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Junk Drawer 3/21/18

And now, a series of thoughts I've had over the past week or so.


"I've now been collecting 'Warhammer 40K' for the same number of years that I had been alive when I started."


At least I didn't spend that money on bitcoin.


"That novel I wrote in high school was basically me trying to create 'Stranger Things' before 'Stranger Things' was a thing."


"We mostly eat 3 meals at 3 fixed points during the day out of habit. Yet plenty of people get plenty of nutritional value out of eating snacks. Snacks should be considered meals equal to breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and you should probably skip at least one of those if you eat snacks."

"Before plastic bags, how did people cook all the recipes where you need to cover something in plastic? Did they just put it in a bowl with a rag over it or something?"


"I should really think of an article idea for Thursday."


"People always talk about how Kirkland vodka is the same quality and taste as Grey Goose...but that's basically every single kind of Trader Joe's liquor department. Their bourbon is actually distilled by Buffalo Trace, for example."


"I bet Chadwick Boseman is actually kind of short in person."


"I should really think of an article idea for Thursday...like soon."


"I bet if my current dog met my old dog, they would be friends."


"Elevators get more terrifying the longer you think about them."


"I should really, really get serious about coming up with an article."


"I bet it would be fun to have dinner with Anthony Hopkins."


"Shit - is it Thursday already?"

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