January 2011
39 posts
“I don’t know what a comforter costs. It’s a comforter. It’s...”
– Ned
“I don’t think my father, the inventor of Toaster Strudel, would be too...”
– Mean Girls
“Forgive me for thinking your zesty performance deserved some praise!”
– Phil Dunphy
“If they say nothing else, they attempt to say now, as they always did, the fixed...”
– Reynolds Price
I haven't seen them all, but I'd wager any of... →
"Reynolds was a part of the soul of Duke; he loved... →
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Duke Thoughts, 17-1
Have to start with Miles Plumlee, who went from having a quiet eight-point night midway through the second half to having a really loud 11-point night when Mike Patrick and Jay Bilas noticed it. The three post guys—Plumlee, Plumlee, and Kelly—went above and beyond what Duke needs from them this season last night, with Miles providing some scoring, Mason cleaning the glass and causing...
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"The contract stipulates the nation's spotted... →
“Lisa, a guy who has lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy than a guy whose...”
– Homer on Mr. Blackheart
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“There are other examples from other continents and centuries, just as albinos,...”
– Annie Dillard
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Time's online presentation of the article mirrors... →
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This game was way better than I remembered. Way... →
"Those kinds of things linger, like the... →
Even I have to give Ryan Howard credit on that one.
Mythbuster: Did '07 Giants really go all-out in... →
Like the way the speech is presented here even... →
Interjections
Dad: I think u should go to law school
Me: Okay!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dad: Was that a happy excited ok or a nasty ok?
Me: It was just an ok. Why do you say that?
Dad: It had several exclamation points. As you know an interjection can be excited or mad. Frightened or sad.
Duke Thoughts, 15-1
Quickies tonight after parents played DVR mind games on me tonight with a “You’ll enjoy this game; it was good.”
The season just got a lot less interesting, and my faith in its length is a lot lower tonight than it was a few hours ago.
I understand it’s an unranked FSU team that lost to Auburn, who even Dick Vitale called a “not very good at all basketball...
Duke Thoughts, 15-0
Finally sat down and paid attention to a full 40 minutes.
At no point did I think this would be titled “Duke Thoughts, 14-1.”
But after a game like this, I’m about 98% certain one of these Duke Thoughts titles will end in a non-zero numeral. (Is that redundant? Is zero considered a numeral?)
There’s really a fine line between a great player overcoming a bad game and a...
"The newly elected mayor of Reykjavik will not... →
Prep for tonight →
“Man, I love photos of people dancing.”
– Requires no attribution
“Well, I didn’t think I could make an inappropriate Tulip Stock Exchange...”
– Actual quote from dinner 