My grandson, Max, who is an all state lacrosse player, once gave me some lacrosse advice: A limp pass is like a limp dick; it doesn't get the job done. I think the same can be said about limp writing.
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What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.
Well, the man don't just have to die, Foley. I mean, he could accidentally hurt himself falling down on something real hard, you know? Like a shiv, or my dick?
I leave out the parts that people skip.
Long words, fat talk - they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased as self-confidence has waned?
You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far …
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.