Humor

Movie series, by the numbers (a stealth longread)

[a public-service listicle on almost every movie series ever*]

May 11 • SDG

Nah: Another riposte to “Maud Muller”

[very short doggerel on things not done, in parody of “It might have been”]

Feb 17, 2025 • SDG

English fun facts: Deciduous and supernumerary

[What links trees and Opus Dei? The answer has to do with teeth!]

Jan 25, 2025 • SDG

SDG’s Top 10 Christmas movies list!

Dec 18, 2024 • SDG

Two etymological fun facts: Emoji preposterousness!

[A preposterous pun that isn’t—and the mind-blowing emoticon/emoji disconnect]

Dec 11, 2024 • SDG

Silly odes to Alan Rickman in ‘Sense and Sensibility’ and ‘Die Hard’

Alan Rickman ride a horse: Two of my children at play, and the curious value of ephemeral art

Jun 27, 2024 • SDG

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