She was such a brilliant comedian! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL4P...

Jean Harlow – Dinner at Eight (Final Scene) – 1933 [HD Video Restoration in DES STEREO]

YouTube video by Bob Zwolinski

if you see this, post a vampire

Ah, the joys of field work

The spelling bee seems to have little interest in the natural world overall.

I haven't tried the glue stick, but I can personally vouch for all the other methods.

Weak, tasteless

If you bump into someone in an unexpected place you might say “what a small world.” But there’s an Irish equivalent that goes is fánach an áit a bhfaighfeá gliomach. It means “what an odd place to find a lobster”

@mattcramer.bsky.social - here it is full size

AHannhedonia.bsky.socialOct 10, 2023 5:58am

I love this painting (c. 1924) of Una, Lady Troubridge, by Romaine Brooks:

“Inconvenience stores” used to be a punchline in bad jokes, but now that it’s a reality, yeah, I usually just walk out.

JSjoshsternberg.bsky.socialSep 23, 2024 5:48pm

Anti-theft deterrent also means anti-sales. Nice job, eggheads. "Upon discovering that an item they want to buy is in a locked case, less than one in three shoppers (32%) get a store employee to unlock the case." www.retailbrew.com/stories/2024...

Two in three shoppers won’t buy products in locked display cases

Most end up trying to find the product in another store, according to a Consumer World survey.

Try convincing the average agent of that ;-)