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This Idea is so Bad it seems like an SNL ad for “The Bad Idea Store ™”

Dude is Living His Best Life; Good on Him!

Stay classy, Ancient Rome!

Please note that the cock-lion’s “tail” is itself another phallus. *fingertip kiss* Magnifique!

Anyway, the next time you hear someone sounding off about how hopelessly depraved and perverted the present is, just remember this 2,000-year-old ding-a-ling and laugh in their prudish faces.

“Bronze tintinabulum hung with small bells to function as a wind chime. It is decorated with a winged lion-phallus which was believed to provide magical protection against evil and to bring good luck to the household. (Date 1st-Century)” source

How the hell have I never heard of the Sadistic Mika Band? ♬♫♪

More importantly: How the hell have you never heard of the Sadistic Mike Band‽

WE’VE WASTED OUR LIVES RIGHT UP UNTIL THIS EXACT MOMENT!!!

(also, this TV host is sort of amazing, right? like, in that it’s hard to believe he isn’t a character Bill Hader made up for SNL)

Not for nothing, but Tristan is *kinda* my dude

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“May the Fourth Be With You”—Ada Lovelace

I have only a vague recollection of making this—or why I did so. I presume I was tickled by the fact that several of the portraits of Ada Lovelace (English mathematician and writer, widely regarded as the first computer programmer and Mother of Modern Computing, may the Lord have Mercy on Her Soul)—including the one I started with for this image—depict her sporting a very Princess Leia ‘do.

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Is this song about a serial killer or a sex criminal? ♬♫♪

I just 100% don’t know how to cope with the existence of the song “Butcher Pete.” And, yeah, this may be one of those murderous earworms that literally consumes you from the inside out. Sorry! My bad for sharing!

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My funny, glamorous, gracious Aunt Lola was enslaved in Auschwitz at 16.

Today is Yom Ha’Shoa. Yesterday I was at lunch and my Aunt Lola was brought to mind, so I thought I’d share this post from 2015: My funny, glamorous, gracious Aunt Lola died last night. She was enslaved in Auschwitz at 16. The full text I wrote then follows.] I just learned that my Aunt Lola died last night–great aunt, technically, the wife of one of my father’s uncles.

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Straight Talk: Every Rap Crew Should Have an ASL Interpreter. I LOVE THIS!!!

Yes, I saw CODA. Yes, I hella dug. No, I WASN’T CRYING THAT MOVIE THEATER JUST WAS MAD SETTING OFF MY ALLERGIES GOTO HELL IM FINE!!1!

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“Dave, I’m concerned that Greg Gillis (of Girl Talk) may not be an absolute genius; can you help me?” ♬♫♪

Yes. Yes I can:

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