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the kids don’t get it

Like I said, Corwin. A prophet and a gentleman.

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The current head of the Habsburg family is a feeble old man with 17 names (one of which is Maria) who holds quadruple citizenship and has compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler (of whom he also was not a big fan). He was an early proponent of a unified Europe, most likely because he wants his [...]

football and nachos

The best consequence of Gerald Ford’s death is that last night, shortly after midnight, some chump from Fox “News” showed up on my TV screen to admit that the Vietnam War had ended in defeat for the United States of America.
The worst consequence is that it interrupted the “Casa Bonita” episode of South Park.

have you seen this? have you heard about this?

Apparently there’s a new Matt Mays album and I wasn’t informed. It’s put forth as the soundtrack to a film that doesn’t exist. The album’s website contains a trailer for the unfilm, which gets extra points for featuring Sam Roberts as an Australian hick with a straw hat and a pickup truck.