Category Archives: Odd Thoughts

Odd Thought on Film

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“Can leave behind a dull film.” – Second-rate kitchen counter cleaner or Gus Van Sant.

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Odd Thought on Nostalgia

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I used to love nostalgia.

Man, I miss that feeling.

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Odd Thought on Market Saturation

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I think my next short story is going to be about vampires, but instead of sucking the lifeblood out of humans, they suck the lifeblood out of their own literary trope.

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[And, as a sequel, maybe something about zombies that eat just the creative part of the brain … not the whole brain, like the mirror neurons and the parts that make us do the same thing other people do …]

Odd Thought on Near-Homophones

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Lemon-lime, delicious soda flavor. Lemming-lyme, debilitating disease in Arctic countries.

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Odd Thought on Pseudonyms

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I am thinking about changing my name to John Xoxo, so I will always feel loved when people write to me, no matter what the subject.

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Odd Thought on Historical Invasions

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On this day in 1527, Rome was invaded by the Imperial Landsknechts.

Their primary weapon: it is very difficult to warn people about an enemy you can’t pronounce.

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Odd Thought on Religious Type

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Would a religion that doesn’t believe in angels be accurately described as Sans-Seraph?

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Odd Thought on Spooneristic Peacemaking

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What a work of man is peace, how seasoned in rubble, how
impacted in penalties…

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Odd Thought on parts of speech

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A language without conjunctions would be very simplistic — no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

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Odd Thought on Catchphrases

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J. J. Evans said, “Dino-MITE!”

The Chicxulub asteroid said, “Dino might not.”