The Daily Pangram

The Daily Pangram has moved

2010-05-13T16:51:00.002-05:00

The move is complete: you will now find my pangrams at this address: http://dailypangram.tumblr.com. See you over there!

2010-05-11T10:34:00.000-05:00

Programming note:
The Daily Pangram is moving to tumblr.
The new address is
http://dailypangram.tumblr.com/

#550

2010-05-11T10:00:00.002-05:00

Django strums jazz while piquant Bev makes sexy faces.

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#549

2010-05-10T10:00:00.002-05:00

Ode to 1970s fashion:

Sexy bell-bottom jeans and a fuzzy cape? I've awoken in the age of aquarius!

(59 letters)

#548

2010-05-07T10:30:00.002-05:00

Mark Simonson week #5:

Mark's Coquette has big charm out the wazoo (pardon the juvenile way of expressing).

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#547

2010-05-06T10:30:00.002-05:00

Mark Simonson week #4:

Mark's Proxima has always been a fave grotesque for jazz CDs.

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#546

2010-05-05T10:30:00.002-05:00

Mark Simonson week #3:

What just lovely fonts! Coquette, Proxima, Glenlake, and Zanzibar.

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#545

2010-05-04T08:00:00.000-05:00

Mark Simonson week #2:
If you guessed Mark Simonson yesterday you were right. As it says on the link at the bottom right of this page, I use Mark's Pangrammer Helper to compose my pangrams. Mark is a font designer. As a result, I'm often looking at his fonts (which are terrific) as I compose pangrams. So this week I'm writing pangrams all about him.

Seeking dazzle for a job? There's always Proxima Nova or Coquette!

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#544

2010-05-03T10:30:00.002-05:00

Mystery tribute week #1:
This week's pangrams are going to be about the person described in this first one:

Quiz: X enjoyed talking about movie typeface errors. Who is X?

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#543

2010-04-30T10:30:00.002-05:00

My Zoe wanted quick sex before packing up the jeep to leave.

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#542

2010-04-29T09:01:00.000-05:00

Dave unwisely forgot extra bananas; chimpanzees were quick to jeer.

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#541

2010-04-28T10:30:00.002-05:00

I humbly request you go wave pixie dust on Jack's fez.

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#540

2010-04-27T10:30:00.002-05:00

How did GOP lose NJ race? Extra fizzy beverages from Quick-E-Mart.

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#539

2010-04-26T10:30:00.002-05:00

Egad, OMB requires we have to jack up taxes on lazy folks.

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#538

2010-04-23T10:30:00.000-05:00

Jazzy swing? Have a mix of cool bands like Squirrel Nut Zippers.

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(Remember them?)

#537

2010-04-22T10:30:00.001-05:00

Happy Earth Day!

Keep overusing fertilizer and the water quality will become just toxic.

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#536

2010-04-21T10:30:00.001-05:00

Consequences of HGH: deeper voice; extremely bulky jaw; zits.

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(HGH is human growth hormone.)

#535

2010-04-20T10:30:00.001-05:00

I just quoted out of context, forgot the vowels, zapped my keyboard.

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#534

2010-04-19T10:30:00.001-05:00

Guy I know's job: realize the movie's dopiest FX sequences.

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#533

2010-04-16T10:00:00.003-05:00

Haz(z)ard: Bo Duke required excellent vision shooting arrows from jumpy car.

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#532

2010-04-15T10:00:00.003-05:00

Jack mixed up flossing with very quiet buzz.

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#531

2010-04-14T10:00:00.003-05:00

Black, toxic pharma-factory sludge oozed over Wanaque, NJ.

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#530

2010-04-13T10:00:00.004-05:00

Enjoy every exquisite clause of the amazing daily web pangram king!

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This one has been my tagline for a while but I've never counted it before.

#529

2010-04-12T10:00:00.003-05:00

"Gett Off": Just love sexy request to move around "so I can work on that zipper, baby"!

(64 letters)
(Refers to a Prince song.)

#528

2010-04-09T10:00:00.003-05:00

Grampa, who will quickly be 80, expects to find a lover like Zeta-Jones.

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#527

2010-04-08T10:00:00.003-05:00

Five dozen liquor jugs? Pa's box can take twice that many!

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#526

2010-04-07T10:00:00.003-05:00

Jamie starred as TV's Zoey Brooks, a quirky girl who expects fun.

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(Jamie Lynn Spears, younger sister of Britney.)

#525

2010-04-06T10:00:00.003-05:00

Sexy Jacqueline Bissett played wife Liz in movie The Greek Tycoon.

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#524

2010-04-05T10:00:00.003-05:00

Please! I'm unfazed by the heavyweight boxer's quick jab!

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#523

2010-04-02T10:00:00.003-05:00

Special guest pangrammer week #5:
Last one from my daughter.

The Xoloitzcuintli named Buffy spat gum wads at Viktor & Jacques.

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(My daughter assures me that that really is the name of a dog breed.)

#522

2010-04-01T10:00:00.003-05:00

Special guest pangrammer week #4:
One more from my daughter.

Big Jim was lucky to avoid the zaps & explosions from quasars.

(49 letters)

#521

2010-03-31T10:00:00.003-05:00

Special guest pangrammer week #3:
Still another from my daughter.

Quinn dances on violet murky foam while juggling pizza boxes.

(51 letters)

#520

2010-03-30T10:00:00.003-05:00

Special guest pangrammer week #2:
Another from my daughter.

The fox-like fuzzy kitten jumps awkwardly to avoid Big Quincy.

(51 letters)

#519

2010-03-29T10:00:00.003-05:00

Special guest pangrammer week #1:
This week, my nine-year-old daughter has chipped in pangrams for the blog.

"A quesadilla, please," Xavier politely asked, watching Jeff zip by me.

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#518

2010-03-26T10:00:00.005-05:00

Healthcare debate week #5:

J. Biden's "f*ck" wasn't quiet for Fox-TV's truly amazing microphone.

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#517

2010-03-25T10:00:00.002-05:00

Healthcare debate week #4:

My prez and veep get ready to jaw at blockers of quality healthcare expansion.

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#516

2010-03-24T10:00:00.002-05:00

Healthcare debate week #3:

We'll realize quality improvements on the healthcare joke, if Waxman budges.

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#515

2010-03-23T10:00:00.002-05:00

Healthcare debate week #2:

Joyless House Speaker would squeeze tax bill votes from congress.

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#514

2010-03-22T10:00:00.007-05:00

Healthcare debate week #1:

My prez won fight over expenses with quarrels, kicks, and jabs.

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#513

2010-03-19T10:00:00.000-05:00

Ajax puzzled over befuddling idioms: "squeaky wheels," etc.

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#512

2010-03-18T10:00:00.003-05:00

Champ's very bizarre looking pawn executed Jeff's queen.

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#511

2010-03-17T10:00:00.003-05:00

Just forget the Czech Republic and Slovakia - you mix Iraq and Kuwait!

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#510

2010-03-16T09:00:00.000-05:00

Having a sword jammed in his coccyx, the klutz required ibuprofen.

(54 letters)

#509

2010-03-15T10:00:00.003-05:00

Quickly, magic wizard hex-job prevents fun.

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#508

2010-03-12T10:00:00.003-06:00

Butter & kumquat jelly sandwiches: a zany way of expressing love.

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#507

2010-03-11T10:00:00.003-06:00

Whenever at Jacquie's, pay extra for Arizona pickled gumbo.

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#506

2010-03-10T10:00:00.003-06:00

Jaded cops know that text messages frequently utilize abbreviations.

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#505

2010-03-09T10:00:00.003-06:00

I jotted a Greek glyph Xi to symbolize wave frequency.

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#504

2010-03-08T10:00:00.003-06:00

Hazard of marrying geeks: comix and Japanese sequential art come before vows.

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#503

2010-03-05T10:00:00.002-06:00

We puny football jocks got zero vs. the Mexican squad.

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#502

2010-03-04T10:00:00.005-06:00

Jeez, I question why each CGI pixel in the bad movie took four hours.

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#501

2010-03-03T10:00:00.002-06:00

We might've expected a conquest of Brazilian jerky.

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#500

2010-03-02T10:00:00.002-06:00

Celebrating five hundred original pangrams!

Damn funny: veritable kook jots excellent quips with a through z.

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#499

2010-03-01T10:00:00.003-06:00

"If in my steel box cage, no worry over ze shark," Jacques reported.

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#498

2010-02-26T10:00:00.002-06:00

St. Thomas art history colleagues week #5:

S. was frequently juvenile but picked amazing exhibitions.

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#497

2010-02-25T10:00:00.002-06:00

St. Thomas art history colleagues week #4:

Few recognized or believe A. may be a Coyolxauhqui priest (j/k).

(49 letters)

#496

2010-02-24T10:00:00.002-06:00

St. Thomas art history colleagues week #3:

Quit mocking the way V. is jazzed to explore MLB roofs!

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#495

2010-02-23T10:00:00.002-06:00

St. Thomas art history colleagues week #2:

E.'s fine work on Huang Xiangjian required crazy, bumpy travel.

(50 letters)

#494

2010-02-22T10:00:00.002-06:00

St. Thomas art history colleagues week #1:

H. frequently goes over Brazil beads & Mexico wall painters; no joke!

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#493

2010-02-19T10:00:00.002-06:00

I'd prefer jogging with piquant Salma over sexy C. Diaz, but either works.

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#492

2010-02-18T10:00:00.003-06:00

"Zany" 17th c. experts always give me an old joke: "If it ain't baroque..."

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#491

2010-02-17T10:00:00.002-06:00

Really, for Pete's sake, quit jabbing me with overwaxed zucchini.

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#490

2010-02-16T10:00:00.002-06:00

I quickly realized sex with my journalism prof gave me a B.

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(Don't know if that means up from a C, or down from an A!)

#489

2010-02-15T10:00:00.002-06:00

Flexible interactive window question: huge jumpy bezel OK?

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#488

2010-02-12T10:00:00.002-06:00

"Polly want a Ritz," the brand-conscious parrot squawked, "Just fix me a V-Eight!"

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#487

2010-02-11T10:00:00.002-06:00

With Fontlab working, a chimp would make jazzy, quivering X's.

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#486

2010-02-10T10:00:00.002-06:00

Does a lazy farmer have the required jacket to be exposed to high winds?

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#485

2010-02-09T10:00:00.003-06:00

Even jowly chiefs require king-sized box spring & mattress.

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#484

2010-02-08T10:00:00.002-06:00

Quality tamagozake's Japanese; however, I heard of it on a Mexican beach.

(58 letters)

#483

2010-02-05T10:00:00.002-06:00

Super Bowl history week #5:

XLII: Pats QB frazzled by Justin Tuck's moves; the Giants win.

(48 letters)
The Patriots' Tom Brady was slowed way down by linebacker Tuck and his NY defensive teammates.

#482

2010-02-04T10:00:00.002-06:00

Super Bowl history week #4:

XXXIX: Philly QB Donovan M. was justly criticized for lacking urgency.

(57 letters)
Down by ten points in the fourth quarter, Donovan McNabb's Eagles managed to drive for a touchdown but took way too much time in doing so, dooming their hopes to catch up to the Patriots.

#481

2010-02-03T10:00:00.002-06:00

Super Bowl history week #3:

XXXII: Denver's famous QB John Elway got to the Packers' endzone.

(51 letters)
Elway, in his first successful bid for Super Bowl victory after three losses, did not throw a touchdown but ran for one that gave the Broncos their first lead of the game.

#480

2010-02-02T10:00:00.002-06:00

Super Bowl history week #2:

XXX: In Arizona, MVP Brown just picked off Pitt QB's ugly throws.

(50 letters)
Cowboys cornerback Larry Brown had three easy interceptions, leading some to say that Pittsburgh quarterback Neil O'Donnell was really the most valuable player for Dallas's victory.

#479

2010-02-01T10:00:00.003-06:00

Since the Super Bowl is next Sunday (and since the convention of naming them with roman numerals makes for an easy "X") we'll kick off Super Bowl history week #1:

XVII: Joe G.'s wits and Butz's fumble recovery kept 'Phins quiet.

(49 letters)
Joe Gibbs was the Redskins coach whose team, including nose tackle Dave Butz, beat the Miami Dolphins.

#478

2010-01-29T10:00:00.002-06:00

Car week #5:

Quite unexpectedly, the Volkswagen Jetta guzzled more biofuel.

(53 letters)

#477

2010-01-28T10:00:00.002-06:00

Car week #4:

My Benz jalopy requires expensive high-octane fuel, breaks down.

(53 letters)

#476

2010-01-27T10:00:00.001-06:00

Car week #3:

Quit fueling SUV tanks: just barely exceed zero highway MPG.

(49 letters)

#475

2010-01-26T10:00:00.002-06:00

Car week #2:

I am equipped to pay the government zero taxes on a new, jet black Ford.

(56 letters)

#474

2010-01-25T10:00:00.002-06:00

Car week #1:

Quick automobile list: Volkswagen, Lexus, Mazda, Chevy, Ford, Jeep.

(52 letters)

#473

2010-01-22T10:00:00.002-06:00

Game-faced Zeke privately ached to wear a bejeweled & sequined tux.

(54 letters)

#472

2010-01-21T10:00:00.002-06:00

A newbie realized grimly, the project needs very quick fixes.

(50 letters)

#471

2010-01-20T10:00:00.002-06:00

Walking in Quebec, overheard French jazz. Simply exotic!

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#470

2010-01-19T10:00:00.002-06:00

Sex, jigsaw, or Dvorak lessons? Hmm. Not a big puzzle fan, & I'll stick to QWERTY.

(59 letters)

#469

2010-01-18T10:00:00.002-06:00

The US is celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., today, so here's a holiday pangram.

M. L. King Jr. expressed belief in equality with amazing conviction.

(54 letters)

#468

2010-01-15T10:00:00.001-06:00

Gaze with joy at bowls of Corn Chex or Quisp & vitamin D milk.

(47 letters)

#467

2010-01-14T10:00:00.001-06:00

Downing shots of Mexican tequila, Billy Joe realized nirvana. Then puked.

(60 letters)

#466

2010-01-13T10:00:00.001-06:00

Sex quiz: I'd romp with It's a Living's Ann Jillian, or Full House's Becky?

(55 letters)
I'd have to think about that one.

#465

2010-01-12T10:00:00.001-06:00

"Hey Squirt, howzit goin'?" asked a jumpy cable TV fixer.

(42 letters)

#464

2010-01-11T10:00:00.001-06:00

Jeff B.'s oxygen tanks & hazardous waste require special movers.

(51 letters)

#463

2010-01-08T10:00:00.002-06:00

NFL players week #5:

Jim Zorn, ex-quarterback for the Seahawks, gave deeply.

(44 letters)
But it wasn't enough for the Redskins this year.

#462

2010-01-07T10:00:00.003-06:00

NFL players week #4:

Zany Super Bowl XXVII: QB Jim Kelly couldn't put up a fight.

(46 letters)
Cowboys fans like me remember it well.

#461

2010-01-06T10:00:00.002-06:00

NFL players week #3:

Fans gave an excellent nickname to QB Jared Lorenzen: "Pillsbury Throwboy."

(61 letters)
(The erstwhile backup for the Giants was on the large side for his position.)

#460

2010-01-05T10:00:00.002-06:00

NFL players week #2:

Key in fight vs. Arizona Cards: jam explosive WR Anquan Boldin.

(50 letters)

#459

2010-01-04T10:00:00.003-06:00

To mark the beginning of the football postseason, here's NFL players week #1:

T. J. Houshmandzadeh expects to flee away from Viking QB.

(45 letters)
This made more sense last spring when it looked like Minnesota might sign the WR.

#458

2010-01-01T10:00:00.001-06:00

Yet another countdown week #5:

"Quit your jawing & fix me breakfast," Chaz V. pled.

(37 letters)

#457

2009-12-31T10:00:00.002-06:00

Yet another countdown week #4:

Quiz: The keg is full of (a) wax, (b) vinyl, (c) Pam or (d) jam?

(38 letters)

#456

2009-12-30T10:00:00.002-06:00

Yet another countdown week #3:

My Viking crown had exquisite topaz & fab jewels.

(39 letters)

#455

2009-12-29T10:00:00.002-06:00

Yet another countdown week #2:

Dexter jumps quickly, aware of buzzing vehicles.

(40 letters)

#454

2009-12-28T10:00:00.002-06:00

I'll close out the year with yet another countdown week #1:

Speaking of lazy, Xavier acquired two jobs a month.

(41 letters)

#453

2009-12-25T10:00:00.001-06:00

Merry Christmas!

Key Xmas requirement: Charlie Brown's friends dancing to jazz piano on TV.

(60 letters)