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Tuesday Obituary: Patty Burghy

Tuesday Obituary: Patty Burghy

Oct 24, 2023 Tuesday Obituary
The sometimes-vowel ‘y’ was the hippest letter in the alphabet and Patty Burghy already had two.
Blog Dream

Blog Dream

Oct 23, 2023 Haunted By
A sensation rather than an emotion
The Best Lines About Félicette, The French Astronaut Cat, Ranked By Poignancy, Glory, and Whimsy

The Best Lines About Félicette, The French Astronaut Cat, Ranked By Poignancy, Glory, and Whimsy

Oct 20, 2023 Ranked
Glorious: "The cat was subjected to five minutes of weightlessness."
Friday Crossword VIII: Same-same, but different.

Friday Crossword VIII: Same-same, but different.

Oct 20, 2023 Puzzles
If it were easy it wouldn't be fun.
It's Okay To Be A Narcissist If You're

It's Okay To Be A Narcissist If You're

Oct 19, 2023 Ars rhetorica
5'10 or taller
Symptom of shock or being generated by artificial intelligence? A quotation quiz

Symptom of shock or being generated by artificial intelligence? A quotation quiz

Oct 18, 2023 Puzzles
You know how to attribute a quotation. But do you know how to attribute a movie of somebody who is blinking at a weird rate and not varying their facial expression?
"Small Children Often Object To Being Washed": The Best Advertisements of 1910

"Small Children Often Object To Being Washed": The Best Advertisements of 1910

Oct 18, 2023 History
"Ask for Aquascutum"
"By God and St.  Michael, My Horse Shall Be Avenged": The Best Lines From Hue de Rotelande's Ipomadon

"By God and St. Michael, My Horse Shall Be Avenged": The Best Lines From Hue de Rotelande's Ipomadon

Oct 17, 2023 The Middle Ages
Medieval bragging: "My mother was a queen and I was born in wedlock."
Gates, Ranked

Gates, Ranked

Oct 17, 2023 Ranked
They can't all be lychgates.
Ancient Achaemenid Opinion Piece: Artemisia II of Caria Is Responsible For Unrealistic Beauty Standards for Women

Ancient Achaemenid Opinion Piece: Artemisia II of Caria Is Responsible For Unrealistic Beauty Standards for Women

Oct 16, 2023 History
Most women cannot afford to marry their brothers, much less outlive them and drink their ashes mixed with wine every day as an example of virtue. We've got to be realistic.
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