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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Open Mic for the week of 9/16/2024I definitely agree with the hidden economics thesis to as part of the endless inability for the Pale…
on Open Mic for the week of 9/16/2024Everyone is like me and my circle of friends/family.
on From The Financial Times: From Taipei to Budapest: the mysterious trail of exploding pagersThe story touches on that. The only question that I still have about that is whether the building wi…
on From The Financial Times: From Taipei to Budapest: the mysterious trail of exploding pagers1 I hope the shell company people have made a good escape with a lot of money. Cause they would be a…
on Open Mic for the week of 9/16/2024There's a big elephant no one's talking about in this very dark room.
on Open Mic for the week of 9/16/2024I think its darkly amusing how for years conservatives were all telling us "Oh, no, we don't hate im…
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Clare Briggs: When A Feller Needs a Friend
September 18, 2024
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Clare Briggs: Movie of a Man with a Mosquito Bite on his Ankle
September 17, 2024
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September 16, 2024
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September 15, 2024
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on Open Mic for the week of 9/16/2024
on From The Financial Times: From Taipei to Budapest: the mysterious trail of exploding pagers
That’s about $270 in today’s dollars.Report
I went to a pool hall with friends in August. I’m not a smoker myself but the lack of tobacco and bright lights really didn’t get the disreputable atmosphere those places are supposed to have right. The suburban strip mall location in Fremont didn’t make things better. A good pool hall should be in a basement or second/third floor of a mid rise building and have a certain sort of good people don’t go here vibe to it even if it is perfectly safe.Report
“He lives in Looieville.”
Could be worse. He could have been from Chattanooga.Report