Category Archives: Fun

R. L. May

Posted on Sunday, 24 December 2017 14:45 by David Gorsline

Long-overlooked research explains the nature of Rudolph’s glow, and its fitness for his habitat.

The records for 25 December 1949 indicate a worldwide fog of unprecedented extent. Claus’ adoption of Rudolph and cultivation of a pure-breeding strain facilitated his navigational tasks during the smogs that beset developed countries in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Some links: 18 again

Posted on Friday, 1 July 2016 15:03 by David Gorsline

An oldie but a goodie, saved from linkrot: Thomas the NJ Transit train.

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Happy

Posted on Saturday, 12 December 2015 18:07 by David Gorsline

Featuring (now) full-time colleagues Alex and Maanvi.

And check out the cameo by Stacey at 1:39.

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And about that milk carton…

Posted on Friday, 5 June 2015 21:11 by David Gorsline

everyone's an editorIt turns out that here at NPR, we will edit anything, even a cartoon from The New Yorker. This exchange was posted on the 4th-floor bulletin board by the audio engineers’ mailboxes.

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Upcoming: 41

Posted on Friday, 6 March 2015 20:18 by David Gorsline

Looks like I won’t have to travel as far as L.A.

#isTooAKitty

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I hate it when Mom and Dad fight

Posted on Thursday, 13 November 2014 22:35 by David Gorsline

An oldie but a goodie:

ᔥ Language Log

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Accommodation

Posted on Thursday, 30 October 2014 9:11 by David Gorsline

Ooh, when I’m in LA to see the show, I’ll have to stay here.

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Secret fan

Posted on Monday, 13 October 2014 7:38 by David Gorsline

Oh, I think I need to make it out to Los Angeles some time early next year.

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And a honorable mention for looping

Posted on Monday, 29 September 2014 18:00 by David Gorsline

Tommy, you had me from the awful magenta-on-blue script neon logo. Ben Yakas is a lucky man.

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What do you see?

Posted on Sunday, 31 August 2014 14:05 by David Gorsline

ᔥ Language Log

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Alley-rollers?

Posted on Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:53 by David Gorsline

Brooklyn has Columbused the only game at Dave & Buster’s that I like to play.

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News of the weird

Posted on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 20:39 by David Gorsline

A new season of nature blogging, and I’m thinking I should jazz up the brand a little bit, maybe add a little more sizzle. Something like this:

Generated by the PULP-O-MIZER ↬ The Endeavour

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The taxonomy is uncertain

Posted on Monday, 14 January 2013 19:20 by David Gorsline

Get while it lasts: Hitler reacts to missing the first Colorado record Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni).

ᔥ Paul

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Undercarriage incidents

Posted on Sunday, 9 December 2012 10:02 by David Gorsline

What’s most admirable about Sam Borden’s piece on the reluctance of NFL players to wear athletic protection is how he runs the table of euphemisms without once referring to the family jewels. Oh, and I learned why a pioneering manufacturer of jockstraps was named Bike.

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Weird public thick-book spine point

Posted on Saturday, 14 April 2012 23:37 by David Gorsline

Mark Z. Danielewski looks for love on OkCupid.

ᔥ The Morning News

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