Okapi
May 31, 2022
Me: You’re going to need a better haircut if you’re going to be chancellor.
Ten-Year-Old: Yeah, better than that okapi one.
Rendition
May 30, 2022
Fourteen-Year-Old: It would be cool to hear a heavy metal rendition of 4’33”.
Stunt
May 28, 2022
Me: I think I saw my stunt double.
Uncut
May 27, 2022
Me: This is some industrial strength, uncut crazy.
Double
May 26, 2022
Friend: I need to stop watching YouTube at double speed. I’m having a hard time listening to the journal club talk, because everyone is talking so slowly.
Wandering
May 25, 2022
Friend: Today’s Dwarf Fortress question: If dwarves need ladders to climb trees, why is the donkey starving because it’s wandering around on top of one?
Me: Is that a donkey on a tree, a ladder, or a dwarf?
Form
May 24, 2022
Me: Even if you don’t invite anybody until after you’re done, it’s just bad form to start a new Zoom meeting while you’re still on the crapper.
Triangle
May 23, 2022
Ten-Year-Old’s Friend: We must form the triangle of tranquility, to sacrifice your dad to Danny DeVito.