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Published: October 22, 2024 14:45
Could someone please make an art restoration video where they’re restoring the picture of Dorian Grey, and as they remove the grime and retouch the painting, you see Dorian Grey rapidly age and deteriorate like the Nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost…
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Published: October 22, 2024 00:56
It’s been zero days since I cried in public.
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Published: October 22, 2024 00:17
If you want my follow
And my likes and reposts
Come on baby use alt text
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Published: October 22, 2024 00:05
Q: How did you pick your username?
A: I grew up in Normal, IL. I wanted to be John Q. Normal as a play on John Q. Public, but it was taken. My grandfather, who died decades before I was born, was Ward Milton Karraker. Put it all together and here we are.
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Published: October 21, 2024 23:26
I make myself laugh and that’s all that really matters.
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Published: October 21, 2024 23:24
Make a movie better by adding “in the ass” to it
Looking for Mr. Goodbar in the Ass
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Published: October 21, 2024 23:12
Took a break from posting about my grief so I could post some movie titles with “in the ass” added, giggling with juvenile glee. Maybe there’s not as much comedy as that other place, but it is here if you want to join in.
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Published: October 21, 2024 22:50
Make a movie better by adding “in the ass” to it
Gremlins in the Ass
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Published: October 21, 2024 22:44
Make a movie better by adding “in the ass” to it
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in the Ass
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Published: October 21, 2024 22:39
Make a movie better by adding “in the ass” to it
Das Boot in the Ass
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Published: October 21, 2024 18:27
The horrible realization that the person who would be the biggest help in getting you through your grief is the one whose death you are grieving.
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Published: October 21, 2024 17:18
Now playing: Lambchop, "The Hustle"
And we'll have sunshine
Filtered through the faces of the fog
And I fell so very hard
For you
It was raining like a movie
And it was hard to look away
And we shrugged to one another
And we held our gaze
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Published: October 21, 2024 16:44
The reason I felt so disappointed by "The Shawshank Redemption" is because of the unnecessary and hateful homophobia. The only way our media feels comfortable showing a loving, deep, caring relationship between two guys is if they first establish that they…
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Published: October 21, 2024 01:56
I hear she babysat for a family with five kids under the age of 10.
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Published: October 21, 2024 00:48
This picture makes Dukakis in the tank look like Washington crossing the fucking Delaware.
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Published: October 20, 2024 17:57
New arrival at the shelter Snoopy needs to lay off the mascara! Who is this, Tammy Faye Bunny?
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Published: October 20, 2024 17:54
Colby wants to say hi, too.
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Published: October 20, 2024 17:52
Sunday means my buddy Cristina is once again working with the bunnies and sending cute pics to help cheer me up. Here's an update on Jack, aka Rorschach. Looking adorable as ever.
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Published: October 20, 2024 17:10
Hey headline writers: “Arnold Palmer Cock Tale” is sitting right there for you.
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Published: October 20, 2024 16:46
I am now officially “you call that a large font size? seriously? that’s as big of a font as you’re gonna display?” years old.
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Published: October 20, 2024 04:46
Serving the dinner was hectic, so I forgot to take pics. Sorry. Suffice it to say, it was delicious. Pork roast braised in a tomato sauce. The first course is that sauce (full of flavor from the roast) served over spaghetti. Second course is the roast,…
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Published: October 20, 2024 00:40
Waiting for my dinner guests. The roast is braising in the oven. Felt the need to put on a tie. It's been a while since I wore one, since I haven't been teaching.
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Published: October 19, 2024 23:36
If anything that speech just made me want to vote for Arnold Palmer.
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Published: October 19, 2024 17:08
Now playing: Elvis Costello, "Tokyo Storm Warning"
What do we care if the world is a joke?
We'll give it a big kiss. We'll give it a poke
Death wears a big hat 'cause he's a big bloke
We're only living this instant
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Published: October 19, 2024 01:42
Hey does anyone know how to turn off autoplay for videos on the phone app? It seems to have been turned on tonight out of the blue, and it's driving me up a wall. Thanks in advance.
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Published: October 19, 2024 01:22
I for one thought it was bold of Trump to do an extended dance remix of John Cage's 4'33" tonight. It seems to have gone over everyone's head, but then again most avant-garde art does.
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Published: October 19, 2024 00:32
If a microphone fails in my school's auditorium, a kid from the stage crew will be on the scene with a replacement in under 30 seconds. Trump's people hate him.
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Published: October 19, 2024 00:22
It seems that the kitchen has become a focus of my healing process, and especially making food to share with friends. It just feels like what I'm supposed to be doing with my time.
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Published: October 19, 2024 00:17
BREAKING: I made a cake. Olive oil & yogurt. Still needs a drizzle of icing. For dinner with friends tomorrow night.
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Published: October 18, 2024 18:41
For some reason this reminds me of a mathematician joke I love:
A mathematician is sitting in a cafe watching the building across the street. Two people go inside. A bit later, three people come out. The mathematician says, "if one more person enters that…
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Published: October 18, 2024 17:40
Aaaaaand my computer just decided to go all kablooey. Lines all over the screen. Here's hoping I can reset whatever went wrong, but something tells me it's gonna need some work.
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Published: October 18, 2024 17:04
One fun game to play when someone says that the left went too far left so they had to become conservative in response, is to try to determine, based on when they claim this happened, exactly which marginalized group's rights they decided were a bridge too…
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Published: October 18, 2024 03:23
Just blocked another one. Why is this a thing?
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Published: October 17, 2024 20:27
Add one letter, ruin a movie.
The Olives of Others
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Published: October 17, 2024 19:08
My nominee for the greatest chyron ever:
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Published: October 17, 2024 19:03
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
- Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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Published: October 16, 2024 20:08
I am convinced that everything in life would be easier if I could take naps. Quick, restful naps. They must be amazing.
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Published: October 16, 2024 18:45
The song currently stuck in my head: XTC's "1000 Umbrellas"
One thousand umbrellas upturned
Couldn't catch all the rain that drained out of my head
When you said we were over
And over I cried
'Til I floated downstream
To a town they call Misery
Oh-oh,…
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Published: October 16, 2024 17:23
I have learned that the artist behind this wonderful illustration is Christopher Sousa. Thanks for such a loving tribute to Steve, honoring his love for both the Grateful Dead and Provincetown.
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Published: October 15, 2024 22:52
Important reminder about life:
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Published: October 15, 2024 22:45
I was into swaying awkwardly to 30+ minute long jams before it was cool.
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Published: October 15, 2024 18:26
Is 200 photos too many for a slideshow presentation?
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Published: October 15, 2024 17:14
This is quite possibly the first picture ever taken of me & Steve. We met November 3, 1994, and this appears to be Xmas that year.
All the years combine. They melt into a dream.
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Published: October 15, 2024 01:24
As someone who met his husband on Usenet, I feel compelled to pass on this amazing bit of early internet lore.
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Published: October 15, 2024 01:20
Oh god we're doing the "I can't believe there were more than four fucking bands making music in the 90s!" game again. Good lord, people.
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Published: October 14, 2024 23:32
Today's project: scanning old photos. Found this long-forgotten gem, taken in the house where his family used to stay in Provincetown every summer. The presence of the ring on my finger suggests it was taken the week he proposed to me out on the…