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A Hippopotamus for David Ker

Byhenry November 21, 2008

Well, not really. It’s mine.

Here it is:

Hippo in a frame

I’ve had it since last Christmas but didn’t think of it until today when I looked at it sitting on my desk. You see, last year I commented to my wife that I thought the song “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas” was “cute.” She never forgets things like that.

Christmas morning there was a picture of a hippo in a frame so I could have my hippopotamus for Christmas.

And even though I said it was “for” David Ker, well, this post is, but I keep my hippo.

Beware Friends Bearing Manuscripts

Byhenry August 28, 2009

That’s something every editor should have laminated and stuck on the wall. There is nothing to make me cringe like a friend or relative telling me that they have a manuscript they’ve been working on for a long time. Inevitably this leads to the question, “Would you be interested in looking at it?” Depending on…

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Patently False Church Sign

Byhenry July 22, 2014

I was stopped at a light and saw this church sign. Yep! I did! I grabbed my cell phone and took a picture. (It was a long red!) It’s nonsense. It’s a particularly bad use of the slippery slope argument. A free society depends on us permitting things that we do not promote. I permit…

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Feline Seal of Approval

Byhenry July 7, 2007

Who could doubt the words of the Bishop of Durham now? (HT: Pseudo-Polymath.)

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A Science Comedian

Byhenry July 23, 2009

… no, really!

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Of Cowboy Hats and Graduations

Byhenry January 19, 2008

Well, I am fully aware of the irony of my posting this right after I write a post about getting more substantive, but I really can’t resist. Besides, the tip of my (floppy) hat goes to Eddie Arthur, so it’s really all his fault. It seems that Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary wants to wear different…

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My Movie Rating

Byhenry January 7, 2009

. . . and it is to laugh Created by OnePlusYou – Free Dating Site What’s to laugh about? It says this rating is based on the presence of the words “dead” (2x) and “torture” (1x). Hat Tip: C.Orthodoxy and a crowd of others.