Landlubber http://www.landlubber.com VOL. IV, NO. 1 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:29:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Happiness Pony, January 2012 http://www.landlubber.com/2012/happiness-pony-january-2012/ http://www.landlubber.com/2012/happiness-pony-january-2012/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:31:49 +0000 Mike Benedetti http://www.landlubber.com/?p=243 IMG_20120120_125736.jpg

A new Happiness Pony is out for the new year, with information on rabbits, monkeys, coyotes, and ice sledges.

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A new month, a new Happiness Pony. Theseus, civil disobedience, a green raccoon, and an unknown destination.

]]> http://www.landlubber.com/2011/happiness-pony-for-december-2011-is-out/feed/ 0 Grammar supplement to Happiness Pony, November 2011 http://www.landlubber.com/2011/grammar-supplement-to-happiness-pony-november-2011/ http://www.landlubber.com/2011/grammar-supplement-to-happiness-pony-november-2011/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:06:41 +0000 Mike Benedetti http://www.landlubber.com/?p=238 Readers of the latest Happiness Pony will recall Bruce Russell’s statement that “There’s more vegan in an empty skull than a heart can pump blood through 2,000 organs.”

Obviously, there are some grammatical problems with that sentence. But what are they, and why does that sentence tease the mind the way it does? Readers RR and SE are determined to get to the bottom of this, and have begun analyzing this and related sentences. Their initial work is pictured below.

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“There’s more birds on it than a person can sell through Etsy.”

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“There’s more rainbow in yoga than a woodchuck can chuck wood through a wood splitter.” SE says: “The word can changes meaning mid-sentence.” Me: “That’s why it’s so uncanny!” SE: “Oh, please.”

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The November issue of Happiness Pony is finally at your local eatery! Featuring census data, the Snow Ghost, and PT Barnum.

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Grab a copy of the latest Happiness Pony and smile along with this gentleman. Curing depression, Zardoz, ponies, Hermes.

Worcester towel mural

(Couldn’t do this mural justice in black and white.)

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“The Snow Ghost” (mp3 download)

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The September edition of Happiness Pony, a special “split single” with Woodaddy Waffles, is out now. If you want a copy, stop by the Woodaddy brunch at Moynihan’s Sunday afternoons this month.

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What is today?

August 31.

Is it a legitimate day to publish the August issue?

YES.

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]]> http://www.landlubber.com/2011/8-bit-zardoz/feed/ 0 Silver Mountain #4: Fr. John Madden http://www.landlubber.com/2011/silver-mountain-4-fr-john-madden/ http://www.landlubber.com/2011/silver-mountain-4-fr-john-madden/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:37:14 +0000 Mike Benedetti http://www.landlubber.com/?p=209

An interview with Fr. John Madden, pastor of St. John’s Catholic Church in Worcester. Fr. John talks about being a priest, organizing a soup line, Dorothy Day, and the Catholic Worker movement.

Download the mp4 video or see more formats.

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