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Jan 5, 20231 min read
Gauges are as gauges do
Comparison: But when a metric on our culture or a complex machine is functioning poorly, it’s easy to get confused. Is this work actually...
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DLP
Jan 5, 20231 min read
Stray Orange Hair
Comparison: Floundering in his attempts to wield political power while lacking a political office, Donald Trump looks increasingly like a...
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DLP
Jan 5, 20231 min read
Wet Spark Plug
Comparison: General Beringer: Goddamn it! I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it'd do any good. Let the boy in there, Major. The...
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DLP
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Unsteady Pinwheel
Comparison: Despite Miller’s talent and feverish enthusiasm, and the gravitational pull of his stars, the movie’s colorful parts just...
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Jul 2, 20221 min read
Lumpy Carpet
Comparison: Anomalies tend to get swept under the carpet until there are so many of them that the furniture starts to fall over. Somebody...
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DLP
May 15, 20221 min read
Wave the White Flag
Comparison: My makeup had melted off hours ago, and my deodorant also waved the white flag. Sometimes surrender is the very best option....
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DLP
Mar 30, 20221 min read
Wagons to the left, wagons to the right, go to the hoop . . .
Keep loading! Comparison: “‘Don’t worry about the mules, just load the wagon,’ [Bill] Self Sr., used to say.” “Just load the wagon.“...
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DLP
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Ladies and Gentlemen look on the right side of the aircraft . . .
Probably don't want to ask the folks on the other side what the left wing looks like. Comparison: “‘I’m going to tell them that we...
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DLP
Feb 25, 20221 min read
NATO expansion as a Glacier
So slow, yet so powerful. Comparison: “Sarotte writes, “Just as a glacier sweeps across a landscape slowly, yet alters broad swathes of...
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DLP
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Socks are as Socks Do
(Apologies to Forrest, but it seems to fit here.) Comparison: “Does the G.O.P. still support democracy? Or is it now Trump’s sock...
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DLP
Feb 2, 20221 min read
Mob Bosses come and Mob Bosses go
Even in Silicon Valley??! Comparison: Earlier this week, he [Ryan Breslow] posted a tweet thread (which has since gone wildly viral)...
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DLP
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Badger Pain
Matthew McConaughey's in awe of his brother. Comparison: “Cool under pressure, with the pain threshold of a badger, he’s [Mike...
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DLP
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Spit in the frying pan
Listening to this description of a judge may, or may not, make you hope for a case in his court. Comparison: “‘He [Judge G. Thomas...
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DLP
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Withdrawal 101
Dave Barry now seems to appear once a year (a month ahead of the groundhog in Feb), but rarely fails to capture some news event in a...
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DLP
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Does Any City Still Have a Phone Booth?
Remembering the relative size of a phone booth as key allowing the magic of this comparison to create a mental image. Seemingly we can...
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DLP
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Spiritual Journey: Joy, Bliss, Vampires need not apply
Inspired, no doubt, by Oprah Winfrey's, interviewing skills, Will Smith finds a way to place a vampire in an adverb (maybe not as...
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DLP
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Heading to the Laundromat--STAT
Maybe, just maybe Tide PODS will do the trick for former Gov. Christie (maybe Costco has them in bulk). Comparison: “Many erstwhile...
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DLP
Jan 14, 20221 min read
2010; Greece; President Obama!
Sounds explosive. Comparison: “But in 2010, economic conditions weren’t normal. Greece’s attachment to an already shaky Europe made its...
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Jan 14, 20221 min read
Poison Dementia?
Gosh, you'd think perhaps they don't like it. Comparison: “Buffett told CNBC in early May bitcoin was ‘probably rat poison squared’ while...
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DLP
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Excuse me! Can you point the way to Topeka?
Now, which trail were you looking for: Lewis and Clark, or Ho Chi Mihn? Comparison: “The draft number for his birthdate was a comfortable...
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