As a diehard fan of the Simpsons — well, of the Golden Age of the Simpsons — I was ecstatic to see the clue for 1 Across in Saturday’s New York Times Crossword puzzle: The answer, of course, was …
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Ruthless
The Complimentary Spouse looked up from his phone and said, “Did you see the email? Ruth Glickman died.” My heart sank. The world had just become colder. It had lost one of its warmest people. From one perspective, Britt…
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Just the Axe, Ma’am
The Complimentary Spouse and I are at the Jobsite Theater tonight to see Lizzie, a rock musical about axe murderer Lizzie Borden. I’d be neglecting my responsibilities as the world’s most cromulent Simpsons expert if I didn’t point out that…
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The Best Laid Plans of Dogs and Men
It was a PAWesome plan that ultiMUTTely failed.
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🏳️🌈 The Big, Boring Impact of Obergefell
Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which made marriage equality the law of the United States. Looking back at the joyous media coverage in 2015, you’d think the issue was about cake, confetti, and matching…
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🏳️🌈 What the Doctor Ordered
On a flight from Tampa to Chicago in 2011, the Complimentary Spouse and I sat in front of two men lamenting political correctness and the decline of religion in public life. One said he hoped Michelle Bachman would enter the…
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🏳️🌈 Selling Out
Depending on which expert you talk to, Americans see between 3,000 and 10,000 ads daily. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve noticed a shift in the way these ads — well, some of them — speak to and interact with LGBTQ…
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🏳️🌈 History’s a Drag
Drag was around for a long, long time before RuPaul smeared some Vaseline on a low-resolution camera and launched Drag Race in 2009.1 Men have been dressing as women for entertainment for centuries — what, you didn’t learn about Shakespeare?…
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