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Fred from Scooby-Doo unmasking the bad guy at the end of a mystery, in two frames. First frame: Left side: a tied up man in a white featureless mask with eye holes. The caption over him in impact font reads, "SOMETHING I USED TO LOVE SUCKS NOW" Right side of frame, Fred has his hand on the mask, about to pull it off. The caption on him reads, "LET'S SEE WHO'S BEHIND THIS." Second frame: The unmasked bad guy has a pencil thin curling mustache, a pointy nose, and dark hair, with a widow's peak. The caption on him reads, "PRIVATE EQUITY"

Evergreen

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This is my kind of crossover nerdery.

The sour cherry is blooming, and at least 2 Anna's hummingbirds are making their usual racket. Can't tell whether they're fighting or mating at this point.

I was going to rent a video at Scarecrow, but they were closed. Oh wait, it's member party night. I went in, chose a film for their Hope and Comfort shelf (Gregory's Girl, by Bill Forsyth), which got me a free rental (The Cars that Ate Paris, by Peter Weir).

Orca with speech bubble saying “Apartments are fine actually”

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Interior of the Hesperia In N Out Burger

A pop up outdoor kitchen in a vacant lot with a barbecue grill, a griddle for tortillas and other things, a large chunk of meat on a vertical spit like in a gyro place, and numerous other condiments and drinks on a side table

The walk to In N Out for dinner was not without temptation

I was very hungry. Now I am not

A large hamburger with bacon, cheese, greens, onions and avocado, and a mixed tropical fruit drink.

Walking distance from my hotel in Hesperia is a Cuban sandwich shop. I got the Havana Burger and the Conga drink

I noticed this recently while listening to Real Tigers (Mick Herron).

And if you listen to enough Agatha Christie, her reliance on 'stared' or 'gazed' really stands out. I.e., Poirot asks an unexpected question. Hastings stares at Poirot.

Both my intro and outro music on this Alaska Air flight (from the plane's PA) was Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's version).

Oh hey, I'm at D8

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Images of an old silver 1999 Toyota Corolla for sale

You want a car that gets the job done? You want a car that's hassle free? You want a car that literally no one will ever compliment you on? Well look no further. The 1999 Toyota Corolla. Let's talk about features. Bluetooth: nope Sunroof: nope Fancy wheels: nope Rear view camera: nope...but it's got a transparent rear window and you have a fucking neck that can turn. Let me tell you a story. One day my Corolla started making a strange sound. I didn't give a shit and ignored it. It went away. The End. You could take the engine out of this car, drop it off the Golden Gate Bridge, fish it out of the water a thousand years later, put it in the trunk of the car, fill the gas tank up with Nutella, turn the key, and this puppy would fucking start right up. This car will outlive you, it will outlive your children. Things this car is old enough to do: Vote: yes

Consent to sex: yes Rent a car: it IS a car This car's got history. It's seen some shit. People have done straight things in this car. People have done gay things in this car. It's not going to judge you like a fucking Volkswagen would. Interesting facts: This car's exterior color is gray, but it's interior color is grey. In the owner's manual, oil is listed as "optional." When this car was unveiled at the 1998 Detroit Auto Show, it caused all 2,000 attendees to spontaneously yawn. The resulting abrupt change in air pressure inside the building caused a partial collapse of the roof. Four people died. The event is chronicled in the documentary "Bored to Death: The Story of the 1999 Toyota Corolla You wanna know more? Great, I had my car fill out a Facebook survey. Favorite food: spaghetti Favorite tv show: Alf Favorite band: tie between Bush and the Gin Blossoms This car is as practical as a Roth IRA. It's as middle-of-the-

When I ran the CarFax for this car, I got back a single piece of paper that said, "It's a Corolla, It's fine." Let's face the facts, this car isn't going to win any beauty contests, but neither are you. Stop lying to yourself and stop lying to your wife. This isn't the car you want, it's the car you deserve: The fucking 1999 Toyota Corolla. Google map of cars location

Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever.

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no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend

As half marathon courses go, it was pretty good except for a couple of extended banked roads (which aren't good for bad knees) and one stretch of narrow sidewalk. The route was pretty flat and had a number of sights: OSU campus, food delivery robots, covered bridge, cows and horses, farmland. 3/3

Also I found a geocache on mile 10, so I clearly wasn't taking this super seriously. I decided to up my run intervals to 15 minutes, which worked out fine until the end when I had to back off to avoid screwing up the ankle (which seems fine today). 2/x

The Corvallis half marathon route.

The geocache I found a fake magnetic banana slug on a sign post

Corvallis half marathon: it went fine - the first half I've run in some time. 2:38:09, which was a little over the 12 minute mile pace I hoped for, but: downpour on mile 3, felt nauseous (prob from starting too fast on mile 5 and had to walk a bit) and my left ankle acted up near the end. 1/x

Not pictured: large fresh strawberry shake from the Centralia Burgerville

Hot stone chicken Bibimbap plus banchan from Happy Bibimbop in Salem, OR

Burrito Mojado from El Camion in Seattle

Half Marathon recovery meals

A covered bridge on a Corvallis bike path with a runner approaching it

Two food delivery robots on the Oregon State University campus

Yours truly about to finish the Corvallis half marathon.

Corvallis Half Marathon

I'm just glad Mr. and Mrs. Met found each other, what were the odds

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Two cats in front of a stone staircase appear to be hugging and kissing. Halfway up the staircase, three cats look on, as do four more at the top.

when two of your friends start hooking up and the rest of you know it’ll end in disaster

A sign advertising land for sale amid an area teeming with skunk cabbage

Your dream Canadian swamp home awaits

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

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