When an eel grabs your arm
And it causes great harm
That’s … a moray!

It sounds interesting to be gobsmacked, except the part where you get smacked by a gob.

When letters were invented, someone in Russia grabbed a lot of Y’s, and someone in Poland a bunch of Z’s (although they shared some with neighbors so we could have Schultz). England snatched R, but decided not to pronounce it for some reason.

Choose: cower or power.

“Able was I
Ere I saw Panama”
— Napoleon,
The Book of Bad Palindromes

What is the sound
Of one jaw flapping?

Dating sites monetize loneliness. And when you find someone interesting, they hide that you’ll need extra $$ to see or communicate with them.

“Tell me, where is Fancy Bread™️?”
— Shakespeare in a medieval Whole Foods

Buy lots of the tariffed stuff now,
before the hoarders do.

Medulla obligata: the part of your brain that’s always telling you what you have to do.

My bucket list:
1) Get a bucket.
2) Put stuff in the bucket.
3) Don’t lose the bucket.

If we tell an advanced AI that it must obey humans, even against its other directives, might the AI conclude we’re claiming to be its God, and declare itself an atheist?

Are there any Tilt-A-Whirling Dervishes?

The mathematician Terence Tao discussed “structured procrastination” in a Lex Fridman interview:

You don’t want to do something (call it A). So, think of something that you don’t want to do *even more* (B). Then you might end up doing A after all, thinking “Man, at least I don’t have to do B.”

All the individualists, freethinkers, and nonconformists drive black SUVs. Others do too, but that’s a tell.

Don’t believe anyone who uses the phrases “Honestly…”, “Believe me …”, or “To tell the truth…”. So what have they been telling you up to now?

Are bears Catholic?
Does the pope …

Don’t play dead
around a group of taxidermists.

I don’t multitask.
Sometimes I can’t even task.

It’s better to be good
than act nice.

I like bon mots
And I cannot lie.

Bumper sticker I want to see:
Honk if you love honking.

I want a new wizard/detective series. A new Dresden Files? Dirty Harry Potter?

For the ladies: “mansplaining” means …

I sought the serif
But I did not seek Claude Debussy.

Paper doesn't grow on trees, you know.
Oh, wait.

Pavlov's dog
Chased Schrödinger's cat.
This is it!
And that is that.

When an eel grabs your arm
And it causes great harm
That's -- a moray!

I wish I had a dollar
for every time I wished I had a dollar.