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Vell, Clever Name Here just zis guy, you know? Sometimes funny. Often annoyed. Once I saw a blimp.
Brain Drain

Saturday Morning Brain Drain [1/11/25]

1/11/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 9

What I watched: The new “The Naked Gun” I loved the original “Naked Gun.” LOVED it! Maybe the most hilarious experience of my childhood was watching that movie for the

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Costume Party [NOT 10/31/25]

31/10/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 12

When this posts, I will be out with my son trick-or-treating on the cold (and windy!) streets. Heโ€™s had some years where he really has big costume ideas, and then

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It’s The Little Things … [NOT 24/10/25]

24/10/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 14

There are many important things that go into having a good relationship, and if you had a few hours, I could list them all โ€” stuff like respect and trust

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A picture taken in 2024 at The Crossings in Colonie.
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Seasonal Debate Club [NOT 17/10/25]

17/10/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 10

Fall, or autumn, for those of you who like it proper, is my wife’s favorite season. I wouldn’t dare argue, because I’ll only lose, but also because it IS a

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Naughty, Naughty [NOT 10/10/25]

10/10/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 7

There are two types of parents when it comes to swearing: ones who say “Don’t say that” and ones who say “Don’t say that at school.” I’m a notorious swearer,

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Just Follow The Damn Rules [NOT 3/10/25]

3/10/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 9

Most people do. But it’s pretty damn aggravating when people don’t.

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Brain Drain

Saturday Morning Brain Drain [27/9/25]

27/9/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 5

Folks, it’s another Saturday morning!

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Seeing Red [NOT 26/9/25]

26/9/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 11

At the end of my first professional job interview, I had exactly two thoughts. The first was, “Phew, that went pretty well.” The second was, “Am I sure I wanna

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How Very Unusual [NOT 19/9/25]

19/9/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 8

[record scratch] … you may be wondering how I found myself here.

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Hey, You’re Doing Great! [NOT 12/9/25]

12/9/25 Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod" 19

I’m told today is the National Day of Encouragement. To be honest, I think all of these made up National Day of ______ are dumb as hell. (Unless it’s about

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  • Clever Name Here dba "Black Rod": Thank you! Things seem to be going well so far. She has a scan this week which will tell us…
  • SplinterRIP: ...so good someone even took one for the team & attempted to explain to me why my heathen ass was…
  • SplinterRIP: ...all of the above...plus seconding the route to your misgivings about the new one & with no small side order…
  • SplinterRIP: ...think it was last week I watched the house of dynamite & likewise couldn't quite figure out how to say…
  • Loveshaq: I watched: A House of Dynamite. I heard good things but though it caused anxiety it left me feeling very…
  • Luigi Vuoto: Yeah, the baseball post-season has been very very good this year.
  • bryanlsplinter: I saw a skeet right after the assassination that basically said she just realized that somebody shot her in the…
  • brightersideoflife: Oh! It was the Grace Burrowes's Rogues to Riches series. Her books are consistently solid.
  • brightersideoflife: She married a white supremacist. Absolute best she could hope for was to be the "perfect wife" and just ignored…
  • ManchuCandidate: HillBilly boys just seem to find out early How to open doors with just a lie A Corinthian leather couch…
  • HammerZeitgeist: I missed that you found it! Please save me a search through last week's BD and tell me what the…
  • brightersideoflife: And like I know this isn't even the point, but if you're trying to be fancy fancy like the Ancien…
  • HammerZeitgeist: Nope this dude is young
  • SplinterRIP: ...do you wanna get ants a french aristocracy? ...'cause...that's how you get antsa french aristocracy ...pretty sure it still works…
  • HammerZeitgeist: The more the merrier. I'm a hoarder. I like excess.
  • HammerZeitgeist: Naked Gun's trailer had me at "man's laughter" ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ (I'm sorry that your life has been deeply unfunny these past…
  • SplinterRIP: ..."the zohran" is out there like fucking zorro dancing with latin ladies of a certain age & vibing with the…
  • ManchuCandidate: Don Martin? I'm guessing not the late cartoonist who made his bones in Mad Magazine.
  • ManchuCandidate: What we have here is another Katie Miller? In any other reality, JD Vance would have a drink thrown in…
  • ManchuCandidate: Does this mean people can start building guillotines?
  • ManchuCandidate: I was dumbfounded that the Dims had caved the last few times. I'm glad they showed some spine this time,…
  • bryanlsplinter: *the* chance
  • ManchuCandidate: The kid did well and she's smartly sorting it out before stuffing her face.
  • ManchuCandidate: I'm shocked? Not really. Religious fraudsters are the best fraudsters.
  • bryanlsplinter: So the widow emerged from her mourning to slide into skin-tight pleather pants and let the creepiest VP in US…
  • brightersideoflife: Last weekend's Brain Drain had me lamenting that I couldn't remember a book series that I wanted to read, and…
  • ManchuCandidate: So... are we allowed disintegrations? -Boba Fett
  • brightersideoflife: I watched a documentary about Ruby Franke and what she did to her family and HOLY FUCK. We're lucky the…
  • brightersideoflife: Ahhhh which one do I comment under? Both? Both is good.
  • ManchuCandidate: I watched "Who Killed the Montreal Expos?" on Netflix. It's pretty sad to see what was an amazing team (the…
  • Loveshaq: Maybe this one will?
  • Loveshaq: Well, that didn't work... https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143557342
  • brightersideoflife: My friends and I trick or treated into our teen years, which coincided with the release of the Lord of…
  • Loveshaq: Don't call us Nazis!!!
  • MatthewCrawley: You are the best Mom. It must be native Montrealer joie de vivre.
  • MatthewCrawley: Topical! The best type of costume.
  • MatthewCrawley: Here' a heartwarming story about the Handsy Cuomo mayoral campaign accepting a $250 AmEX campaign contribution from a five-year-old. https://nysfocus.com/2025/10/31/cuomo-marc-schneier-child-donor…
  • SplinterRIP: https://bsky.app/profile/dieworkwear.bsky.social/post/3m4jnctfovs2g ...feel like I saw more than that at some point but without going looking that was the low-hanging fruit?
  • SplinterRIP: ...the marble bathroom was the part I was talking about in the other comment but...they had a gatsby-theme do at…
  • SplinterRIP: ...that guy guy who dunks on people using menswear as superpower went to town on that a little, I think
  • bryanlsplinter: See what I mean? Fury as Trump holds 'tone deaf' Gilded Age Halloween party as millions lose food aid
  • bryanlsplinter: I swear, it's like a remake of the French Revolution. Families may soon starve, but Trump gets a new marble…
  • bryanlsplinter: Too bad we didn't do this the last time we had to chance. Insiders say Trump dumbfounded that Dems haven't…
  • SplinterRIP: ...that has never been my experience of halloween...but I could not agree more
  • butcherbakertoiletrymaker: That picture of the kid is hilarious.
  • HammerZeitgeist: I'm still very proud of making myself a toilet costume as a tween. I wore a box on my body…
  • ManchuCandidate: Game 7.
  • ManchuCandidate: Geez. 3-1 Dodgers.
  • ManchuCandidate: Gausman now lit on fire by Dodgers.
  • ManchuCandidate: True. I loved Roy Halladay's pitching philosophy. 9 pitch innings. 2-3 grounders. As Bill Lee once said "Strike outs are…

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