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Phantom Works just tried to recruit me.

Krugman and whiskey

So anthrochica said:

I am also making my way through a book of Paul Krugman's essays, which is very soothing, in a macabre apocalyptic way, but it's like self-medicating reading, an article before bed, you can't just rush thought that.

To which I responded:

There's a postmodern song in there somewhere. Aw hell, I'll write one:

Krugman and Whiskey
( warning: doggerel )

thank you. thankyouverahmuch.

apologies extended to both Elvis and Johnny Cash.

nerd humor

in a discussion of the nuances of the comparative lexical semantics of pet and pat, colleague writes:

The construction of jokes about non-paradigmatic dog touching is left as an exercise for the reader.

and, I might add, the construction of the appropriate context for that joke is left as an exercise for the reader.

okay, I'll shut up and let someone else use your friends-list now. Thanks for tolerating me.