Game Changer. I thought it was dead but saw it again this morning. Michael Myers rises again.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
It was way back in the late 1980s when I heard “Life’s a journey, not a destination.” I thought that was quite profound at the time but in the ensuing years the very concept of “journey” has come to make...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
I just read on my office elevator news screen that Americans will, between Memorial Day and Labor Day, eat 7 Billion hot dogs. That is astounding, on several levels. Seven. Billion. Hot Dogs.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Flaneur
I thought nothing was forever. Now I observe that every “change,” especially change due to the pandemic, is “forever.” Everything is going to “change our lives forever.” In fact, it’s hard nowadays to find a sentence announcing any kind of...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
PLEASE listen to what Michael Lewis is saying right now. Few things could be as important to our commonwealth as what Michael Lewis is saying right now.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Priam's Daughter
One TV reporter just asked another: "What do you think of the loss of Prince Philip?" No further comment necessary.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Just when I thought we were done with it, I saw it again today: "Game Changer." How about “Game Over”?
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
The constant refrain of the commands “Look” and “Listen” have become a pandemic. Suggested reading: https://thebasispoint.com/top-10-most-annoying-ways-to-start-a-sentence/
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
And speaking of blather, How about now EVERYTHING these days is not just “changed,” but “changed forever." More empty pronouncements, phony drama, false profundity—everywhere. Nothing is forever.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
The Trump “Era” The “Era” of Covid How can 1 year or even 4 be an “Era”? Just more blather, suggesting profundity where none exists. https://youtu.be/dTRKCXC0JFg
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex