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A Note on the Text of the 10-Second Interview

Posted by Ocelopotamus on December 13th, 2007 at 12:33 pm

Grendel from Earthgoat, always an attentive and keen-eyed reader, has written to gently chide me for conforming to a certain lowbrow usage in my 10-Second Interview post.
The question in question would be this one:
Pepsi or Coke?
Iced peppermint green tea.
Since that post and its comments are a fair way down the page at this point, […]

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Tea-Upon-Ice Now Available in Restaurants

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 15th, 2007 at 7:32 pm

It is astonishing sometimes, when you have a truly good idea, how quickly it will be adopted by the rest of the world.
For example, you loyal readers of Ocelopotamus will surely remember my “tea-upon-ice” idea from last week. (Idea is too small a word, really. Discovery? Breakthrough? Epiphany?)
And I’m sure you all have been […]

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Roundup: Cannibal Cane Toad Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 9th, 2007 at 11:03 am

John Conyers tells it like it T-I-Is: Conyers says Bush spared Libby from jail to keep him from singing. This is patently obvious to just about everyone, but of course the White House immediately called the charge “ridiculous and baseless.” Which allows it to join the distinguished list of other ideas the administration considers “ridiculous […]

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Weekend in Peoria, and a Sign of the Times

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 27th, 2007 at 12:26 pm

You may have noticed things have been a little slow around the OcPot this week, because I spent the past weekend visiting my parents in scenic Peoria, Illinois. I’m now paying the usual price for taking a couple of days off, with everything I have to do piled up to twice its normal height. It’ll […]

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