It’s the phantom second syllable that does it.

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In Which Your Humble Blogger wanted to find a way to work in something about ‘pabulum et stabulum’, that is, room and board for your horse. Which phrase should totally, totally be in frequent use to describe shitty benefits packages: I get five days paid vacation/personal/sick days, one percent into my 401k, and pabulum et stabulum, and I even had to pay for the uniform.

You really ought to give Iowa a try

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In Which Your Humble Blogger has a kind of chip-on-the-shoulder attitude we’ve never been without. That I recall.

Film Report: Yiddle with his Fiddle

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In Which Your Humble Blogger points out that the Barry (nee Bagelman) Sisters, as is traditional, sing English versions of the two great songs that aren’t so much translations as an entirely new lyrics that scan to the old ones.