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Brevity is…. Wit – The Simpsons – from Steve

If yesterday’s rambling, stream-of-conscious BB was in the vein of Donald Miller, today we’re shooting for Raymond Carver (or Chewy): It was dark and humid and there were merkins.* Tunnel, backpedal, more merkins. Selling books, AI refrigerators, termite swarms, the lost AO of Abita Springs. And. More. Merkins. Jane Fondas …

These Hands, They Look Like Good, Strong Hands (or: Are You Happy To See Me, Or Is That a Buck Moth In Your Pants?) – from Steve

[*Again, a situation where YHC could use a GIF (hard g, soft g, doesn’t matter), for those who didn’t grow up with a luck dragon named Falkor, being chased through the swamps by The Nothing and a bad tempered, green-eyed wolf. And as for the buck moth in your pants, …

– [ ] 155 years ago today, three brave Americans defeated El Guapo at the battle of Santo Poco to give Mexico’s independence. – from Jose10k

A plethora of runners joined up to celebrate the Three Amigos. Three cowboy movie stars from the silent era — Dusty Bottoms, Lucky Day and Ned Nederlander — are fired when one of their movies bombs. In what seems to be a career-saving offer, a young Mexican woman Carmen offers …