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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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Weekend Plans Post: Was Last Year This Cold? suntime

Weekend Plans Post: Was Last Year This Cold?

Jaybird January 24, 2025
Good golly, it's *COLD* This weekend should be a little less cold before cold snap #2 comes...
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Mr. Goodfellow Returns anotherone

Mr. Goodfellow Returns

Clare Briggs January 23, 2025
More meditations on Happiness
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Trump Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Lawlessness Trump lawlessness

Trump Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Lawlessness

David Thornton January 23, 2025
Donald Trump is already making the same mistake that Biden made in assuming that a narrow win...
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“There’s a Lot of Sickness in Town” sickness

“There’s a Lot of Sickness in Town”

Clare Briggs January 22, 2025
When a feller needs a friend
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The Truth Is All Right If You Can Get Away With It blackeye

The Truth Is All Right If You Can Get Away With It

Clare Briggs January 21, 2025
You should see the other guy.
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Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders Trump executive orders

Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders

OT Editors January 21, 2025
As promised, the second Donald Trump administration featured a cavalcade of executive orders on a wide swath...
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Lady McBiden, Pelosi First of Her Name, and the Struggles of American Royalty the Struggles of American Royalty

Lady McBiden, Pelosi First of Her Name, and the Struggles of American Royalty

Bryan O'Nolan January 21, 2025
Inflated sense of importance is rife among our social, political and economic so-called betters and the press...
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Our Busy Burg dixie

Our Busy Burg

Clare Briggs January 20, 2025
Sometimes your boss wastes time.
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Ordinary Times Watchalong: The Inauguration of Donald Trump Untitled

Ordinary Times Watchalong: The Inauguration of Donald Trump

OT Editors January 20, 2025
Watch and comment to the festivities as America once again does pomp and circumstance around the peaceful...
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Mister Baseball Bob Uecker

Mister Baseball

Mike Schilling January 20, 2025
There is no doubt that Bob Uecker was a very funny man. It's hard to count the...
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97th Oscars Projections: Final Nomination Predictions MMR Headline Graphics (2)

97th Oscars Projections: Final Nomination Predictions

Luis A. Mendez January 20, 2025
Luis Mendez gives his final nomination predictions for ALL 23 categories, a total of 120 nominations in...
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From TikTok To ERA, Biden Leaves Taxpayers A Mess Biden leaves Taxpayers a mess

From TikTok To ERA, Biden Leaves Taxpayers A Mess

Michael Siegel January 20, 2025
Biden's performative nonsense on TikTok "ban" and Equal Rights Amendment will create years of angry debate, protests,...
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The Solitaire Fiend cards

The Solitaire Fiend

Clare Briggs January 19, 2025
"Holy cow, your little brother has a Super Nintendo?!?", but in 1911
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As Long as the World Goes Round skate

As Long as the World Goes Round

Clare Briggs January 19, 2025
Skating Fashion
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Curse of the Dead Gods curse

Saturday Morning Gaming: Curse of the Dead Gods

Jaybird January 18, 2025
Chasing the Dragon between Hades and Hades II. Is Curse of the Dead Gods as good as...
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Some Friday Happiness booze

Some Friday Happiness

Clare Briggs January 17, 2025
The 1912 version of just staring at your phone.
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