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[And in case icon should by any chance up and disappear, which they do on occasion...it's a pic of Kristen Bell from the Good Place thinking What the Fork aka WTF?"]

1. SmartBitches review of The Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

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LOL! The review is funny, but I think the writing style in the book would drive me crazy. How did it get published? Maybe she published it herself? No, it doesn't look like it. Publishers are nuts.

Also, as an aside, how does a crow and a dog get medications for a rotting human?

2. Brought to you by Scans Daily...the timely title of the comic is..Who Shot The Decoy Corpse of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen?

Okay. Questions arise. First, why would you shoot a corpse, isn't the corpse already dead? Seems sort of redundant and a waste of bullets. Second, why would you have a decoy corpse? And why of Jimmy Olsen of all people? And finally, why do a comic on it? (Okay I can sort of understand why you might write a comic about it...I'll admit that.)

3. FB General Hospital Fanboard.

Poster: Somebody shoot him. (Bad boy Cult Leader Shiloh.)

Poster 2: Let me do it with my new Tiffany Blue 9MM Magnum.


Okay...they have guns in colors now? Really? Why? Is it an accessory? "Oh, I'm going to a cocktail party, what gun goes with my new blue evening dress? Ah -- the Tiffany Blue Magnum. Perfect."

4. How to Throw a Punch Without Harming Your Opponent -- hmmm, always wondered how to do that. Although why would you want to? I guess for theater or fun? It also gives instruction on how to do it without breaking your hand -- which I'd think would be a more immediate concern. Although I am appreciative of the other one.

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In reality, people fight horribly. The reason they do it so well in books and movies and television is they have trained stunt choreaographers teaching them how to do it and often doing it for them. For example? In all those fight scenes you see on television, they rarely ever hit each other, just air clip them. No one is really slapped or hit. The person being hit does as much work as the one doing it in the scene, because they have to act like they've been punched or hit severely.

5. The Good Guy/Bad Guy Myth - pop culture is obsessed with the battle between good and evil, but traditional folk tales never were -- what changed?

Weird, I thought they were.

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6. When You Should Quit Your Job -- When to Leave and When to Stick it Out

One of the few useful articles that I've read about this topic, possibly the only one. And the least annoying. Usually it's some nitwit journalist in The Times or some paper, telling me -- oh, quite your job, get better work-balance, do what you truly love, life will be better -- the grass is greener over here. (It's not. All jobs have their problems. There's always a trade-off, no matter what it is.)

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7. I knew if I looked hard enough I'd find another link that fit icon...because 6 doesn't count, I know this. Women Can Buy A Pillow to Fight Clevage Wrinkles Because Apparently This is A Thing? (I don't have cleveage wrinkles? Does anyone else? )

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Personally? I'd think it would be uncomfortable and hot. And why do you care?


8. Oh found on Twitter and FB..

DJT aka the Doofus in the White House: I just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to Substantially increase sanctions on the country of Iran.

Jeff Tiedreich: And did the Secretary of the Treasury blink in confusion and say "not my department" or did he just nod and say yes to get you off the phone?

Yes, I live in a country where the federal government has decided it should be a reality show version of Saturday Night Live but 24/7. Because actually governing the country? Where's the fun in that?