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Being the word nerd that I am, I have a penchant for jotting down (or copying-and-pasting, as it were), pithy bits of crafty phrasing, comic genius or piercing insight from other writers. As these snippets do little other than provide me some personal satisfaction or amusement when I re-examine them randomly sometime in the future, I thought I should expand their reach. Thus, I propose to share with you a weekly-ish compilation of fun things I’ve read in the blogosphere and beyond.

From his column “First Shot” in Orlando Weekly (full disclosure: I work there), here’s Steve Schneider re: the DVD release of Juno: “At this very moment, girls across America are striving to get pregnant because it obviously makes you so damn witty.“

The People’s Nature is my new favorite eco/foodie site, for obvious reasons. [1. We are poor but don't want to eat chemicals or destroy the environment. 2. The writing is damn funny.] Ross provides the following nugget about blended beverages: “I don’t know why smoothies have to sound so infantile. There are many demographics that enjoy a delicious berry smoothie other than those that take a dump in their pants. I quite enjoy them and haven’t shat my pants for quite some time now.“

Orangette is so full of quotables. From her post titled “The way a cloud would” (never thought I’d be quoting a blog entry about meringue cookies for its exceptional writing): “Entire revolutions have been started because of shortages in bread - and that, people, was only bread. It’s scary, really, to think of what a lack of cocoa nib meringues might lead to. That’s why I got out the mixer.“