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Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on pop culture since 2004

Persons in the Ether

Question of the Week

Pasta or rice?

Judith Mercer, 64, retired dental-office receptionist

Allegedly twirling responsibly at 28 Rotini Lane, Scranton, PA

Pasta. Rice is perfectly respectable, but nobody has ever brought out a steaming bowl of rice and made me feel that the evening had suddenly improved. Pasta has occasion to it. Rice feels like somebody remembered we needed a side dish.

Raymond Givens, 57, commercial awning estimator

Allegedly measuring portions at 311 Long Grain Road, Tulsa, OK

Rice. It knows its job and doesn't make a production out of it. You put something on rice, and rice gets out of the way. Pasta wants sauce, cheese, garlic bread and everybody's attention. I already have relatives like that.

Brenda Kessler, 46, assistant manager at a self-storage facility

Allegedly keeping both options available at 9 Starch Crossing, Peoria, IL

Pasta on weekdays, rice on weekends. I realize most people would do that the other way around, but most people have never successfully managed three hundred and twelve storage units. Systems matter. Once you start improvising with carbohydrates, other standards begin to slip.

Illustration for Return-to-Sender Day, Surreal space post office returning cosmic junk mail through a glowing wormhole

When life ships you junk, ship it back to the cosmos—no restocking fee

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Book of Daze Return-to-Sender Day: How to Reject Life’s Cosmic Junk

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Origin StoryThe Book of Daze Return-to-Sender Day was created in response to the cosmos’ disturbing habit of hurling unsolicited life events our way. flat tires,… Read More

Nothing says ‘I’m fine’ like weeping into a Bali brochure beside your overpriced crisis-mobile.

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Book of Daze: Midlife Crisis Awareness Day

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Origin StoryBook of Daze Midlife Crisis Awareness Day was created in 1974 by a consortium of Harley-Davidson dealers, red-convertible salesmen, and divorce lawyers who saw… Read More

When life hands you a to-do list, set your calendar on fire.

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Book of Daze Ignore Your To-Do List Day

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Origin StoryBook of Daze Ignore Your To-Do List Day was established in 2013 by the Society for the Advancement of Procrastination, a group that insisted… Read More

Hand-drawn digital illustration of tech billionaire Jasper “Crypto Jesus” Kline tipping a full decommissioned oil rig to a shocked barista, on Book of Daze Over Tip Somebody Day

ech billionaire Jasper “Crypto Jesus” Kline still holds the record for the most unhinged tip in history: one entire oil rig.

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Book of Daze: Over Tip Somebody Day

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Origin StoryBook of Daze Over Tip Somebody Day began in 2009 when a hungover philosopher in Brooklyn accidentally left his entire $782 paycheck as a… Read More

Gaslight Day when you insist the problem is in their head — because it is.

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Book of Daze Gaslight Day

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Celebrated on every day that ends in “y,” Book of Daze Gaslight Day pays homage to the subtle and sinister art of making other people… Read More

7-OH "Dark, moody illustration of a black snake with glowing red eyes coiled around a skeleton.

"When your dietary supplement comes with a side of existential dread."

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Book of Daze 7-OH Day

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Celebrating 7-OH the compound that turned gas stations into gateways and wellness into weaponry. ðŸ§¬ Book of Daze 7-OH Day Origin StoryIt began, as great… Read More

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Book of Daze Change Your First Name Day

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Book of Daze Change Your First Name Day is your permission slip to ghost your pwn identity. Why settle for the moniker you’ve been dragging… Read More

“Zen and the Art of Absolutely Nothing.”

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Book of Daze National Nothing Day

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Today we honor the void, the blank page, the unflushed thought. Book of Daze National Nothing Day is dedicated to doing, saying, buying, and posting… Read More