Get In the Queue
Complaints about this one? Join the queue, which currently stretches to El Salvador.
Weird
Lonely Road
“How far are you going?” he finally asked. “All the way,” I said.
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
Back in the day! But no, they’re not now 7-Elevens.