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The Virtue of Tuning Out The Virtue of Tuning Out

The Virtue of Tuning Out

Alex M. Parker January 6, 2025
Not letting the deluge of news overwhelm and demoralize you is a challenge of this age–but not...
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Re-Open the Asylums: A New Take Re-Open the Asylums

Re-Open the Asylums: A New Take

SarahStook January 6, 2025
It is imperative that we balance compassion with realism and public safety. We must talk about crime,...
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What is happiness? machine

What is happiness?

Clare Briggs January 4, 2025
I swear to gosh, my grandmother had that exact sewing machine.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Inscryption enscryption5

Saturday Morning Gaming: Inscryption

Jaybird January 4, 2025
From the maker of Pony Island, another game that isn't the game you think it is.
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2024 Year in Review: Movies, Music, and More! 2024 Year in Review

2024 Year in Review: Movies, Music, and More!

Russell Michaels January 4, 2025
Sorry I am getting this to you after the start of 2025, but life has a habit...
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POETS Day! Edward Thomas Edward Thomas

POETS Day! Edward Thomas

Ben Sears January 3, 2025
It’s true that he didn’t enjoy writing much of what he produced, but the needs of his...
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Series! Recap of World Series of the 1930s Recap of World Series of the 1930s

Series! Recap of World Series of the 1930s

Mike Schilling January 3, 2025
I had such a good time putting together the recent recap of 2020s World Series, I decided...
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Weekend Plans Post: Leonard Cohen jealous

Weekend Plans Post: Leonard Cohen

Jaybird January 2, 2025
A little bit of honky tonk puts a cigarette back in the hand of the song and...
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A Suburban New Year’s Tragedy, or What’s the Use? plainwater

A Suburban New Year’s Tragedy, or What’s the Use?

Clare Briggs January 2, 2025
Ripped from the headlines!
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Of Course, You Postpone the Sugar Bowl postpone the sugar bowl

Of Course, You Postpone the Sugar Bowl

Andrew Donaldson January 2, 2025
Postponing the Sugar Bowl for 24 hours is more than reasonable. That doesn't make anyone "soft", it...
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Happy New Year! Briggs

Happy New Year!

Clare Briggs January 1, 2025
Oh Skin-nay! Yoo-hoo-oo! Hap-pay Noo Year!
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A Man on the Inside peaches

A Man on the Inside

Jaybird January 1, 2025
I really liked the show and I think that you will probably find stuff to like in...
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Midnight December 31st jiminy

Midnight December 31st

Clare Briggs December 31, 2024
The last Days of Real Sport of 2024
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A Public Funeral For A Man Out Of Step With The Public Jimmy Carter's legacy

A Public Funeral For A Man Out Of Step With The Public

Burt Likko December 31, 2024
Can we do Jimmy Carter's legacy and character justice, out in public where everyone can hear? This...
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These are Busy Days! swears

These are Busy Days!

Clare Briggs December 30, 2024
New Year's Resolutions just around the corner!
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My Top 12 Films Of 2024: One Critic’s Best Of The Year List 1

My Top 12 Films Of 2024: One Critic’s Best Of The Year List

Luis A. Mendez December 30, 2024
I watched over 250 films this year, so if one of your favorites didn’t make the cut,...
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The Sport of a Real Day dapper

The Sport of a Real Day

Clare Briggs December 29, 2024
Mister Goodfellow is a surprisingly dapper gent.
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Jimmy Carter Passes at Age 100 Jimmy Carter Dies

Jimmy Carter Passes at Age 100

Andrew Donaldson December 29, 2024
The oldest living American president in US history has passed into the ages. Jimmy Carter died after...
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The Universal Experience shopping

The Universal Experience

Clare Briggs December 28, 2024
Only 361 shopping days until Christmas!
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Hades II First Impressions hades2

Saturday Morning Gaming: Hades II First Impressions

Jaybird December 28, 2024
"I'll just play one game, see how the open access is going..."
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