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Or the Word “Dyke” Ever Again
Teacher: So, for the final sentence we should get some sort of metaphor for tax cuts helping the US recession.
Student #1: Hmm… Hey, you know like, the commercial where they put gum in the hole in the dam to stop the leak?.
Student #2: Or the finger!
Teacher: Oh, you mean in the dyke!
Student #1: Yeah, so… Tax cuts would be the finger in the hole of America’s dyke?
Teacher: Maybe we shouldn’t use a metaphor.

English Essentials Class
Waimea, Hawaii

Overheard by: boehmface
via Overheard Everywhere, May 25, 2008

If you have a few minutes, check out “Faces in Places“.  (Thanks to Geoff Lloyd for pointing it out).  It’s a bit of entertainment, and you’ll find that you start to see faces elsewhere, going about your day.

Whenever I see something and my first reaction is an out-loud laugh, more than a chuckle, I have to consider posting it.

Admittedly, I’m probably thesis-writing impaired and it’s not that funny, but oh well.

(1) Nathaniel, have you noticed that the blog has been getting ‘a lot’ of rhymes-with-’yourmamasfatbutnotasfatasiam’ recently? I mean, not a whole lot, but I’ve deleted from moderation maybe a couple comments a day in the past couple weeks, up from ~1/week?

(2) I am attempting to run a piece of code that will take a couple days on dactyl, so if you can’t read this message anymore please let Nathaniel (and me, but he knows more) know so he can fix things. Hopefully it won’t break anything, but just in case.

And finally, since every post needs a picture/photo/graphic, and since this is a pretty nerdy post, here you go:

In a recent letter to The Sports Guy, Sean from Harrisburg, PA brings up a good point about Kate Mara: She is the absolute most gorgeous thing I have ever seen AND she’s the granddaughter of Wellington Mara, which means she’s freaking rich.

So, obviously, we the blog people need to work on such a Sugar Mama list… for starters, I’d go with Demi Moore (taken, but husbands are only speedbumps, not roadblocks) and Jennifer Aniston.

if you need some guidelines for consideration, here’s the SG’s commentary on the matter: (more…)