Impractically Ornate

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The Virgin by William Wordsworth

John P Bloch August 15, 2018

Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost
With the least shade of thought to sin allied.
Woman! above all women glorified,
Our tainted nature’s solitary boast;
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Posted in Poetry
Tagged A thing of beauty

I deactivated my Twitter account. Too much noise, not enough signal.

My 2 year old son is such a bean pole that none of his pants will stay up. I knew I’d probably have to yell at the kids to pull their pants up, but this is much sooner than I expected!

On the Oxford Comma, Pedantry and Silliness

John P Bloch December 31, 2015

What do you do with extremists, the oxford comma and pedants?

Posted in Errata
Tagged Just for Fun, Linguistics, Punctuation

My daughter just told me that she wants to drink her coffee black when she grows up. ??

∞

SOON

John P Bloch January 14, 2015

SOON

Posted in Errata
Tagged Ascii Art, Soon

Is Santa Claus Republican or Democrat?

John P Bloch December 22, 2014

This is the age old question that has plagued our Op-Ed sections for decades. Finally, I have the answer for you.

Posted in Errata
Tagged Christmas, Santa Claus, Tough Questions

Either

or

will be playing a lot tomorrow, depending on the outcome. ∞

How is my daughter so good at Hi Ho Cherry-O?!

OH MY GOSH MISS FRIZZLE IS A TIME LORD AND THE BUS IS A TARDIS!

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