Sunday Miscellany: National Creamsicle Day Edition

The word "zany" dates from the 16th century, and comes from the name of some of the peasant class characters in the Commedia dell'Arte.

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Southern Utah is beautiful. Remote, but beautiful.

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I bought a CD of dirty jokes, songs and stories recorded on Edison cylinders at the turn of the 20th century, and WOW are some of them blue. There's nothing new under the sun...

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There was a legit reason for the no brown M&Ms clause.

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I'm currently reading The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. It's easy to forget that most of the really interesting hippie stuff happened before 1969.

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There is a Circle of Hell in which you eternally shop for school supplies.