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Saturday Morning Gaming: Just looking for something *FUN* Saturday Morning Gaming

Saturday Morning Gaming: Just looking for something *FUN*

Jaybird February 1, 2025
There have been a bunch of games that require the knitting of brows and the occasional situation...
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A S’prise Party on Skin-nay 2025-01-31 TDoRS C5028 (01.31.15)

A S’prise Party on Skin-nay

Clare Briggs January 31, 2025
He's back!
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POETS Day! A Few Poems by Kingsley Amis as Pretense to Discuss One of His Novels Poems by Kingsley Amis

POETS Day! A Few Poems by Kingsley Amis as Pretense to Discuss One of His Novels

Ben Sears January 31, 2025
All the references to Welsh habit, Welsh ways, all the references to Wales and Welshness.
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Weekend Plans Post: Time for Spaghetti Sauce Again towels

Weekend Plans Post: Time for Spaghetti Sauce Again

Jaybird January 30, 2025
You don't need to drive to Sandusky to wirehead properly.
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Terror On The Potomac: The DCA Collision DCA Collision

Terror On The Potomac: The DCA Collision

David Thornton January 30, 2025
What I can tell you with certainty is that the crash does not fit the hot takes...
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Indian Dice — Four Deuces in One 2025-01-30 CDT C1078 (01.31.17)

Indian Dice — Four Deuces in One

Clare Briggs January 30, 2025
Instructions on how to play in comments.
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Fannie Farmer, Mickey Mouse, and the Virtues of Cheating the Virtues of Cheating

Fannie Farmer, Mickey Mouse, and the Virtues of Cheating

Ben Sears January 30, 2025
It’s important to know that running on automatic, acting without thought is something we are capable of.
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When a Feller Needs a Friend sinnings

When a Feller Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs January 29, 2025
So let us avoid all little sinnings, Since such is the end of petty beginnings.
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Trump’s Unforced Error Trump's Unforced Error

Trump’s Unforced Error

David Thornton January 29, 2025
I said that Trump would overreach, but even I didn’t imagine how quickly he would do so.
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Group Activity: The RFK Jr Confirmation Hearing RFK Jr

Group Activity: The RFK Jr Confirmation Hearing

OT Editors January 29, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is getting his day before the Senate as President Trump's selection to head...
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The I.C. has Nothing on Union Depot theIC

The I.C. has Nothing on Union Depot

Clare Briggs January 28, 2025
The "I.C." refers (probably) to "Illinois Central". I'm guessing.
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Memo: All Federal Grant, Loan, and Financial Assistance “Temporarily Paused” Temporarily Paused

Memo: All Federal Grant, Loan, and Financial Assistance “Temporarily Paused”

OT Editors January 28, 2025
The White House OMB issued a directive to effectively halt all federal funding “temporarily” until further review.
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Cheer Up — All Is Not Politics again

Cheer Up — All Is Not Politics

Clare Briggs January 27, 2025
Sometimes it's fun to argue about different stuff too
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SCOTUS Grants Reprieve to ‘Slut Shamed’ Woman on Oklahoma’s Death Row Oklahoma woman on Death Row

SCOTUS Grants Reprieve to ‘Slut Shamed’ Woman on Oklahoma’s Death Row

Em Carpenter January 27, 2025
The legitimate, relevant evidence against Brenda Andrew is strong without having to resort to draping a scarlet...
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The Colombia Gambit The Colombia gambit

The Colombia Gambit

Michael Siegel January 27, 2025
It's only been a week and this cadre of fools is already confirming what we knew: that...
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Another Solitaire Fiend solitare

Another Solitaire Fiend

Clare Briggs January 26, 2025
The secret to Christmas is also the secret to Comedy.
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As Long as the World Goes Round awww

As Long as the World Goes Round

Clare Briggs January 25, 2025
In his defense, he only just got settled in.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Menace from the Deep menace

Saturday Morning Gaming: Menace from the Deep

Jaybird January 25, 2025
With slowly dawning horror, I realized that Menace from the Deep was a pretty good Slay the...
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Skin-nay’s Folks are Moving Away bye

Skin-nay’s Folks are Moving Away

Clare Briggs January 24, 2025
The End of an Era
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POETS Day! Poems Found While Reading an Essay by Anthony Hecht Essay by Anthony Hecht

POETS Day! Poems Found While Reading an Essay by Anthony Hecht

Ben Sears January 24, 2025
I found “Beauty Extoll’d” as an alternate title so I put it in brackets, but Hecht says...
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