Matt Bahr

Matt Bahr was a kicker in the NFL. I remember him well from my youth.

I have a friend, who will remain nameless, whose name is Abby. In high school she was bored once and decided to add an 'h' to her name. From that point her name was Abbhy. Then after a little while I guess she decided she wasn't bored anymore, and she changed her name back to Abby. That's what she's called now.

I wonder if Matt Bahr was once a bored adolescent named Matt Bar.


Two uprights and a crossbahr.
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USS Thomas Freeborn (1861)

USS Thomas Freeborn (1861) was a steamship acquired by the Union Navy in the Civil War. Steamships run by the power of steam. That's amazing to me. Modern technology is incredible.

Wikipedia doesn't say if Thomas Freeborn was a real man. But I like the name Freeborn. I like when last names are two other words combined. Like Millard Fillmore. Or Paul Newman.


And just like that, his wife turned into a cloud of steam.
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Karen Schwarz

Karen Schwarz represented Peru in the Miss Universe 2009 competition. She's pretty.

Her full name is Karen Susana Schwarz Espinoza. She is of German origin. She won the Miss Perú Universo 2009 title. I'm happy for her.


Incredibly, the best women in the entire universe are earthlings.
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Mohamed Bennouna

Mohamed Bennouna is a Moroccan diplomat and jurist. His Wikipedia article is his resume. He's had a bunch of impressive jobs and written some impressive pieces of writing. I'd hire him.


I'd hire him too.
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Worm-eating Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler is a warbler that eats worms. A warbler is a kind of bird.

Remember the book How to Eat Fried Worms? I do. It wasn't about warblers, it was about people.

I don't remember what it was about, but I do remember it being good. I imagine I'll say the same thing about my life someday when I'm old.


After eating a worm, he likes to sit by himself and warble.
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Minuscule 475

Minuscule 475 is, I think, a parchment with the New Testament written on it, dated to the 11th century. They say it's beautifully written.

They say a lot of things.


Only eyes that are ready will see the words on this parchment.
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Joy Williams (writer)

Joy Williams (writer) is a novelist. She has almost won a National Book Award for Fiction and a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

I like the name Joy. It makes me feel glad.


These people have joy.
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Tipperary and Kilkenny hurling rivalry

Tipperary and Kilkenny hurling rivalry is such a weirdly specific Wikipedia article. Wikipedia's weird sometimes.

So am I.


People with narcolepsy shouldn't play hurling.
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Galway Hurdle

Galway Hurdle is a horse race in Ireland.

It sounds like one of those outlandish sexual maneuvers, like the Cleveland Steamer and the Blumpkin.


These horses are missing the point.
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2024 Summer Olympics

2024 Summer Olympics are an olympic games that took place in the future.

In 2024 I was 46 years old. I had two children, including one difficult 7-year-old boy who refused to watch the Summer Olympics with me on television. This made me sad, because when I was in my 80s I would always watch the Summer Olympics with my grandson, and I wanted to carry on the tradition with my own son. But 7-year-olds will be 7-year-olds. And then they'll be 8-year-olds. Then 9-year-olds. And then 10-year-olds. This pattern continues.


In the future we rode monorails.
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Johann Goercke

Johann Goercke was a Prussian army surgeon and author in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was born in present-day Poland.

Prussia doesn't really exist anymore. The land is there, and I guess it's kind of still Prussia depending on how you look at things, but technically there is no Prussia. You and I can't go to Prussia no matter how hard we try.

This makes me sad.


Prussia was confusing.
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Conference of Specialised Ministers

Conference of Specialised Ministers is how the Council of Europe works. They have various specialized committees, which they call conferences. For instance the Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport and the Conference of Ministers responsible for Social Cohesion.

I wish I had a Conference of Ministers responsible for making me Chinese food.


Unenthusiastic flags.
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RPG-43

RPG-43 was a high explosive anti-tank grenade used by the Soviet Union in World War II.

This is the second Soviet weapon in the last three Wikibloogias. I believe the universe is constantly trying to communicate with us, so I see this meaning one of two things: 1) Wikibloogia knows something and I should prepare my apartment for a Russian attack; or 2) I should finally watch the movie Red Dawn.

I don't see myself doing either of these things.

See, that's just it. I do believe the universe is constantly trying to communicate with me. But all too often, I ignore it.


Or maybe I'm supposed to go buy a sickle.
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Gerhard Kofler

Gerhard Kofler was an Austrian-Italian writer who wrote poetry and essays in Italian and German.

He was also the general secretary of the Grazer Autorenversammlung literary association in Vienna. The German language has a lot of long words.


Gerhard wrote this while she was passed out drunk.
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RPD

RPD is a light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union. Its development began in 1943, but it wasn't put into wide use until the 1950s.

I don't know what RPD stands for. I imagine it's something in Russian, which is not so helpful because I don't speak Russian and neither do you.

I just looked up Rodney Dangerfield to see if maybe RPD were his initials, but they weren't. Rodney Dangerfield's real name was Jacob Cohen.

I also looked up Robert Duvall. But his middle name was Selden.


Like most people, Rodney Dangerfield is dead.
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Featherproof books

Featherproof books is a small, independent book publisher based in Chicago. They publish bound novels, short story collections, and mini-books.

Feathers are powerless against them.


This man is not featherproof.
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Teddy Tail

Teddy Tail was a cartoon mouse featured from 1915 until the 1960s in England's The Daily Mail and several annuals. It was the first cartoon strip in a British newspaper.

Teddy Tail always had a knot in his tail, which sounds painful. Some people wonder why human beings don't have tails. Teddy Tail provides one reason why.


Eventually, Mickey made Teddy Tail his bitch.
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Direction vector

Direction vector is a math term. It has something to do with two points on a line. I used to know how to do math, so maybe there was a time in my life when this Wikipedia article would have made sense to me. Now it's like another language.

Right now my direction vector is toward the kitchen to make oatmeal.


Metallic vector farm.
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