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Got a Match? joke

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Inside Our Cave

Clare Briggs November 22, 2024
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POETS Day! Thomas Hardy Learns About Dames

Ben Sears November 22, 2024
I’m not immune from the sort of self-flattery that arises when someone whose writing I respect enforces...
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Linky Friday: Cabinet Shopping, President Trump Style cabinet

Linky Friday: Cabinet Shopping, President Trump Style

OT Editors November 22, 2024
This is going to be a fun transition for the content creators as President-elect Trump fills out...
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Winner Stuck for the Drinks

Clare Briggs November 21, 2024
$1.75 in 1913 dollars is about $55.80 in 2024 dollars.
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Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to Iceland eq-ed-plates

Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to Iceland

Jaybird November 21, 2024
Oh yeah. I'm going back to Iceland.
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When a Feller Needs a Friend washcloth

When a Feller Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs November 20, 2024
Soap and Water
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The Mandate That Wasn’t The mandate that wasn't

The Mandate That Wasn’t

David Thornton November 20, 2024
Donald Trump may not be concerned about electoral blowback from unpopular policies and alienating voters, but other...
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All the President’s Nominees: The Legion of Groom Trump Sentenced to Unconditional Discharge

All the President’s Nominees: The Legion of Groom

Michael Siegel November 20, 2024
Trump is not playing 4-D chess. He is forcing the Republican Party to play 1-D Twister, tying...
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Movie of a Young Man Calling on a Lady Friend 2024-11-19 Movie C8269 (11.15.16)

Movie of a Young Man Calling on a Lady Friend

Clare Briggs November 19, 2024
If you're ready the second he shows up, he won't appreciate you.
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Safe Travels, Arthur Frommer Arthur Frommer

Safe Travels, Arthur Frommer

Andrew Donaldson November 19, 2024
I am very thankful for those Frommer's recommendations during what proved to be a formative period of...
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Winter Flannels flannels

Winter Flannels

Clare Briggs November 18, 2024
Dryer sheets were invented in the late 1960s, but didn't go national until 1975.
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How Republicans Can Save Trump’s Presidency Save the Trump Presidency

How Republicans Can Save Trump’s Presidency

David Thornton November 18, 2024
Keeping Trump focused and tethered to reality is the only way to salvage the next four years...
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Ordinary Times Needs Your Help OTLC-ServerRoom

Ordinary Times Needs Your Help

Will Truman November 18, 2024
As always, the best thing you can do for the Ordinary Crew is to read, comment, and...
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‘Jever Work in a Gymnasium? ball

‘Jever Work in a Gymnasium?

Clare Briggs November 17, 2024
With a quick call out to Skinny.
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Got a Match? joke

Got a Match?

Clare Briggs November 16, 2024
An old joke.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Castlevania (Remembered) castlevania

Saturday Morning Gaming: Castlevania (Remembered)

Jaybird November 16, 2024
What is a man? This week's free game from the Epic Game Store is the Castlevania Anniversary...
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The Apple Dum-Pel-Ing

Clare Briggs November 15, 2024
The Days of Real Sport
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POETS Day! The Dreaded Poet Voice The Dreaded Poet Voice

POETS Day! The Dreaded Poet Voice

Ben Sears November 15, 2024
The trick to a good reading of most poetry seems to be in courting but not abusing...
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