Posts in the category “asides”

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When you see in an old book the letter “y” where we’d use “th” (“ye olde… etc“), that letter was not pronounced as a “y.” The substitution was just a printer convention to make typesetting easier. “Ye” was pronounced “the”…
– via David Frum

Hidden benefit of 11 & 6 yo boys addicted to Moon Knight? Lots of Engelbert Humperdinck streaming from Alexa lately.

I don’t think that we, as a society, spent enough time interpreting Rob Base‘s overt hostility towards the Big Mac.

Okay. Tonight’s Moon Knight was COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS. This show freaking rules.

Legit question: When was the last time anyone saw Melania?
Is she still working on “Be Best”?

I do not want to be on the computer… I want to be an elderly Mediterranean man who spends all day sitting outside a cafe and complaining with his friends.
– via Gabriella Paiella

Folks, Moon Knight is damn good.

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