Lonely Road
“How far are you going?” he finally asked. “All the way,” I said.
Weird
Imagine That
My friends have always known they can count on me.
750 Years of Purity
The Industrial Revolution: wrecking everything on the planet for about a third of those 750 years.
Statuesque
Photo: statue of Molly Malone in Dublin, Ireland.
Cold As Hell
Hell, Michigan, is real too: not actually a city, it’s an unincorporated community in Putnam Township, about 15 miles north of Ann Arbor.
Following Directions
Who says men don’t know how to follow directions?
The Onion
The matryoshka dolls, also known as Russian nesting dolls, were first made in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin (1876-1956). The name literally means “little matron,” and is a diminutive form of Russian female given name “Matryona” or “Matriosha.” There was a great matryoshka gag in Waynovision back in 2016.
“The Spam Problem”
Sent by a reader* with the title shown as the subject line. I did track down the origin: it’s an entry in a Trump “Photoshop Battle” on Reddit.
7-Eleven
(Left) Wilshire Coffee Pot restaurant, c1930 (located at 8601 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills) and (right) the Coffee Cup Cafe, c1920 (8901 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles). Photos via the Los Angeles Public Library. But no, they’re not now 7-Elevens. 8601 Wilshire Blvd. is an apartment building, and 8901 Pico Blvd. is a Wells Fargo bank branch.
Forget Chemtrails
They mostly — but not always — attack (and beam up test subjects for those anal probes) in the summer.