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Early retired Hoosier nerd. Small town historian, small-time radio announcer. Ally to all oppressed people. TTRPG and movie nerdery at zarban.com.
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Got recognized from the radio/TV show again. Happens about once a month. 😀

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I’m the guy who invents new bathroom faucet designs for every hotel. You might know me from Knob That Goes The Other Way and Joystick That’s Hard To Turn Off. Lately I’ve been lacking inspiration, even thinking about hanging it up. I’ve had a good run, but — wait, never mind: Ball You Turn Diagonal

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Dropped my iPad off to get the broken screen replaced & couldn’t remember the code I tap in 50 times a day. 🤷🏻‍♂️ That’s so common that they have a fake number pad taped to the counter. It just becomes a visual pattern, & people can’t remember the numbers without looking. 🤔

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Word nerds, stand down. We’ve lost the lie/lay battle.🫡

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In a bad head-space this week. I’m a naturally helpful person, but some people start to treat you like a servant.

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Director of the sketch comedy show wants to put a flashback into a sketch. The scene goes dark, & a younger version of the character comes on for one gag. It's... innovative? I guess?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Getting some surprisingly negative feedback on my new soul music song, "Sell Your Mortal Soul to Me, Human".

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What do you know? People really did used to say "heels over head" instead of "head over heels".

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Ah yes, the old bumper-to-bumper semis problem.

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Something I find interesting is how every stringed instrument shape gets its own name until you get to the guitar, which can have any of a thousand shapes & practically any number of strings.

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Ah, the good old days… when the phone company published the names & ages of your CHILDREN.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

We're really lucky that dogs are chill with TV. Imagine if they barked at it. But somehow they figure out that stuff on TV is fake while stuff outside the window is real & needs to be barked at.

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There’s a skylight in the kitchen of the building where we do the radio show, & in locking up, i have more than once looked in vain for the switch that turns off the moon.🌔

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What do I believe? I believe that if you take a picture of a dog, you are obligated to show that picture to that dog.

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worsst burger ever

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I’ll bet $10,000 SNL brings back George Wendt and Mike Myers this weekend to celebrate CHICAGO POPE.

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

good for them & all, but if this new pope sees his shadow, we could be plunged back into freezing weather for weeks.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

I just hope everyone had fun at the conclave.

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BREAKING: British archaeologists find 27 more Richard the 3rd skeletons under the same parking lot. "It did FEEL too easy to find him. It didn't occur to us at first to keep looking for more. We only looked again on a hunch."

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Double the President's Men Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Pompeii is like Batman. Every work about it has to give the whole backstory.

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Just noticed the Olight Baton 4 is on sale for 75 bucks. Highly recommended. I've been carrying one every day for a year, & I use it all the time. The case can charge your devices. www.amazon.com/OLIGHT-Flash...

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When I was devouring movies like a junkie, I found myself watching every Hitch I could get my hands on, including some AH Presents eps. There are still a handful of features I never got to, but man am I a fan of the man's work.

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Had a meeting for the sketch show finally. Director wasted 30 minutes on small talk. 🤦 I wasted 30 minutes describing sketches instead of doing table reads. 🤦 30 minutes of actual good meeting time doing table reads. 😀Then 20 minutes of Midwestern goodbyes. 🤦

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment