2000

January 1, 2000
in Writing
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Coined Words and Phrases

This is a collection of all of the words and phrases that I have come up with over the years. For a list of words I'd like to remember, click here.

Adjectives

Formotypical - adj.

Characteristic of a particular form, pattern, or structural type; having the typical shape or configuration associated with something.
Exhibiting the standard characteristics and expectations of a group, especially relating to written material(s).

Adverb

Twonce /twəns/ - adv.

An action performed in two instances at one time.

- Usage: "Twonce" is used to describe an action or event that occurs in two distinct but concurrent instances, emphasizing simultaneity rather than repetition.

Nouns

All-night Mouth - n. - 2024-10-11

The unpleasant condition of the mouth after a full night's sleep, characterized by dryness, stale breath, and a general sense of oral decay. Broader in scope than morning breath, as it refers to the entire mouth rather than just odor.

- Ex: Camping without water gave me quite the case of all-night mouth.

Diagnostic Silence - n. - 2024-12-21

A deliberate pause or period of quiet used to observe, detect, or confirm a sound, signal, or anomaly within a system.
(by extension) Any intentional moment of stillness employed to gain insight into a complex process or environment.

- Ex: The mechanic held a diagnostic silence, listening for the rattle that only appeared when the engine idled.

Formotypicality, -ies - n.

The state of being formotypical.

Hyper-Lottery - n. - 2025-04-01

A game or venture of extreme risk and reward, in which participants stake something of immense or irreplaceable value for a chance at extraordinary gain. Unlike an ordinary lottery, where losses are trivial or expected, a hyper-lottery involves disproportionate stakes—the potential loss is catastrophic, while the prize is almost unimaginably great.
(figurative) Any situation in which someone wagers their reputation, future, or well-being on an outcome of vast uncertainty.

- Ex: Investing your life savings in that startup was a hyper-lottery, not a business plan.

Jaden Bait - n. - 2020-06-25

Overly stylized or gaudy consumer electronics, usually with RGB lights or excessive flair.

Kennedy Defense - n. - 2025-03-30

A dubious or bad-faith legal argument in which the defendant attributes an injury or fatality to spontaneous bodily failure—especially of the victim's head or body—rather than to any external cause or their own actions.
(informal, ironic) Any attempt to dismiss clear causation with implausible explanations that defy logic or physics.

- Ex: The lawyer's claim that the victim's skull "just did that" was a textbook Kennedy Defense.

Late Night Sleep Crazies - n.

A semi-dreamlike state, typically occurring while drifting into or emerging from sleep, in which the mind generates rapid, intricate streams of information or thoughts that seem logical in the moment but dissolve into incoherent fragments upon later reflection.

- Insight: I usually notice this phenomenon when I am asked a question and my response is nonsensical and off-topic.

Nuts and Bolts & Rocks and Sticks - n.

Superfluous or intrusive additions to an otherwise complete or straightforward system, project, or recipe.
Unwanted embellishments or complications that distract from the main purpose or degrade simplicity.

- Ex: This app's interface is full of nuts and bolts—animations, pop-ups, and menus no one asked for.
- Ex: Don't ruin the potato salad with rocks and sticks; just keep it simple.

Oddservation - n. - 2023-05-06

A curious or peculiar observation; the act or result of noticing something unusual, humorous, or out of place.
A term for a witnessed or remarked-upon event that defies ordinary explanation or expectation.

Pocket Cost - n. - 2025-04-16

The physical or practical burden of carrying an item in one's pocket, especially in terms of size, weight, shape, or comfort. A lower pocket cost indicates ease of carrying; a higher pocket cost suggests inconvenience, bulk, or discomfort.
(by extension) Any small but persistent inconvenience associated with keeping or maintaining something on one's person.

Scanner's Folly - n. - 2023-10-04

The mistake of disposing of an original document before verifying the accuracy or completeness of its digital copy.
(figurative) Any act of premature trust in technology that leads to irreversible loss or error.

Yawning Gap - n.

A conspicuous opening in an otherwise closed or sealed structure, often large enough to compromise its integrity or intended function.
A breach or separation in a surface, joint, or enclosure that was designed to remain airtight, watertight, or otherwise sealed.

- Ex: The inspection found a yawning gap between the door and the frame, letting in cold air.

Verb

Bowling Green Hello - v.

A humorous or unconventional greeting in which two or more men offer to shake each other's penis instead of hands.
A deliberately awkward or exaggerated greeting between men, typically involving overfamiliar gestures or misunderstanding of boundaries.

Christopher Reeve - v. - Adapted from Chris Ray Gun

To fall in such a way that one suffers extreme or lasting harm.

- Ex: I almost fucking Christopher Reeved myself! -Chris Ray Gun

Grand Canyon - v.

To give a poorly executed and violent hand-job.

January 1, 2000
in Writing
8 min read

Dreams

A collection of dream journals.

2025

2025-06-05: Omen of Asshole

The local Sheriff's department requested that a computer system be installed on a small tree for surveillance purposes. This tree happened to be outside my bedroom window (of my Dad's house).

I went onsite to install the tiny computer, but as I did, a large storm developed and began to engulf the house and surrounding area. I was greeted by my grand-boss, and he said that there was a large bird that was scaring my stepmother near the house. I completed my work and made my way back to the house.

Now inside, I walked toward the front door and as I looked through the door's window, I see a porch and walkway, a black backdrop, bathed in yellow light from the single bulb that is affixed to the front of the house. Sitting on a branch near the door was a large vulture.

I flipped it off and called it an "omen of asshole"—this seems to be a reference to the Inn of Ill Omen, a location from the 2006 game TES IV: Oblivion—as I flipped him off, the bird turned to me and raised out an arm from beneath his tucked wings, then he proceeded to flip me off. The arm moved in a jerking, inhuman manner.

2024

2024-06-20: The Cloak and the Offering

An AI Recreation of the Tupperware ceremony

"Shouldn't you behave yourself? The decisions you make now affect changes that always beget change." Susan said with a hint of motherly concern.

When her words dried up, I gathered my offering in a plastic Tupperware and crawled out of the muddy crawl space.

The house had a foundation of stones held together with an old mortar and seem to not have aged since the day they were assembled.

On my feet, I walk with Susan to the circle.

Eight cloaked figures sat facing each other in total silence, except for one. My sponsor turned from the others and faced me. The blood-red cowl and cape completely concealed her. Even the hole where her face should be was just a black void, that seemed to absorb all the light that reflected off of me.

I approached the circle, sat in the grass, and tightly grasped my plastic container. Another red-cloaked figure began the ceremony and made a short speech. Then came my turn to address the circle.

2024-03-09: Parliament Car

I dreamt I was at a gas station and the cutest little car parked at the pump next to me. It was a small, Soviet-looking car that was painted to look like a pack of Parliament Lights! It was boxy / rectangular and it felt like it was half the size of a Smart Car.

I asked the girl in the front seat if I could test drive it. She was hesitant, but I tossed her my keys so she would have some collateral. She agreed after a little convincing, tossed me the keys, and I was on my way.

I went down a small stretch of road, no longer than a half mile or so without incident. A brain wave of Stupidity crashed a little short of the beach and I soon found myself drifting into an open garage. I clipped the ass end on the wall coming in, breaking the taillight and denting the body.

Cut to a few hours later: Now I'm talking to insurance companies, the police, and the homeowner with a busted up mini-car in their garage. I woke up just after seeing the security can footage of the crash.

2020

2020-04-18: The Bath

An AI Recreation of the bath in the field

The dream about the fields of puddles. A pristine, stone bath rests in the middle of the landscape. No trees or greenery from edge to edge. A narrow stone path leading up to the bath. A large, flat stone sits by the bath.

A tired traveler is seen slowly approaching the bath. The man reaches the flat stone and smiles as he slowly rubs the edge as he makes his way along it. He removes his pack, folds his long coat, and places his helmet atop his pile of folded affairs.

Facing towards the bath, the man is seen standing at the foot of the stairs.

2020-04-07: Tank Frogs

I was in my room but it had flooded with water. I had a tank full of frogs that got swept away in the flood. I retrieved the tank, got it to shore, there was a bunch of beautiful corral in the tank now, but it seems the frogs were dead. The main one changed from green to orange. I assumed that they were just cold and waterlogged since they were kinda still moving. I got some warm water and poured it into the tank but that only seemed to make things worse.

2018

2018-10-23: Office Diver

I was in an office building where one of the offices was sealed with silicone, as if the entire room had been waterproofed like a giant aquarium. The room was completely filled with water, and suspended within it was a man in a scuba suit, sitting in a chair at a desk. He moved slowly as he typed on his waterproof computer. Near the door, a narrow metal ladder was poorly bolted to the wall and it led up into a hole in the ceiling, the only apparent exit. Light filtered down from above, giving the room a dim, bluish glow.

2018-07-25

I found myself in a forest filled with dense, tangled undergrowth and towering trees, their canopies casting deep shadows over the forest floor. In the midst of this wild terrain stood a beautifully handcrafted trolley—ornate and old-fashioned, with rich wood paneling, brass fixtures, and intricate carvings that seemed almost ceremonial. It looked wildly out of place, like it had rolled in from another time or world. The forest was alive with tension; I could hear the low growls and movement of packs of Iron Wolves—massive, metallic beasts with glowing eyes and the fluid motion of something both animal and machine. The trolley offered no clear destination, but it felt like a refuge.

2018-03-24: Skeletons in the Stalls

My family and I were staying in a large house that belonged to another family. When I went to use the bathroom, I found a bunch of stalls in terrible condition—dirty, broken, and unsettling. I later learned that the family used to live in the bathroom beneath the house and had killed the original owner.

2018-01-29: Learning the Ropes

I dreamt I was working at a sperm bank with very little direction about what I was supposed to be doing. My office had three locked refrigerator safes (presumably full of sperm cups), along with a desk, phone, and computer. On my first day, I mostly just killed time, playing on the computer for a few hours. Eventually, I got called upstairs to the boss's office, where the whole team had gathered. She scolded me for not answering any phone calls. I told her the phone had never rung. She then pulled all the female employees into another room to speak privately.

While they were gone, I talked to the only other male employee. He eventually got up to go pee. A few minutes later, everyone came back and the boss scolded us for what we had apparently been talking about while she was gone. I got sent downstairs to the lobby to do paperwork. Down there, I was interacting with people interested in donating or receiving sperm for IVF. I handed out forms and pens. The lobby was half-restaurant, filled with chaos; kids running around, throwing food, creating a mess.

The scene gradually shifted into a school cafeteria. I was sitting with a group of friends and a cute girl. A Spanish guy with face tattoos suddenly burst in and started shooting up the place. We fought back with a food fight. I hid under a table.

Later, I found a seemingly endless supply of shoelaces in the gutter outside someone's house. We asked the homeowner if we could have them. He said no.

2018-01-23: The Broccoli Incident

I walked into a Cracker Barrel-style steakhouse and gift shop, where I was given a free steak and sat down to eat it. A man—white, late twenties to early thirties, with short hair and stubble—sat next to me. I assumed we had a drug deal arranged. I handed him the money, and he gave me a bag of broccoli instead. Frustrated and angry, I stabbed him with a steak knife. I was promptly arrested.

2017

2017-08-19

There’s a huge storm happening outside, and I’m watching it from the front yard while fireworks go off at the same time. Somehow, a demon gets into the house, and Dad complains about it.

Later, I’m with a friend, sorting food rations, and I tell them to stop leaving every orange juice container half-finished.

2017-06-11

In a dark hallway, a large, imposing landlord-like Japanese man stands opposite a young Japanese woman, who appears to be dead. Her spirit suddenly rushes past him, and a close-up reveals his face as blackened and decayed, with milky, lifeless eyes.

January 1, 2000
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Poems

A collection of poems that I have discovered and enjoyed.

January 1, 2000
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Poems

A collection of my poetry.

2022

2022-03-13: Labels

Labels be they, oh labels be they.

We use these labels 'most every day.

Mark up the discs, the books, the kids.

Labels on all that can't be missed.

For what does a labels place be in?

The sun, the wind, the sky, the sin.

The laundry basket, the rubbish bin.

Labels all and labels win.

For speech a label makes a name.

For rules and objects, playing games.

For animals, plants; the small or cute.

For larger things, that huff, and snoot.

For all there is a label now.

For what's unknown can't be pinned down.

A label of paper may one day fall.

For labels don't fit well on all.

With eyes all shut and bodies left.

The thought of labels is long bereft!

When sun is gone, the earth is cold.

Not one more person growing old.

Labels are done, from times that passed.

Those paper labels, not built to last.

2022-03-13: A Country Life

A country life is the life for me

The fresh mowed grass and poplar trees

A porch to sit, some tea to sip

I'll watch the horses prance and skip

The chickens crow, and strut, and peck

The lumber's here, let's build a deck

A fence post leans, on either side

It's rainin' now, best head inside

All cuddled up, the fire roars

My love for you forever soars

You're sittin' there so soft and bright

I'm glad you got to be my wife

Our kids're somewhere raisin' hell

Those little tikes, I love 'em well

We'll raise 'em up, then let 'em go

Our hair is turning white as snow

We're older now, and losing sight

A cane to stand, with vintage pipe

The kid's are here, they got the rest

Now's time for us to leave the nest

We'll go together, hand in hand

The Upward Path, Creator's plan

I love you dearest, that much is true

A country life, for me and you

2020

2020-11-29: MORGAN

Making

Observations

Regarding

Great

Art &

Novels

2020-11-11: Dawn

hours later my eyes are open

and my head is pounding

I open the shades

to see a bright world

bathed in an orange veil

while the sun is nowhere to be seen

January 1, 2000
in Writing
2 min read

Quotes from Books

A collection of quotes from books, essays, and other writings. Enjoy.

Dates / sources are located below a given quote when available.

Any errors in the reproduction of these quotes are my responsibility.

Books

Anonymous (NL)

I wouldn't have even entertained such puss-whippery if she wasn't so sexually adept and in certain lights, and on certain days, and in her own way, quite beautiful, in a non-conventional sort of way.

– Chameleon in a Candy Store

I prayed that I might be struck in love with her, it would be so much easier. She was a ready-made life in waiting.

– Chameleon in a Candy Store

Borges, Jorge

Oh time thy pyramids.

– The Library of Babel

Keyes Jr., Ken

For animals

eat other animals

and no species can survive

if all of its members

are eaten up.

– The Hundredth Monkey, p. 108

Pound, Ezra

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. If Mr. Rockefeller draws a cheque for a million dollars it is good. If I draw one for a million it is a joke, a hoax, it has no value. If it is taken seriously, the writing of it becomes a criminal act.

– ABC of Reading, p. 25

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

– ABC of Reading, p. 32

At about this point the weak-hearted reader usually sits down in the road, removes his shoes and weeps that he 'is a bad linguist' or that he or she can't possibly learn all those languages.

– ABC of Reading, p. 42

Sebastian, Michael

[In regards to television] As long as you are aware of what the producers are trying to achieve, it is easier to dismiss the message without any ill effect.

– Staying Married in a Degenerate Age, p. 52

Sweet, Henry

A good dictionary is necessarily a bad one.

– A Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon, p. 1

Tort, Cesar

[...] it seems that women have been built to be rapeable creatures, with only other males being able to prevent rape in our society.

– On Beth's Cute Tits, p. 102

Essays and Other Writings

January 1, 2000
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Quotes from Media

A collection of quotes from Movies, TV, Videogames, and a host of other places. Enjoy.

Dates / sources are located below a given quote when available.

Any errors in the reproduction of these quotes are my responsibility.

Internet Videos & YouTube

Cathode Ray Dude

I'm a full-contact computer user.

– Before Sonos, there was... Dell???, 00:08:51

Chris Ray Gun

I feel like the mere act of remaining alive is– is a trial of some kind, like it's a test of my endurance, good Lord

– CUPHEAD is RACIST? - Ray Gun University, 00:00:14

Level1Techs

Every now and then I accidentally use Bing and it only reinforces my behavior to never ever use that search engine again. I have wasted the time. Why did I do that?

– Wendell, Level1 News October 16 2020: Un-BEAR-ably Thicc, 00:12:02

Someone's going to come up with a phone app that's going to tell you when to charge your phone for maximum battery life and Apple is going to ban that app.

– Ryan, Level1 News October 16 2020: Un-BEAR-ably Thicc [I think]

We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing.

– Ryan, Level1 News 2020-10-23

Various Videos

You cannot have perfection and company

– Alain de Botton, Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person, 00:18:29

I am the way and the light. Except the light is occasionally muzzle flash.

– Ian Mccollum

[It] comes with a death adapter if you want to burn your house down.

– Peter Brockie, What else is an M.2 WiFi slot good for?, 00:08:36

If at first you don't succeed, reduce your expectations until you're a success.

– Shane Wighton, Worlds hardest jigsaw vs. puzzle machine (all white), 00:16:19

Only an asshole kills somebody on a rainy night.

– Vagrant Holiday II - For A Few Bushes More, 00:15:43

[...] and it has a blue valve cover gasket. Those are not original, these are the Baja Blast flavor of gasket.

– I Do Cars, What A Honda Civic Engine Looks Like Inside After 250-300K Miles, 00:09:29

Movies

They mastered space flight, but they can't get through a wooden door?

– Charlie Sheen, Scary Movie 3 (2003), 01:06:55

I think that when you're very young, you don't have preconceived notions of what is shocking, you just look at things to see if they are beautiful.

– The Honorable Dr. Garech Browne, Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017), 00:21:49

TV Shows

Adventure Time

Dude, sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.

– Jake the Dog, S01E25 07:07

I can't come to the phone right now. I'm either hanging with Finn, my kids, my GF, or I'm dead. Bye!

– Jake the Dog, S09E13 08:00

American Dad

Francine, you're not looking at my fingers. Look how close they are together.

– Stan Smith, S03E16 01:19

The place is sealed tighter than an unlubricated Komzel valve.

– Stan Smith, S08E02 06:30

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Any smile that lasts longer than a second and a half is a con man's ruse.

– Raymond Holt, S02E12 21:18

[...] exaggeration is the huckster's crutch.

– Raymond Holt, S05E21 03:29

First rule of the bum barrel: never ask somebody what they're burning.

– Michael Hitchcock, S06E04 10:06

Never use italics, lest people people think you are a con man or a clown.

– Raymond Holt (as quoted by Terry Jeffords), S07E01 19:26

Duckman

[...] And when you think about it, isn't that exactly the point?

Parking? And driving, and shopping, and eating, and working?

Somewhere, somehow, they all got chewed up and spit back out. They don't taste like living anymore! Don't you see what it's like in this deranged whirring blender of a world?

Every day is an agonizing ordeal, like balancing a pot of scalding water on your head while people whip your legs and butt.

Ah, you never forget your senior prom.

You think I'm sick? Well the only disease I've got is modern life, a shnug-busting gauntlet of inefficiency and misery that's one long parade of letdowns, putdowns, trickle-downs, shutouts, freezeouts, sellouts, numbnuts, nincompoops and nimrods!

All making every day as much fun as waxing a flaming Pontiac with your tongue!

And even if you do luck into the possibility of some fleeting pleasure, like say if some nymphomaniac telephone operator with the muscle control of Romanian mat slappers agree to a little strip air hockey, it will be over before it starts!

'cause some foul lacking, Feta-reeking cab jockey slams his checker up your hatchback and the cab is owned by some pinata-spanker from a Santaria cult in Xoacalpa who starts shaking chicken bones at you and gives you a boil on your neck so big that all it needs is Michael Jordan's autograph to make it complete!

And even with all this, with all this! I still drag my sorry butt off the Sealy every morning and stick my face in the reaping machine for one more day!

Knowing when it's time to flash the cosmic card key at those pearly gates, I won't be in the coffin anyways, because some underhanded undertaker sold my heart, pancreas and other assorted good and plenty to that same Santaria cult!

So does anybody really wonder why anybody is hanging onto sanity by the atoms on the tips of their fingernails, while life dirty dances on their digits, and is it really any wonder THAT I SEEM DERANGED?

– Eric Duckman, S03E16

Family Guy

Go ahead, mock me! But it wasn't Stewie who was laughing at me. It was God!

– Peter Griffin, S06E17 06:08

You don't know nothing... about anything.

– Peter Griffin, S07E08 01:46

House M.D.

If it's dry, keep it wet. If it's wet, keep it dry. If it's not supposed to be there, cut it off.

– Gregory House, S01E13 04:38

Mistakes are as serious as the results they cause.

– Gregory House, S02E08 17:03

Everything is conditional. You just can't always anticipate the conditions.

– Gregory House, S03E07 11:48

Any country with that low an age of consent and that high a suicide rate isn't thinking straight.

– Gregory House, S04E05 15:46

If the wonder's gone when the truth is known, [then] there never was any wonder.

– Gregory House, S04E08 18:58

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

I don't really read or write too good, it's a hassle.

– Seth Powers, S02E14 06:09

Superstore

People are basically just monsters hiding behind the thin veneer of social convention.

– Dena, S03E15 02:37

The Simpsons

It's because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does everything.

– Homer Simpson, S10E08 02:36

You'd think a houseful of crazy people would be fun, it's actually really depressing.

– Bart Simpson, S19E16 16:28

Tosh.0

Every culture has their own made-up nightmares: Mexicans have [the] Chupacabra, the Chinese have dragons, White people have black people, and women have romantic comedies.

– Daniel Tosh, S03E21 09:29

The most effective way to use a sword is to melt it down and turn it into a gun. This is America, we'll never run out of bullets!

– Daniel Tosh, S05E06 07:00

[...] and stop saying you see a future together. I don't want to date an oracle. Let me guess, in my future, I was still miserable?

– Daniel Tosh, S06E20 08:15

People with carpeted stairs cannot be trusted to make good decisions.

– Daniel Tosh, S07E02 03:22

Don't you love it when people in school are like 'I'm a bad test taker'. You mean you're stupid. Oh you struggle with that part where we find out what you know?

– Daniel Tosh, Happy Thoughts (2011), 00:23:10

When I'm in a relationship, I can go two to three weeks without thinking about sex. When I'm single, I need to masturbate twice a day before I step outside or I will sexually assault someone. – Daniel Tosh, People Pleaser (2016), 00:36:32

Two and a Half Men

The world I live in is dark, dark and rainy.

– Alan Harper, S01E01 16:15

It's a public service when a gay chick goes lipstick instead of lumberjack.

– Charlie Harper, S01E11 01:17

Let me tell you something, Alan. You're only as young as the women you feel and lately I've been feeling about 24.

– Charlie Harper, S04E16 04:22

[...] and you never bang a woman who owns a snake or a bird.

– Charlie Harper, S06E12 05:34

Videogames

Fallout: New Vegas (2010)

He's a sick one, but I guess the work calls for it.

– Dermot

The Stanley Parable (2013)

Choice.

It's the best part of being a real person. But if used incorrectly can also be the most dangerous.

For example: In this scenario, a hypothetical, 'real person' named Stephen has a real choice.

Remember that, unlike here, the real world makes sense and at no time should you make a choice that does not conform to rational logic. If you find yourself speaking with a person that does not make sense, in all likelihood, that person is not real.

Allow the person to finish their thought, then provide an excuse for why you cannot continue talking. Turn to a partner and practice saying 'My goodness, is it 4:30? I am supposed to be having a back, sack, and crack.'

– The Narrator

January 1, 2000
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Quotes from my Personal Life

A collection of quotes from me, my friends, my family, and a host of others. Enjoy.

Dates / sources are located below a given quote when available.

H. B. Morgan

(After rinsing my hands with cold water for half a second) There, just like a hospital.

Whoever said that I think shit all the way through?

Do I look like the guy who would read the description before commenting?

(Referring to RED cameras) For $138,000 I better be able to see a spider's clitoris on the moon with that camera.

Thou shalt not audit thy creator.

(In regards to a commercial for a black mattress)

Me: "Eww, a black mattress!"

My Dad: "What do you think black people sleep on?"

Me: "I don't know; Park benches, bus stops?"

Nothing like dislocating your shoulder before bedtime.

(To a teacher I had in college) Well do you want a fast, correct answer, or a groaning, collective answer?

If you're gonna disappoint somebody, it may as well be everybody.

My existential, agony scream was shorter today.

– 2018-01-22

If your tits were a bell curve, they'd be at the tippy top!

– 2018-04-19

(Referring to my height) Damn Italian Gravity!

– 2018-10-27

I'm like a goddamn cartoon character! All I do is wear the same clothes and say the same things all the time.

– 2019-11-26

Sibling: "I don't want to eat anything with the word monster in it."

Me: "I'm sure you've eaten something with the word 'monster' in it."

– 2019-12-20

(Referring to drug commercials) All of these drugs ruin your life while mildly fixing your one, small problem.

– 2020-01-19

You know, the greater good, not the 'you and me' good

– 2020-05-26

I figured that if we have haunted bread we may as well eat it.

– 2020-06-24

Fighting a cat that's bigger than a dog is always gonna be a challenge.

– 2020-07-14

His scoop is deep in the emotional Cheerios.

– 2020-08-11

Who the hell buys unscented candles? I want my house to smell, that's why I light a part of it on fire.

– 2020-10-11

I think you'd like the ocean if you'd give it a taste.

– 2020-11-27

Any store with an abandoned RV next to it is not a good store.

– 2021-12-27

A man without enemies is a useless friend.

– 2022-02-08

Humans are incapable of having a rational discussion on an even playing field.

– 2022-05-26

Passion without intelligence is just yelling.

– 2022-12-04

Free pizza comes to those who read their email.

– 2023-01-10

Humans tend to have a lot of gross shit in common, they just tend to lack the vocabulary or facilities to enunciate it, and why the hell would you?

– 2023-02-24

Being an adult is easy, you just have to pay money until the problem goes away. The hard part is getting the money.

– 2023-03-05

The library is a truly Aryan institution.

– 2023-03-21

Dreams are like lost love: Even though I was with them for a short time, they will be with me forever.

– 2023-04-27

A female with bad handwriting is a female that ought not be trusted.

– 2023-07-25

I did my family a favor by abandoning them and they return the favor by not calling.

– 2023-08-23

Everyone behind the wheel of anything is an enemy who hates me personally.

– 2023-08-29

[Invalids] should be cremated and turned into fertilizer. I don't see how they could be of more use to society. Just grind them into paste and spray them on the countryside.

– 2023-09-17

If the beginning of your plan starts with 'I have to train an animal', then you have a bad plan.

– 2023-10-04

You fell victim to the Scanners Folly! You discarded the source material before checking your scan!

– 2023-10-04

The creator is patient.

The creator asks for nothing, but instead gives everything.

It's up to you how much or how little you accomplish.

The creator is within me as he is within you.

The creator speaks, it is our job to listen.

– 2024-02-12

If you would only look, you would see it too.

– 2024-03-03

Who doesn't love a boiling-hot shame shower?

– 2024-04-03

Whacking people with a spoon is good incentive to get them to stop doing stuff.

– 2024-04-24

In just a few thousand years humans have seemingly learned to beat mother nature at her own game. Although, mother nature has been playing for a lot longer, she knows the rules better than we do, and seldom makes permanent mistakes.

– 2024-05-13

Doing it right seems like the right thing to do.

– 2024-06-13

Horses are simple: Don't put anything behind them you don't want kicked, don't put anything underneath them that you don't want stepped on, and don't put anything in front of them you don't want bitten. And don't spook them!

– Date Unknown

I've got Mountain Dew in my guts and mildew in my veins.

– 2024-10-15

We go together like two tits in a tube top.

– 2024-11-21

Nobody is really alone as long as they have a credit card and internet access.

– 2024-12-24

Other People

This is a collection of quotes from people I've known or overheard. Most of the context and explanations for these have been lost to time.

AotA

Patience presumes time aplenty. I presume time 'bout empty.

– 2023-04-27

I'd rather worship Frosty the Snowman as a God of Winter than Jesus as God's only begotten son.

– 2023-05-04

D. (A friend from highschool and a former coworker)

You're not allowed in Fort Kick-Ass.

– 2020-08-07

J. (My Grandfather)

Well, I don't see my name in the obituary so I guess I'm doing okay.

– Date Unknown

That'll put some lead in your pencil. But I don't have anyone to write to!

– Date Unknown

R. (A friend from highschool)

All at once or not at all is a memo to live and die by.

– 2018-01-26

January 1, 2000
in Writing
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Quotes about White Issues

A collection of quotes all about White people and their struggle for survival. Enjoy.

Dates / sources are located below a given quote when available.

January 1, 2000
in Writing
4 min read

Useful Software and Tools

A list of websites that I've found useful over the years. This page will be updated as new resources are discovered (or remembered).

Apps - Desktop

CDBurnerXP: Burns CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and HD-DVDs.
LibreOffice Suite: An open-source and compatible alternative to Microsoft Office.
LibreWolf: "A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom".
Linux Reader: "Access files and folders on Ext, UFS, HFS, ReiserFS, or APFS file systems from Windows".
Obsidian: "private and flexible note‑taking app that adapts to the way you think". [^1]
VeraCrypt: "free open source disk encryption software".

Apps - Mobile

Some of the many apps that I use regularly. The vast-majority are available on F-Droid.

List - Android FOSS: "A list of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Android".
F-Droid: Alternative app-store, mostly FOSS apps.
Audio Anchor: Simple audiobook player, clean interface, progress tracking.
Bromite: Privacy-focused Chromium browser. [^2]
Cromite: A Bromite fork with built-in support for ad blocking and an eye for privacy.
Cryptomator: Encrypted file storage with Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. [^3]
Delta Chat: Communicate instantly via e-mail.
FairEmail: Privacy friendly email app.
K-9 Mail: "Full-featured email client".
KeePassDX: "open source, ad-free. Multi-format KeePass password manager".
KurobaEx: Browse imageboards and bulk-download threads.
LessPass: "Generate unique passwords for your accounts based on a master password".
NewPipe: Alternative YouTube client, supports downloading videos, subtitles, and blocks all YT ads!
OpenReads: FOSS book and reading tracker.
YouTube Downloader (YTD): Supports encoding to .mp3, I use this when I want to download audio or if NewPipe is down.

Books

Various book (re)sellers and aggregate sites.

Abe Books: Used book seller. Often seen on BookFinder.
Alibris: Used book seller. Often seen on BookFinder.
BookFinder: Book seller aggregate website. Useful for looking up book prices and finding obscure sellers.
Cosmotheist Books: The book distribution arm of the Cosmotheist Community Church.
Freedomain Books: Books by Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio, a very popular philosophy program.
The West's Darkest Hour: A blog-style site by César Tort that contains a handful of free PDFs.

Constructed Languages

Various tools and resources for creating languages.

List - Conlanging: A collection of resources for conlanging.
Omniglot: "The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages".
PolyGlot: "conlang construction toolkit".
The Anglish Times: "News written in Anglish, a kind of English without borrowed words from other tongues."
The Carolingian Realm: Alternative Writing Systems: Alternative Writing Systems for English by Carolyn Lozano.
VulgarLang: A tool for generating constructed languages.

Fonts / Typefaces

Most of my writing is done using LibreOffice Writer, with 12pt Courier Prime as my font of choice. I value regularity and readability.

Courier Prime: A typewriter-like font that is fixed-width, regular, and beautiful.
Font Library: A collection of fun typefaces with easy web font integration.

GitHub Projects

Most of these are Windows-only apps/tools/resources, but all of them are handy in one way or another.

List - Awesome Piracy: "bookmarks, saved Reddit posts, and GitHub stars all related to piracy".
BG Remover: AI-powered background remover tool. [^4]
Bookdown: "Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown".
File Converter: Convert various types of files using the Windows context menu.
gallery-dl: "command-line program to download image galleries and collections".
hosts: Extended "hosts" files for blocking a variety of services.
Jellyfin: "Free Software Media System ... alternative to the proprietary Emby and Plex".
JPEGsnoop: "detailed JPEG image decoder and analysis tool".
KeePassXC: "modern, secure, and open-source password manager".
Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS): "Windows and Office activator using HWID / KMS38 / Online KMS".
Steam Achievement Manager: Fix broken Steam achievements.
SumatraPDF Reader: Multi-format eBook / PDF reader.
Ultimaker Cura: "State-of-the-art slicer app ... for your 3D printer".
Universal Android Debloater: Removes large amounts of bloat from most Android phones.
Ventoy: Easy bootable USB drive; just drop in ISOs and boot.
Windows10Debloater: "Script/Utility/Application to debloat Windows 10".
WinSetView: "easy way to set Windows File Explorer default folder views".
yt-dlp: YouTube downloader; A fork of youtube-dl that actually works (plus fixes and improvements.

Web Tools

Misc. web tools for use in a variety of situations.

GFP-GAN: AI facial restoration and mild photo upscaling. (Demo 1 & Demo 2)
The Alphabetizer: Alphabetizes text, removes duplicates, separates text, etc.
Yandex Images: The BEST reverse-image-search service I've found to date. Eat your heart out Google Images and TinEye.

Notes

Special directions and notes.

Obsidian: Obsidian uses Markdown formatted txt files so if you stop using it, your files are still accessible. Also cross-platform.
Bromite: The Bromite F-Droid repository is not included by default. You need to add it as a third-party repository, check here for instructions.
Cryptomator: The Cryptomator F-Droid repository is not included by default. You need to add it as a third-party repository, check here for instructions.
BG Remover: If your pictures come out blurry, make sure the app window is maximized before saving the result.

January 1, 2000
in Writing
4 min read

Words to Remember

This is a collection of words that I would like to remember, but may not use often. For a list of words that I coined, click here.

Adjectives

Bucolic - adj.

Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and rural life; pastoral.

Nouns

Baja Blast Gasket - n.

A brightly colored, usually blue, aftermarket gasket installed in a car. Often inexpensive and of questionable quality, it is widely regarded as an indicator that a previous owner or amateur mechanic has performed non-professional repairs.

- Source: What A Honda Civic Engine Looks Like Inside After 250-300K Miles,

Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon - n.

The illusion in which something you've just learned about or noticed suddenly seems to appear everywhere. It's also known as the frequency illusion, where increased awareness makes an event, word, or object seem more common than it actually is; a form of selection bias.

Continuity Error - n.

A perceived error in the consistency of the characteristics of people, plot, objects, and places seen by the reader or viewer of a media over some period of time.

Cryptomnesia - n.

A memory phenomenon in which a person believes they are creating an original idea, thought, or work, when in fact it is a forgotten memory being recalled. The person is unaware that the idea actually originated from an earlier source.

Endling - n.

The last remaining member of a (soon to be extinct) species.

Feynman Algorithm - n.

A tongue-in-cheek stepped process for solving a given problem, it goes as follows:
1. Write down the problem.
2. Think real hard.
3. Write down the solution.

- Source: "The Feynman algorithm was facetiously suggested by Murray Gell-Mann, a colleague of Feynman, in a New York Times interview."

Frontier Justice - n.

Punishment or retribution carried out without legal authority or due process, often in lawless or remote areas where formal justice systems are absent. It typically refers to vigilante actions taken to enforce order or avenge wrongdoing.

Graceful Degredation - n.

In systems design, the ability of a system to maintain limited functionality when parts of it fail, rather than completely breaking down. It ensures that performance decreases gradually instead of catastrophically under stress or partial failure.

Idempotence - n.

The property of an action that can be repeated, but further repetition causes no distinct change in outcome after the initial act.

Incest Debt - n.

The accumulation of financial obligation or emotional burden resulting from giving or receiving money, gifts, or material support within a family, often leading to complex dynamics of guilt, dependency, or control.

IKEA Effect - n.

A cognitive bias in which people place disproportionately high value on products or projects they have partially created themselves, even if the result is of lower quality.

Liftocracy - n.

A hypothetical system of government in which leadership or political authority is determined by physical strength or athletic prowess rather than intellect, merit, or election.

Lottocracy - n.

A system of government in which political officials are selected by random lottery from a larger eligible population, rather than through elections or appointment; Sortition.

Mechanical Sympathy - n.

The expression of care, respect, or understanding toward machines or inanimate objects, treating them as though they possess sensitivity or life. Often reflects an intuitive awareness of how things function and a desire to operate them harmoniously rather than forcefully.

Meritocracy - n.

A system or social order in which individuals attain power, status, or advancement based on talent, ability, and achievement rather than wealth, privilege, or social class.

Narrative Transportation Theory - n.

A psychological concept describing the experience of becoming deeply absorbed in a story or piece of media, during which one's thoughts, emotions, and attitudes (usually temporarily) align with the narrative. This immersion can influence beliefs, intentions, and behaviors to reflect the story's perspective or themes.

Plausible Deniability - n.

The ability of people to deny knowledge of or responsibility for any damnable actions committed by others in an organizational hierarchy because of a lack of evidence that can confirm their participation, even if they were personally involved in or at least willfully ignorant of the actions.

Plausible Deniability Typo - n.

The deliberate act of slightly underpaying a debt or reimbursement by a trivial amount, small enough that the discrepancy appears accidental and is unlikely to be challenged.

- Ex: Repaying a debt of $12.91 with the amount of $12.19.

Quim and Cosh - n.

Well-fitting; Snug.
Euphemism for sexual intercourse.

- Ex: It seems Bill and Suzy have been out all night getting quim and cosh.
- Further Reading: StackExchange: English

Semantic Satiation - n.

A psychological phenomenon in which repeated exposure to a word or phrase causes it to temporarily lose its meaning, leading the listener or speaker to perceive it as a series of nonsensical or unfamiliar sounds.

Simulacrum - n.

An image, imitation, or superficial representation of something; a semblance that lacks the substance or essence of the original; a trace.

Solidarity - n.

Unity or mutual support within a group, class, or community arising from shared interests, goals, or principles; a sense of collective responsibility and common purpose.

Wendy Filter - n.

A software feature or system mechanism designed to intentionally exclude specific data from appearing in search results or queries by preemptively flagging or filtering it out.

- Ex: I filtered out Rock music using a Wendy Filter so it won't appear when I shuffle my music library.
- Source: "One of the developers [of a software called Implode] had a girlfriend named Wendy and she hated some of his music. So, he wanted a way to quickly filter out all the songs that bugged her, hence Wendy Filters."
- Further Reading: Link

Verb

Vector Trace (Render) - v.

(formal) To convert a rasterized image into a scalable vector format composed of mathematically defined points, lines, and curves, preserving the visual appearance without reliance on pixel resolution.
(informal) To isolate and excise a specific portion of a raster image for reuse in other media, typically by manually removing unwanted pixels or background elements.