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Ruffian (n., ROUGH-ee-yen)
A tough, rowdy person, usually a thug. You wouldn't call them a smoothian, would you? That would be a person who makes iced drinks.
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Joe Posnanski - The Promise
In honor of Father's Day, here's a touching, brilliantly written long read, Joe Posnanski's "The Promise":
My father’s job is to make sure the knitting machines run. He unclogs jams, quiets the guttural sounds, tightens bolts that break free, loosens bolts that choke the machine. His hands are unnaturally strong; I have known this since I was a boy. Now I see that he uses his fingers to loosen bolts that are wedged tight. There is no time to find a wrench. Sometimes, when the machines run smoothly, I see him drawing Xs on graph paper as he works out a sweater color design. When kids in school used to ask me what my father did for a living, I would tell them he designs sweaters. It wasn’t because I was ashamed of what he did; quite the opposite. That was how I saw him.
Happy Father's Day.
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Happy Friday
The Green Screen Queen
Last week, the Queen of England wore this outfit:
That green is the perfect color for Photoshopping. The internet, wonderful beast that it is, did not fail us. There are dozens of fantastic riffs on this; here's a couple favorites:
