To be able to say "Noggle," you first must be able to say "Nah."
The Other McCain (remembered now maybe more than the McCain) has a whole post tripping off his use of the word wont. Ah, gentle reader. I use that word regularly, at least the noun form, as a search of this blog indicates (last usage: February 21, 2026 in a book review for Guide to Quality […]
I bought this book last weekend, and when I finished The Physics of Love, I wasn’t ready to jump back into the Keats, so I read this book instead. The book is subtitled “Ecstatic Verse” and is called “devotional verse” on the back cover, but I thought most of it would be meditative in nature […]
In mid-December, the head pastor of the church stopped by to tell my mother-in-law, a former English teacher, that although he had not been working on the reading list he’d provided her, he had read something along those lines. Sadly, I have already forgotten what he said he’d read, but my mother-in-law had provided him […]
Ecstasy threesome Wow, I’m the 63rd hit. Normally, you only find that sort of dedication in crank users.
An editorial that could be coming soon from our legislators: Meth Cooks Don’t Support Our New Bill, Either And Although It Will Inconvenience You, Citizen, You Won’t Complain….Or Do You Have Something To Hide? Meth cooks in America cannot be pleased about new legislation recently introduced in the Congress. They now know we have a […]
That’s what I make of this capitalization from this story about a drug bust in Wisconsin: Along with the arrests, police seized powder cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, heroin and Ecstasy, seven handguns and ammunition, seven vehicles and $25,000 in cash. Police refused to give details. However, if that’s the case, shouldn’t it be: Along with […]
Emily Dickinson, Poem 551: There is a Shame of Nobleness — Confronting Sudden Pelf — A finer Shame of Ecstasy — Convicted of Itself — A best Disgrace — a Brave Man feels — Acknowledged — of the Brave — One More — “Ye Blessed” — to be told — But that’s — Behind the […]
Clap the, well, clapboard, for the St. Louis Post Dispatch has a new reason to oppose the discontinuation of emissions testing in the St. Louis area: In 1999, Robert Bowers, a buyer for the Office of Administration, signed a contract on behalf of the state with Environmental Systems Products, a Connecticut-based company that runs the […]