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Jeffrey R. Villines
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HCC English Faculty | Fantasy Author | Occasional Actor | he/him | www.jeffinthebowtie.com
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Grover is her primary target. She swore this on the grave of her former partner, Mr. Johnson:
Mr. Johnson from Sesame Street. He showed up in innumerable sketches with Grover. Grover worked some service job or another (it was different in every sketch) and would get his order disastrously wrong. He is a muppet with a suit, a round, bald, blue head, and bushy brown eyebrows, moustache, and side hair. His existential pain is palpable, and Grover is its author.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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*This* guy?
The singing sword from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He’s styled to look like a young Frank Sinatra
October 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Quare lactucam odiunt?
Screenshot of an ad for a T-shirt that reads “mundus sine caesaribus”
October 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Brandon, shaving this morning:
A distraught Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation shouts, “There are four lights!” (In the episode, this was an act of defiance, as he had been seriously tortured by a Cardassian commander trying to break his will by getting him to believe what he was told, that there are five lights in a display, as opposed to what he sees and knows to be true, that there are four.)
October 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Homer Simpson atop a stack of kegs, raising a beer in a toast. The caption reads, “To genetic material: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” (In the original quote, he said “alcohol” instead of “genetic material.”
September 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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I know it really doesn’t matter but somehow, despite being a college writing professor, this is the A.I. balderdash that I took personally:
Screenshot of a Google search result. The query is “Xenosaga 3 when is disk 2” The A.I. summary reads “Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra is a single-disc game, not a multi-disc game like its predecessors. The game's story continues directly from its first disc to its ending, which is contained entirely on that single disc.” Just below, a glimpse of a Reddit post indicates the exact plot point at which Xenosaga 3 switches to disk 2.
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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It makes sense when you see his author photo:
A photo of Columbo, a TV detective who took down well-connected criminals by being underestimated and asking obvious questions.
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Fortunately, they don’t have any of the *real* snakes
A yellow caution sign. In bold, black letters, it reads “WARNING SNAKES” with no punctuation
June 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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That cop went on to become… Mega Man!
Clip from the original Mega Man cover art. Instead of the cartoony features and arm cannon he has in the game, Mega Man here appears with the quality of a police sketch. His face is haunted, and the futuristic wonders around him do not reach him. He carries a Glock.
May 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Went to see The Accountant 2 with my mother-in-law yesterday, and it was with the cost of admission just to read this trivium afterwards:
While many of the cast are returning, many were probably surprised to learn that Anna Kendrick won't be reprising her role as Dana in The Accountant 2, as she was one of the humanizing elements for Christian, and her star power made her feel like a staple of a potential sequel. However, when examining the reasons for Kendrick not returning, they do seem to be completely valid. She may be one of the most watchable performers of this generation, but bringing her back would be unnecessary with how they left her character, and it isn't the direction the creatives behind the project want to go in as per interviews on the subject, as they want to focus on the core of the original's narrative, rather than giving too much attention to the supporting characters. Ms. Kendrick's agent definitely wrote this.
May 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Two groups on a roller coaster. The group that is starting the ride is young and terrified. The group finishing the ride is a horde of menacing skeletons. The young group is labeled “Faculty arriving for the 2pm graduation.” The bedraggled undead are labeled “Faculty leaving the 9am graduation.”
May 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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A computer for which the keyboard only has a single button, which reads “Do not show me this”. A hand is reaching in from out of frame to hit the button
May 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Here’s my most recent addition:
An exchange from merry Christmas Charlie Brown. Lucy van Pelt leans on a toy piano, listening to Schroeder play. She shouts “THAT’S IT!” with such force that Schroeder does an involuntary backwards somersault.
May 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Insomnia hitting hard tonight, so here are some if the contents of the “reactions” folder I keep in my phone’s photos app. Steal any that bring you joy. Let’s start with my most common, since I’m generally an agreeable dude (I made the pigeon one myself):
Scruffy, the janitor from Futurama, leaning back in a chair with his hands behind his head. The caption says “Second,” in reference to the episode where he seconded every single motion at the shareholders’ meeting A sticker of Linda Belcher from Bob’s Burgers. Her arms are raised and her mouth is open in enthusiasm. An unfurled scroll beneath her bears her signature phrase of enjoyment: “Alriiight!” Coach Z from Homestar Runner. He’s reaching out encouragingly. The words “Great Jorb!” appear next to him. This is not a typo. He frequently mispronounces words, so the word “job” sounds like “jorb.” A photograph of a pigeon. Yellow letters next to it say “Coo.”
May 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Two frames. The top frame shows Kermit the Frog introducing an otter in glasses and a suit, saying “And now a word from our lawyer.” In the bottom frame, the otter is holding up a sign revealing what that word is: “Don’t.”
April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Scruffy, the janitor from Futurama, leaning back in a chair. The caption reads “Second,” in reference to the laconic way he seconded every motion in a Planet Express shareholder meeting.
April 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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You either get busy sippin', or get busy dyin'.
A green disposable coffee cup. The words GET SIPPING are printed boldly on the side.
April 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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In confining I got the name right, I just got angry at Goog’s AI again:
Sourcery, a 1988 fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, is the fifth book in his Discworld series and the third in the Wizards subseries. The story centers around Eskarina Coin, a young and powerful female sourcerer who arrives in Ankh-Morpork, challenging the conservative wizarding world. The Discworld is threatened by ancient magic, and Rincewind, an incompetent wizard, must deliver the University's most precious magical artifact to safety.
April 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Jay Sherman from the animated sitcom The Critic. The subtitle reads “It Sphinx”
March 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Julian Bashir next to Odo from Star Trek Deep Space 9. Bashir has a speech bubble coming out of his mouth, implying he is the speaker of the quoted post
March 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I’m in a weird place right now, so, screw it! Here are needless meditations on a Jimmy Pesto hat!
A green baseball cap, advertising the fictional business “Jimmy Pesto’s Pizzeria,” the rival restaurant in the show Bob’s Burgers.
March 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Me rn
The Silence from Doctor Who
March 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Post a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer.

Hard mode: No villains.
Reginald Barclay from Star Trek the Next Generation
March 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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My new mental image whenever I see screenshotted punditry:
Dali’s The Enigma of William Tell, in which the central figure has a right butt cheek so long it has to be supported by a crutch. The left cheek is standard issue.
March 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Rhinoceros
February 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM