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Best of 2020

best of 2020

That would be bad. You’d hafta pull wooly fire outta my ass.
— A. Horner, hovering his chilly bum mere inches from a wood burning stove, 1.2.20
By comparison, birch [wood] only burns at 600 BTUs. That’s trash wood.
— J. Sandlin, on burn-efficient firewoods, 1.1.20
Gwyneth Paltrow is a stain on society.”
“Who’s named ‘Gwyneth’ anyway?
— J. Sandlin & T. Klotz, 1.1.20
It’s like when you’re younger and everyone loves Jesse McCartney – and you’re like: Who’s this guy?
— T. Klotz analogizing her stance on cooked mushrooms, 1.1.20
Since I caught this cold I keep wondering how I would have been treated on the Oregon Trail. Like – would I be pulling something? Or would they put me on a carriage to die?
— T. Klotz, 1.2.19
I’m perfectly fine covering it in Vaseline and putting a sock over it for the night.
— A. Christensen on foot pampering, 1.7.20
I’ll be back. I’m out of hydrating face moisturizer.”
“Know what I do for a hydrating face moisturizer? I cry.
— M. Augustin & C. McNamara, 1.8.20
I ate too much, I drank too much, and on Monday I discovered my fat pants are just pants.
— J. Klann, 1.8.20
She’s single, isn’t she.
— E. Pierson upon discovering Goop’s ‘vagina candle’, 1.18.20
— and afterwards we went downtown to our favorite bar, Constantine.”
“Our ‘favorite’ bar. We’ve been there two times.”
“Yeah, but how many times have we been downtown? Three times.
— L. Ogle & N. Ogle, 1.20.20
What is Criss Angel doing these days, anyway?”
“Holding his breath, probably.
— A. Horner & N. Christianson, 1.20.20
I was about 6 [years-old] and I didn’t know it was wrong to harvest parts from your sister.
— H. Munro recalls creating a paintbrush from using human hair, 1.21.20
I mean I wouldn’t say she’s clumsy but she’s definitely knockin’ shit over all the time.
— J. Schmuck, 1.24.20
On Twitter they’re outing senators who ordered milk at the impeachment trial and Ted Cruz was the first one.
— J. Schmuck, 1.24.20
I got my eyelashes tinted once. I also got my eyebrows done. I looked like an albino Ronald McDonald.
— R. Dupre, 1.27.20
Donald Sterling is what Bowser looks like as a man.
— N. Ogle, 2.2.20
Ultimately it was my mom and her Mexican temper who taught me ultimate cage fighting.
— H. Munro, 2.6.20
Maybe the dongle ate your baby.
— V. Johnson, 2.6.20
... and when that happens, people materialize like fruit flies around a banana.
— H. Munro on maneuvering one's stuck vehicle from the snow, 2.10.20
The last time I waterskied I got a natural enema.
— A. Jones, 2.12.20
I had a hamster when I was growing up. It was a female hamster but I named it Icky.
— P. Jones, 2.12.20
This is 100% more Third Reich than I expected.
— E. Safstrom assessing the presence of a Hitler ‘stache in modern America, 2.16.20
Last night when you were asleep, I was experimenting with your head, and …
— A. Horner describes an ergonomic approach to end his bedfellow's snoring, 2.17.20
Isn’t Fred Armisen asexual?”
“You definitely don’t want to do him.”
“I think he’s a raging torrent of love!
— M. Augustin, R. Dupre, C. McNamara, 2.28.20
Do you guys ever feel like, when you call the Service Desk, it makes everything worse.
— M. Labatt, 2.28.20
Mountain lakes are pretty cool.”
“Mountain lakes?”
“Yeah, lakes of the mountains.
— N. Augustin & A. Horner, 3.7.20
Anyone need to use the bathroom? I’ve gotta unleash this quiche.
— A. Horner, 3.7.20
This is the funny part of the story: All I had [to shoo it] was a baguette. I waved my baguette at it.
— K. Savela’s recalls her encounter with a squirrel who squatted in her garage for a year, 3.7.20
It’s like the Teri Schaivo of pets.
— K. Savela, 3.7.20
Well I’m not sorry my team knows Damien Hirst and ‘reptilian’.
— K. Savela getting competitive in gameplay, 3.7.20
I think Dan and I are in similar situations. We’re burned out at every moment of our lives.”
“You don’t think I just described that [about myself]?”
“Dan and I are the ones with brain fog. Admitted brain fog.
— K. Savela & M. Pearson, 3.8.20
Are you not an animal person?”
“I would rather play soccer than be with animals, you know?
— M. Augustin & A. Yuniz, 3.12.20
I’m feeling the social pressure to get a fiddle leaf fig.
— T. Klotz, 3.20.20
Yeah. Nothing beats orca.
— A. Horner validating the orca as a top predator of the sea, 3.21.20
I can either be young or moist. I cannot be both.
— R. Armstrong, 3.25.20
On our social distancing walk today we stopped at a Little Free Library and they had a bunch of DVDs. They had the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and they had El Niño ... ”
“You mean Nacho Libre.
— L. Ogle & N. Ogle, 4.4.20
I usually don’t buy juice ‘cuz I drink it like a parched man in the desert.
— K. Teresi, 4.17.20
Did you watch Alley Cat Strike?”
“Molly didn’t have cable [while growing up].”
“Poor! Poor! Poor!
— E. Schleicher & A. Horner, 5.4.20
I wanna see Lou Ferrigno come back as The Hulk”
“Is Lou Ferrigno still alive?”
“He’s still alive and I bet he’s still keepin’ it TIGHT.
— A. Horner, M. Augustin, R. Armstrong, 5.8.20
Is that your squeezer [pillow] or your under-your-head [pillow]?”
“She’s got a lot of squeezers.
— M. Augustin & E. Schleicher assess R. de Lemos' pillow situation, 5.20.20
Not even one you’d pick for a skipping stone”
“Ohh – the kind that f*cks up your lawnmower.
— K. Teresi believes she was a heather grey stone in a previous life. A. Horner clarifies. 5.23.20:
How crazy is it that Da Vinci was a master of art AND science?
— K. Teresi, 5.23.20
I too whip my belt when I get weepy.
— A sarcastic A. Horner relates to Tony Soprano, 5.28.20
Nextdoor is my sparkle.
— P. Jones, 6.1.21
So I think I have a decently awesome idea.
— P. Jones, 6.3.20
You don’t understand. When I flushed, nothing changed.
— C. Parker, 6.13.20
In middle school we used to go to Subway before dances. One time the new girl came and ordered a tuna sub with oil – and I was like, ‘You are not gonna be cool. The New Girl Mystique is lost’.
— R. Armstrong, 6.13.20
I was exposed to Surge and I had to be removed from the birthday party.
— C. Parker, 6.13.20
Carl called the TV ‘big TikTok’.
— J. Schmuck, 6.17.20
I’m constantly disappointed by the sprinkles here.
— C. Boyer on baking in the UK, 6.18.20
I want to go to the Dutch island of Curaçao and ride an ostrich. Always something I have wanted to do.
— A. Tetrault, 6.21.20
There are a couple who are so starved for human contact that they approach you with arms outstretched, like hungry wood ticks — but we outrun them.
— H. Munro, 6.24.20
Her eyes are wide apart, like an iguana. But not a sexy iguana like Natalie Dormer.
— R. Armstrong, 6.26.20
How long could it possibly take?”
“How long would it take you to suck up a bucket of sand through a straw?
— M. Augustin & A. Augustin discuss excavating a dirt basement, 6.29.20
I just wanna kill something and I wanna be prepared.
— D. Augustin arms himself with an electric fly swatter during mosquito season, 7.3.20
Anyone who takes a boat marked ‘FREE’ on the side of the highway is a fool. I’ll say that.
— A. Horner, 7.4.20
If I’m stressed out, to the Q-Tip box I go.
— A. Augustin, 7.4.20
N. Brady: “So I inherited this ream of – “
R. Armstrong: “A ream of reamers.”
— N. Brady recalls how an erotic novel came into his teenage possession. R. Armstrong clarifies. 7.10.20
It’s like hitting a piñata without the blindfold on.”
“There’s no challenge but you still got all sweaty and worn out.
— K. Teresi and A. Horner discuss political mudslinging, 7.21.20
My dad has a pretty gross thing going on right now. Chris Cornell tribute, he calls it.
— K. Teresi describes C. Teresi’s quarantine style facial hair, 7.24.20
And Gas: Where you get any kind of hotdog you want – and Gas!
— M. Legan imagines a new kind of fueling station where gasoline is the secondary offering, 7.27.20
I’d be willing to take 10 years off my life if it meant no mosquitos.
— J. Christenson, 7.31.20
Do you remember going to summer camp and they made, like, lemonade with sulfur?
— J. Hill, 8.23.20
I won’t overdo it. But that’s exactly the kind of painter I am.
— T. Klotz, 9.28.20
Are they just for dotting?
— G. Johnsen politely inquires about my recent hobby: painting rocks with markers, 8.30.20
I just don’t get where they’re coming from.”
“Well, I think they’re defending themselves.”
“Yeah, I’m asking: How are they getting inside? Not ‘I can’t relate to them’.
— M. Augustin and M. Pearson observe bees in the cottage, 9.4.20
There was a guy at work we called Bucket Head. He had a big head.
— E. Augustin, 9.9.20
Ugh. I feel like the tin man before he got his oil.
— A. Horner experiences muscles stiffness upon waking, 9.28.20
I lost a magnet today; I’m not gonna lose the marble game.
— P. Jones, 10.2.20
If they can request it they are too old.
— A. Jones on when to curb breastfeeding, 10.3.20
Papa, you have a floppy flag.
— E. Pearson, 10.11.20
I left a basket of scones on the doorstep like baby Moses on the Nile.”
“What a lovely surprise! And much less responsibility than raising the leader of the Jewish liberation from Egypt!
— M. Augustin & K. Teresi, 10.11.20
There’s an air of impermanence in California.
— T Klotz, 10.16.20
I like to think I’m still that age – but then I look around my apartment and I have a pizza cutter and enough toothpaste, and multiple comforters. You can definitely tell I’m 27. I did not have those things when I was 21.
— T. Klotz, 10.16.20
By the way, I can set daily alarms for you. Would you like me to do that?”
“No – and never ask me that again.
— Amazon Echo / Alexa makes a suggestion to A. Horner, 10.20.20
I’m, like, actually kind of OK at Weird Al.
— J. Becker posits his worth upon a themed round of trivia, 10.23.20
But, like, if I need info *now* I go to TMZ.
— K. Teresi professes People Magazine as ‘late’ on the hot goss, 11.2.20
All hot dogs are wet dogs.
— N. Mihalevich, 11.6.20
Come on! Would you rather be suffocated through a clear bag or a black tarp?
— N. Mihalevich, 11.6.20
I’m curious how these festival witches fit into the larger storyline.
— L. St. Clair commentates ‘The Worst Witch,’ 11.11.20
I have some down booties like that in white. So toasty, like marshmallows for my feet.
— A. Tetrault, 11.17.20
The English language contains many words, but not enough for that overstuffed ball bag.
— G. Beresford, 11.20.20
The Holy Grail of pigeon books.
— J. Toetschinger, 11.23.20
My sister likes to get down with the muddling and sometimes she makes them fancy for us.
— L. Hibbs on holiday traditions and cocktails, 11.24.20
Do you even know how hard it is to buy goobers in a pandemic?
— E. Schleicher, 11.25.20
It’s worth a Larry David GIF.
— B. Zimmerman, 11.25.20
Goodwill hasn’t raised wages for their staff in forever, despite profiting from our used goods. All the more upsetting while a good portion of their employees are adults with disabilities.”
“And Salvation Army hates the gays! What’s left?!
— M. Augustin & K. Brady, 12.2.20
He’s getting pickled like Keith Richards.
— J. Westover, 12.4.20
Not all ghoulish statues are gargoyles. They have to be shitting, I learned.
— A. Horner, very matter-of-factly, 12.5.20
Could you imagine having another child because the first one wasn’t good at playing the tambourine?
— A. Horner, 12.10.20
Did you hear they figured out the Zodiac killer’s – “
“ – zodiac SIGN? He’s an Aries, bitch!
— C. Parker & R. Armstrong, 12.20.20
A ‘Yosemite Sam Mudflap’ is when you get down on all fours and shit, then grab a shotgun, point it at your lover and say, ‘Get the hell away from me’.
— A Horner, 12.10.20
The mold maker man is swimming in my coins!
— J. Becker, 12.12.20
I have never watched Stain Peaks.
— E. Schleicher 12.14.20
Time flies when you’re comparing childhood diets.
— K. Teresi, 12.17.20
To be fair they look like a Picasso when they come out. It takes a couple hours for the pieces to come together.
— D. Pearson on newborns, 12.19.20
We should’ve stapled 2020 shut like he did with December 24th.
— R. de Lemos, 12.23.20
What is it called in British culture? Men who care about the way they look.”
“—? Parlour boys?
— A. Jones & P. Jones, 12.25.20
When The Saints Go Marching In – you know that one? I crushed that.
— P. Jones relives his Saxophone days of glory, 12.26.20
What is it called when you first get into bed and wriggle under the covers?”
(A moment later) “Bedtime thubbins. You thub around.”
(Another moment later) “Oi! I like gettin’ my thubbins.
— A. Horner, 12.29.20 (We have since landed on ‘riggling’ to describe this behavior)
7-up tastes dusty after a week. it’s a well-known fact.
— E. Schleicher, 12.30.20
That’s why I slowly but surely fell in love with the flesh wagon. I became the trash person I always was.
— P. Jones, 12.31.20
He just looks uncomfortable in his face and I can’t figure out why.
— A. Jones, 12.31.20