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The Ghost Word

Today in 1939 an editor at Merriam-Webster noticed a "ghost word" (an accidental creation) in the latest edition of the dictionary and flagged it for removal.

Post-it note, highlighter, sharpie, pen, die geistwoord is not die antwoord

Happy Birthday Theodore Sturgeon

The man who brought us Vulcan Mating Rituals, the Prime Directive, and one of the first science fiction stories about homosexuality.

 

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The Dream of the Singing Suitcase

My friend dreamed he was helping Brad Pitt find his suitcase at a party in Tokyo. Apparently this suitcase is green, and it sings, and inside it live 20 talking squirrels.

Post-it note, highlighter, pens, sharpie, pencil, non-boring Brad Pitt

The Adventures of FloridaMan

 The world's worst superhero

Post-it note, watercolor, acrylic, ink, darn those shirt squirrels

WHY Put your images on the internet then if you DON'T want people to use them?

Stupid quote of the week.

 I'm really not sure why giving credit to original sources is SO HARD for people, but it seems to be something a lot of folks just can't bother doing.

Hint: if the images you are using "all came from my Pinterest, anyway" that doesn't count, when your Pinterest is...full of my images. Get it?

Happy Pangolin Day!

A holiday that seems to switch days a lot (I drew a pangolin in 2005 for a totally different day).

Even the people organizing it seem to not know what day it is.

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Happy Half-Price Chocolate Day!

A holiday we can all enjoy

Post-it note, sharpie, exploding blue highlighter, imaginary self portrait because the chocolate place on the corner is not in fact offering 50% deals today, those bastards

Grumpy Cat and Henri Chat Noir Valentine

Because really, they're perfect together

Have a purr-fect Valentine's Day!

Post-it note, sharpie, pens, highlighters, shameless pandering to internet cat memes

Affenpinscher Valentine

I'll be your Top Dog, Valentine!

Post-it note, highlighter, sharpie, pens, a dog named Banana Joe

Happy Darwin Day!

Evolve with me, Valentine!

Post-it note, highlighter, sharpie, Origin of Species