divviants since Jan 2018
[✔] thehomeland.org is not funded by anyone except myself, and is a general-purpose hobby blog regarding things I'm interested in, or feel a personal desire to write about -- K-pop, linguistics, puns.. and all should be taken, journalistically, as editorial.
Monthly Archives: February 2018
“Weekly Double Crosser” Puzzle Concept
This is a crossword puzzle concept I came up with sometime around 2003, but never really tried aggressively publishing any, until now. I’m putting it out there to see whether anyone might like this concept to become a legit weekly … Continue reading
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“Weekly Double Crosser” Puzzle Concept
This is a crossword puzzle concept I came up with sometime around 2003, but never really tried aggressively publishing any, until now. I’m putting it out there to see whether anyone might like this concept to become a legit weekly … Continue reading
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Tom Swifty Tuesday: Feb 2018 Week 2
My hemorrhoids can run circles around yours, and that’s just the way I like it,” Tom prolapsed. Come up with a better Tom Swifty joke than this, and your tweet will get featured on this post and added to the … Continue reading
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Masterlist of Tom Swifty Jokes
“Loads of Tom Swifty jokes are listed here,” Tom enumerated. Not all of them are great. Credit given if known, but due to the short nature of the joke and how simplistic the gag/pun is, more than one person will … Continue reading
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Can Facts Be False? YES. Here’s Why.
I assert that facts are objectively-provable statements, regardless of whether they are objectively true or objectively false.
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Monday Miners: OIESHMRAT
Each Monday, give yourself one solid minute to try to come up with the longest word you can find by rearranging the letters below, and see if you can best the panel from the British comedy words-and-numbers show, 8 out … Continue reading
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Sonnet Sunday for 2018-0210 / DS-002: Oh Brother, How Type Thou
For rules and discussion of sonnet formats, pop over to this introduction. This week’s sonnet is autobiographical, about a decision to buy a typewriter with gift money when I was a teenager, juuuust before computers really became mainstream. A ways … Continue reading
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Dear D2 Iron Banner Player: You Must Absolutely Do This
Dear all players of Iron Banner everywhere: If you ever play the Leviathan map, please, for the love of all things, you — ~~ M-U-S-T ~~ A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y ~~ 1. Capture A as highest possible priority. If A is not captured, … Continue reading
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Sonnet Sunday for 2018-0203 / DS-001: Olympic Challenges
I decided to start off on an Olympics theme, given the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang will soon begin. See this introduction for concerns about sonnet form =) The winter games will shortly come to pass; I have no way … Continue reading
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Whether “apart” vs “a part” is Grammatically Apposite
Lately I have been seeing a lot of people use “apart” to appear to mean “together.” For example, “I have wanted to be apart of this group for a long time,” to which I would snicker and ask them if … Continue reading
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