Category: Entertainment
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Once Upon a Time in Anagrams
And it came to pass that the phrase on everyone’s mind was: ✦ “Make America Great Again” Contrary Gary couldn’t help but notice – or resist pointing out – that the letters of this slogan rearrange to spell: ✦ “I am a gang; I am a racketeer” ==========We might have paid heed had we realized…
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Anagrams as Easter Eggs?
Are we really just characters in a work of fiction? If so, how would we know? Laugh all you want – but let’s be honest: Doesn’t it sometimes feel that way? As if the stuff happening around us is too bizarre to be real? As if our daily headlines and sound bites are being composed…
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The Open Road Ahead
The letters in “Happy New Year to All” rearrange to spell “really open pathway”! Reminding us that the 2019 road ahead may lead to an Orwellian apocalypse. Or to a bright future of freedom and well-being for all. Either way, it will be close. Your words and choices will make the difference!
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The Twelve Tactlessly Whimsical Anagrams of Christmas
The letters in “Twelve Days of Christmas” rearrange to spell “favored, tactless whimsy”. Let’s get us some! This Yuletide observation did, after all, set me wondering: Could I make a similar anagram from each one of the twelve gifts itemized in the classic Christmas carol? Then maybe even weave those into a seasonal poem capturing…
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Very Stable Anagrams
Break out your old box of Scrabble blocks. Pick out the exact letter-tiles you’ll need to spell: ✦ “a very stable genius” Just don’t arrange them that way. Instead, lay them down in the following sequence: ✦ “. . . but – senile savagery!” Yes! You can do this. Because that is what the letters in “a…
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Our 30th Ana(versary)gram!
I can’t let 2016 escape without noting that this was the year Cheri and I celebrated our 30th anniversary. Three adventure-filled decades ago, we committed ourselves to making our union “as a fortress for well-being and salvation”. That’s how Baha’u’llah describes it in the Prayer for Marriage. That, for us, has been the way it…
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A Grumpy Old Anagram!
A favorite quote of mine, from the 1993 movie Grumpy Old Men: “The first ninety years or so, they go by pretty fast … Then one day you wake up and you realize that you’re not eighty-one anymore.” – Burgess Meredith These words are spoken in the movie by the “Grandpa Gustafson” character (Meredith). I…
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R.I.P. Leonard Cohen
I don’t have a favorite Leonard Cohen song. I wouldn’t know how. If I had to pick five faves, however, one of them would be “Crazy to Love You”. Here’s the rendition by the mesmerizing Anjani Thomas: R.I.P. #leonardcohen. After God made you, Big Guy, He #brokethemold! None of us had to go crazy to…
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One Word: “If” by Bread
“If” by Bread is one of those songs where the lyrics can make your head explode – if you think too hard. Songs like that, of course, we aren’t supposed to think about. We’re supposed to turn off our brains and let the words wash over us. Mostly, I do just that. Bread’s “If” is…
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Is Tika Sumpter the New Noel Neill?
Recently I nominated Tika Sumpter for the “Lois Lane” role pioneered by Noel Neill. What happened next is amazing. First, some background: Noel, age 95, died in July 2016. She played Lois as a kick-butt investigative reporter in the first Superman film series, opposite Kurt Alyn. She reprised that role in movies and TV, especially…
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Does Gary Matthews Really Cut His Own Hair With a Vacuum Cleaner?
Short answer: Yes! I cut my own hair – and yes, with a vacuum cleaner. The slightly longer, just slightly more precise answer is that I use a vacuum cleaner attachment called a Flowbee. I can hardly believe this works. And I can even less believe that I’m owning up to it. Here’s the story:…
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The Healing Power of Anagrams
Cheri and I benefit from the work of two exceptionally gifted healers: Dr. Rocio Huet, our primary-care physician; and Dr. Craig Hennie, our chiropractor. I’m therefore pleased to note that the letters in “Rocio Huet, healer” rearrange to spell “Hoorah! Elite cure”. And that those in “Doctor Craig Hennie” also spell out “condition recharge”. In…