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“Words are sexy, don’t you think?” …

This one’s for you, word geeks.

You understand me when I tell you most of the books I’ve read are full of yellow highlights of phrases or formulations that I enjoy.

You get why I like George Carlin the wordsmith, not George Carlin the comedy shock jock.

You’ve figured out the language we use in newspapers, commercials, business and politics can be a never-ending source of amusement.

You don’t have a problem with me listening to both Keith Olbermann and George Will.

You don’t think it’s weird that somebody spent the time to take a Kurt Vonnegut quote, “Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn’t mean we deserve to conquer the universe,” and rearranged the letters into what sounds like another Vonnegut quote, “A masquerade can cover a sense of what is real to deceive us; to be unjaded and not lost, we must, then, determine truth.” (Actually, you think it’s kinda awesome.)

You think the best parts of Bill Maher’s New Rules segment are the captions under the pictures.

You don’t find anything unusual about having a subscription to the New Yorker, the Financial Times and Maxim.

You don’t think it’s at all obsessive that, after seeing the movie Wordplay, I decided to take up designing crossword puzzles as a hobby.

You think that, if there is a heaven, all your favorite authors will be there and still doing their best work.

You think there’s already too much alliteration in the world.

You immediately spotted today’s title as an anagram for The Friday Six.

You guys rock.

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Sure this clip of Lewis Black commenting on Earth Day is funny. The bigger news is that The Daily Show now has an online, searchable clip index.
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Even though he’s dorky, I like the Dorky Dad. In a Family Circus kind of way … not the way you’re thinking.
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I like Jessica Simpson … exactly the way you’re thinking. What Would Tyler Durden Do points out now would be a good time to try to get around that restraining order.
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Crummy Church Signs performs a valuable community service. Site creator Joel’s new book also solves the problem of what to get that born-again guy in your office for Christmas.
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Over at Film Drunk, they handicap the chances of the Heather Mills biopic being made.
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Humor-Blogs is the comedy equivalent of a party at the Playboy mansion. If you can’t find something here you like, you need to see Lisa Williams ’cause you’re probably dead.
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Have a great weekend, y’all.