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Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life 2025-02-24 Joy C8379 (12.29.16)

Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life

Clare Briggs February 24, 2025
That one friend that's too woke
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Em’s Top Five True Crime Podcast Recommendations Top Five True Crime Podcast

Em’s Top Five True Crime Podcast Recommendations

Em Carpenter February 24, 2025
Unfortunately, because of the genre's popularity, there is a lot of junk out there. Here are my...
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Yesterday’s Heroes cricket

Yesterday’s Heroes

Clare Briggs February 22, 2025
It's just not cricket.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: The Black Knight 2000 bk2000

Saturday Morning Gaming: The Black Knight 2000

Jaybird February 22, 2025
If you've never heard the song, you're in for a treat.
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Pop Corn popcorn

Pop Corn

Clare Briggs February 21, 2025
The secret ingredient is "Lard".
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POETS Day! William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray

POETS Day! William Makepeace Thackeray

Ben Sears February 21, 2025
Financially and domestically, promise and hope were dashed. The world did not unfold as hoped. He wrote...
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Weekend Plans Post: Death and Taxes snoozey

Weekend Plans Post: Death and Taxes

Jaybird February 21, 2025
Or Food Poisoning and Taxes. Maybe Flu and Taxes.
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The Wrangle Over the Bust kellypool

The Wrangle Over the Bust

Clare Briggs February 20, 2025
It's the principle of the thing.
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Musk vs Gore National Partnership for Reinventing Government

Musk vs Gore

Michael Siegel February 20, 2025
DOGE? No, I'm jumping in the Wayback Machine and talking about the National Partnership for Reinventing Government...
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Series! Recap of World Series of the 1920s Worlds Series of the 1920s

Series! Recap of World Series of the 1920s

Mike Schilling February 20, 2025
Why not go back to the Roaring 20s, the age of flappers, bathtub gin, and the Babe?...
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You know what they say about haircuts: They grow on you. haircut

You know what they say about haircuts: They grow on you.

Clare Briggs February 19, 2025
When a Feller Needs a Friend
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On a Roll in Toronto On a roll in Toronto

On a Roll in Toronto

David Thornton February 19, 2025
It has been a bad year for the airlines. And that’s not the first time that I’ve...
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Top 10 Films of 2024 Top ten films of 2024

Top 10 Films of 2024

Garrett Stiger February 19, 2025
Last year saw fewer releases from the old guard - the master filmmakers - but that provided...
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Movie of a Man who has Been Out the Night Before movie

Movie of a Man who has Been Out the Night Before

Clare Briggs February 18, 2025
Prohibition didn't pass until about 7 years later, so this was legal.
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Buy land, they’re not making it anymore 2025-02-17 Joy C8378 (12.28.14)

Buy land, they’re not making it anymore

Clare Briggs February 17, 2025
Somebody is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life
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Bull-DOGEing Government Elon Musk and DOGE

Bull-DOGEing Government

David Thornton February 17, 2025
There are a lot of questions surrounding Elon Musk and DOGE. At the moment, I have far...
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Chicago, The Champion City 2025-02-15 SpoLand C0105 (04.02.08)

Chicago, The Champion City

Clare Briggs February 15, 2025
Some sports are above the fold. Some sports are buried in the middle somewhere.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Sizeable size3

Saturday Morning Gaming: Sizeable

Jaybird February 15, 2025
A little zen game where you manipulate a diorama. Oh, and it's 90% off! Just a buck!
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Nobody’s Home nobody

Nobody’s Home

Clare Briggs February 14, 2025
Saint Augustine and the Pear Tree, Modernized
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Beware: Promises Being Kept Trump Promises kept

Beware: Promises Being Kept

David Thornton February 14, 2025
I could easily forgive Donald Trump for not keeping his promises. What I can’t excuse is following...
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