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dioecious: (adj.) (pronounced: die-ee-suss – ignore the first “O”) a plant or invertebrate animal that requires a male and female to reproduce, such as marijuana. A monoecious plant, on the other hand, can do it all by itself, which certainly takes all the fun out of it. Self-fertilization is also known as asexual reproduction and parthenogenesis.

The Daily Holiday

It was on this day in 1868 that Christopher Lathem Sholes, Charles Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule patented the first typewriter, making today National Typewriter Day! I mean, yeah, there were other machines that could be called typewriters earlier than that, but theirs was the first one that really worked well. Ever wonder why the letters are arranged as they are on the keyboard? Originally, each key operated a mechanical arm, and those arms could jam if you hit two at the same time, or you were really fast. To cut down on jamming, the most frequently used keys were strategically placed so they were less likely to jam. Of course, that’s all rather pointless with electronic keyboards, but there you have it.

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An Ode to Deep Poetry

Have you ever while reading a poem

thought, “Golly, this sure is dumb!”

And to the guy next to you quietly shout,

“Geepers, what the heck is this about?”

For several hours you try to find

the hidden meaning deep in your mind.

Not wanting to feel really dumb,

to explain you finally ask someone.

After reading it says the creep,

“Gosh, the meaning sure is deep!”

So you ask him to please let you in,

and he says, “It’s... but then again...”

After trying to explain for a minute or three,

it’s about then you begin to see,

both the explainee and the guy who wrote the poem

ought to be put in some sort of home.

So the heck I say to these deep rhymes,

on them I’m not even going to waste my time.

You can throw ‘em out with the rinse;

I’m going to read something that makes sense!

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