and gathering swallows X in the skies

Joined April 2011
Standing my ground for Real America by ordering a White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle
Clinging to my guns and religion at the Greensboro Cheesecake Factory tonight.
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The Wikipedia page on Frederick the Great’s sexuality has this gem
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Ren fair? Uhhh have you met Kylo?
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and is there a Mrs. Mime?
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He was monitoring the situation
God put adam in the garden “to tend it”, but there’s no record of tending in the story. it’s paradise: what was he doing? unlikely he’d be watering. has to be weeding at minimum, but that isn’t very paradisiacal. i don’t even like keeping up with my lawn. maybe he wanted to leave
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Looking to the divine exemplar of the modern major general
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(walking into the final audition) EXEC: Whenever you’re ready ME: Bond is the name. I’m James Bond.
Jack Lowden and Callum Turner are among the final names in the running for James Bond. Final screen tests for Amazon MGM Studios' new 007 are set to happen in the next week. variety.com/2026/film/global…
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Banker who mixes up grammar always saying he works for Goods Fargo
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Using “sunset boulevard” as a euphemism for destroying a road
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Well it looks like I’m going to See Everything tonight…
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Nice pox you’ve got there… would be a shame if it were on your house
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Like all conventional writing advice this is only helpful for low-level students and bad if codified as a rule. There are plenty of good reasons you might prefer to use the longer, fancier word in a given context: for rhythm, register, phonetic texture, etc.
David Foster Wallace discusses Pretentious Language
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Lindsey Graham gay? Who’s next, Liberace?
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Pronouncing “performative” like recitative
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The plan? Sell sea shells in the one place you can get them for free
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(extending hand) Charmed, I’m epistemically warranted
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I know it’s trite to complain about the “For You Page” but it’d be nice if just once it actually gave you a personal errand boy
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Chicken Soup for the Mouth
Make a book title edible: In Search of Lost Thyme
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No horror for me, thanks, I’m sticking to the Bible. Can’t wait to see what happens next in Daniel 5.
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