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Writer, producer, occasional performer, and accidental antique-dealer. (That hyphen is important!)
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Y’know, I don’t have one of those… but I’m really touched that you’d like to help support me, so I’ll see about setting one up in the near future!
Thank you so much for the suggestion (and for watching)!
Also, the comma was correct (provided that a second “who” was implicit there)!
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Let's see if we can figure this out together!
I've replied to your email, but we can post our results here once we're finished!
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You can set up your setup, at which point you’ll have set up a set-up setup.
The same thing goes for any term composed of an action followed by a direction!
youtu.be/xcIzDfCrUeM
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This is a bit outside my area of expertise, but it looks like a Mardi Gras doubloon. Folks throw them from floats (which are usually similar in theme to the designs on the doubloons, I believe).
If it turns out that I’m wrong, let me know! It would be neat to know for sure!
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You’ve been talking to my friends, haven’t you?
Seriously, though, I have actually been drafting said book! I can’t even begin to guess when it might be available… but I am working on it!
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Shortly after my wife and I started dating, we independently (not knowing that the other was doing the same) drew “maps” of our lives, plotting the choices, events, and connections – no matter how fleeting – that contributed to us meeting.
Who knows what effect a passing stranger might have on you?
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“Speed running” would probably mean either “increase the velocity of one’s sprint” or “exceed the legal limit for velocity while sprinting”.
One who speeds running is speedrunning the “Get A Weirdly Impressive Ticket” challenge.
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You've highlighted the issue that's concerning me: Regardless of how despicable the fellow may have been, everyone is just quoting one another about him.
I agree that records of his arrest should be public record, but I can't find anything other than one illegible document (and no mugshot).
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I’ve found a questionable copy of something that is purportedly the document in question, but said document wasn’t paired with the mugshot.
At the time of this writing, I still can’t find reliable sources for any of this… and that’s a bit concerning. I worry that we’re being sold a bill of goods.
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"Hillscop" was Doctor Crusher's maiden name.
(It was actually "Howard", but that isn't as funny.)
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It wouldn't surprise me.
At the same time, though, I'd still prefer to confirm its authenticity and figure out where it came from before speculating on that sort of thing.
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I did find Ken's piece, but it doesn't contain the mugshot (which seems like a strange omission). The Washington Post article doesn't feature it, either.
My fear is that someone created the image using generative AI (or something), and that we're eating it up without confirming its authenticity.
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Has anyone managed to find a reliable source for the mugshot?
I've been digging for the better part of an hour, and as near as I can tell, the image didn't exist on the Internet before appearing in a post on Threads.
I'm sure that I'm mistaken, but I'd like someone to definitively prove me wrong!
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This was once an officially licensed "Star Trek" toy:
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A lot of movies appear to pay homage to that scene, actually… because that scene itself was an homage!
If you ever happen to see the “Steps of Odessa” scene from “Battleship Potemkin”, you’ll notice some pretty profound similarities.
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For me, it was a movie.
One of five available VHS tapes at my grandparents’ house was “The Voyage Home”.
The others were “Mississippi Burning”, “The Untouchables”, “Honey, I Shrunk The Kids”, and “Patton”.
You can guess which one I watched on repeat.
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On my channel, I offer brief English lessons (which often focus on differentiating between homophones) while teaching people about antiques, history, and precious metals.
YouTube seems oddly intent on making me sound like I'm clueless about all of those subjects:
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I’m just here to thank you (deeply and sincerely) for including the required vocative comma before “friends”.
Not many people realize that said comma is vital, nor that “hello friends” (without the comma) uses “hello” as a verb.
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By the way, "grave gilding" uses "grave" as an adjective. "Grave-gilding" (with a hyphen) would mean something like "adhering gold to a headstone"... although it might be a euphemism.
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Said knowledge might become useful when confronting the monster beneath the sink.
"Oi, you! Quit squatting!"
"No! This is my closet!"
"I don't even have a closet!"
"Exactly!"
"That isn't... no! Quit squatting!"
"You're trespassing! Also, stop throwing trash in my yard!"
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I have a slightly different perspective:
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If you're interested in cameos, here's a brief video on them:
youtube.com/shorts/7sDxU...