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As a medical editor, language - usage - lexicography - culture - memes - all meet someplace. And that place appears to be my desk.

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Spotted in a question thread on Reddit: "How do British people pronounce the band name ZZ Top?" I'm still laughing.

My Thai bird chilis are coming in strong. Scoville unit heat level? Unlimited.

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I could see some bluebirds flitting in and out of the birdhouse, and they've hatched a second clutch of eggs. The little devils.

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Good luck, ESLers: www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTWCWuL/

Today I learned that Colin Chapman, inventor of the Lotus Super 7, originally sold the cars in kit form, so the buyer had to assemble it. This was partly for tax reasons. But to get the tax break, the car couldn't ship with assembly instructions. So he included a manual on how to *disassemble* it.

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Watched "Poor Things" tonight. The settings, architecture, costumes, music, everything was on-point, except the screenplay. Only Willem Dafoe came to life. This could have been a great movie, but when it started dragging, it never came back to life. Still, it's chock-a-block with eye-candy.

This will take a while.

Thai soup on the way. We have chicken meatballs, grated garlic, ginger, jalapeno, and galangal. This will be epic.

In the background, we have Thai Bird Chilis coming up. In the foreground, we're germinating Thai Holy Basil. As these become established, I'll start another round, and continue through the summer. This should give me what railway aficionados call "rolling stock."

@bcdreyer.bsky.social I'm unhappy with this being considered valid. Wordle 959 4/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@ghobubo.bsky.social Hi Blixy!

Infrastructure rocks! For the past two days, workers have been installing fiber-optic Internet cable along my street. I'm at the very end of the cul-de-sac, so I was the last home connected. I can't wait to ditch Xfinity and switch from coax to fiber. Twice the speed at half the cost.

Hey, y'all. Looks like I'm in the lifeboat.

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