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  1. Maximus

    (alcoholic drinks and lots of condoms, so not for kids or the sexually modest) I put in a grocery order for delivery from Safeway (a bag of mandarins, 2 containers of yogurt, 2 cartons of milk, 4 boxes of Kleenex, and some Dijon mustard), and Safeway suggested a pile of additions to my order, the […]

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  2. The contrary opinion

    In the spirit of the Passover season, a Frank Cotham cartoon in the 4/6/26 issue of the New Yorker: A gentle jab at the stereotypical Jewish inclination to public disputation, alluding to the saying two Jews, three opinions or three Jews, four opinions Even Moses, parting the waters of the sea (to enable the Israelites […]

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  3. Occasions

    This is ultimate March: 🐅 tiger 🐅 tiger 🐅 tiger, as the inaugural rabbits of April mass for April Fool’s Day, Leonard Bloomfield’s birthday, and this year at sundown tomorrow, the first day of Passover, as Good Friday and Easter Sunday are soon upon us; today is the Transgender Day of Visibility, fitting most uncomfortably […]

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  4. Stained by poppies

    Going past me yesterday morning, a tv ad for some remedy for, as I heard it, teeth stained by poppies (and other foods). Yes, coffee. With blueberries, black tea, and red wine, a classic offender against dental whiteness. Granting that I have /a/ (in addition to /ɔ/)  as an alternative accented vowel in coffee, poppies […]

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