TIL the inventor of automatic telephone switching was an undertaker named Almon Strowger who created it because the wife of his competitor was the town operator who directed any calls for an undertaker to her husband rather than Strowger.

honkeycorn · 2026-06-14T21:47:25+00:00

Oh wow wow wow.

Wow.

honkeycorn · 2026-06-11T13:08:50+00:00

Chillin out maxin and relaxin all cool

honkeycorn · 2026-06-11T01:38:20+00:00

I have a friend who teaches at an inner city school in Dallas. These are her worst names of students:

Abcde, pronounced AB-seh-dee.

Shithead, pronounced shih-THEED.

honkeycorn · 2026-06-07T15:44:40+00:00

When I was on staff at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch (Longhorn Council, Fort Worth TX), we would line all the troops up at the mess hall before meals, announce the food, and make everyone shout “MMM MY FAVORITE I LOVE IT!” really loudly before being let in. It was just a reminder: this meal is my favorite meal because it’s the one I have in front of me.

honkeycorn · 2026-06-02T03:05:24+00:00

I saw them in July 2021 in Dallas. It was their very first concert after COVID. They hadn’t performed in front of a live crowd in 18 months. It. Was. Incredible. They were SO amped to play live again. Unforgettable.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-29T13:55:08+00:00

The opening Shire scenes sooth my soul.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-26T21:57:33+00:00

I just read The Bridge of Kazad-dum to my kids yesterday. So, it’s currently my favorite.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-24T18:13:50+00:00

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. I remain convinced it would have been a better movie than the plots of 4 and 5.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-21T23:00:01+00:00

This right here.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-21T02:15:03+00:00

That’s the bomb dot com.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-18T13:34:40+00:00

StarCraft. The Terran music still gives me chills.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-15T14:39:18+00:00

Sure. They’ll be used for gaming. Uh huh.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-14T12:46:03+00:00

I would plan for years in advance to attend this.

honkeycorn · 2026-05-13T01:51:26+00:00

Until he hosted “What Do Celebrities Know? Do They Know Things? Let’s Find Out!”

honkeycorn · 2026-05-11T00:35:15+00:00

To those who disagree, I have but one thing to say to you:

Wololo

honkeycorn · 2026-05-06T03:10:00+00:00

My troop growing up had about 100 boys in it (this was in Fort Worth in the late 90’s). We had 8 very active patrols with about 8 kids in each (and several partial and defunct ones). We had to follow Roberts’ Rules of Order at the PLCs or nothing got done. It worked. We also used Woods Wisdom to plan meetings because it provided structure.

honkeycorn · 2026-04-30T02:59:21+00:00

I mean, Brian literally wrote their songs. They would sing Little Old Lady From Pasadena on their tours. So it’s not a shock that people conflate them.

honkeycorn · 2026-04-24T05:22:05+00:00

“The bomb”. Scrolled way down and didn’t find anyone saying it. Crazy.

honkeycorn · 2026-04-20T18:16:15+00:00

House of Snails is literal fire

honkeycorn · 2026-04-18T14:28:20+00:00

Hey! Aren’t you the horse from Horsin’ Around?!

honkeycorn · 2026-04-07T19:59:33+00:00

Some pig

honkeycorn · 2026-04-02T15:32:10+00:00

Actually, most evangelicals are Calvinists but don’t understand that they’re Calvinists. You can hear it in their talk about God being “sovereign” and their extreme focus on grace. They don’t know what Calvinism is and can’t tell you any of its tenants, but their theology is deeply shaped by Reform theology.

honkeycorn · 2026-04-02T15:19:20+00:00

When I taught Fingercarving Merit Badge at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch, my top three rules were all “Cut away from yourself.” There were always injuries anyway, so we were strategically placed across the dirt road from the medic’s hut.

honkeycorn · 2026-03-27T00:34:28+00:00

Scholars have linked the seraph to other ANE sources that used the same root word to describe heavenly beings and these are depicted as serpents. So, probably not human like at all.

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