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Weekend Plans Post: The La-Z-Boy lastone

Weekend Plans Post: The La-Z-Boy

Jaybird May 30, 2024
we found a La-Z-Boy that Maribou said felt exactly like Dad's old chair did. And we found...
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Partisan Lies Threaten the Union Partisan lies threaten the union

Partisan Lies Threaten the Union

David Thornton May 29, 2024
From time to time, the veil is parted on the curtain of lies surrounding the new MAGA...
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Why AI Could Be Good for the Liberal Arts Why AI Could Be Good For the Liberal Arts

Why AI Could Be Good for the Liberal Arts

Jeffery Tyler Syck May 28, 2024
The time of artificial intelligence has arrived and only the timeless education of the liberal arts can...
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When Government Makes Your Customer Service Job Worse Customer Service Jobs

When Government Makes Your Customer Service Job Worse

Hei Lun Chan May 28, 2024
Customer service jobs can be tough. Sometimes, government rules and regulations make them worse.
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97th Oscars Projections: The Post-Cannes Outlook For The Best Picture Race NewsletterPost Graphics (1)

97th Oscars Projections: The Post-Cannes Outlook For The Best Picture Race

Luis A. Mendez May 28, 2024
The Cannes Film Festival has come and gone, providing us with a little bit more of a...
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Waterloo: 50 Years Later Waterloo

Waterloo: 50 Years Later

Bryan O'Nolan May 27, 2024
“Waterloo:” a premise so inane as to be borderline stupid, an uncredited musical lifting of a chorus,...
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The Flag Flap Alito flag

The Flag Flap

David Thornton May 26, 2024
The brouhaha regarding the Alito family’s flag practices has escalated.
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Throughput: Fireball Edition Fireball

Throughput: Fireball Edition

Michael Siegel May 25, 2024
Last week, a spectacular fireball lit up the skies over Europe. Behold a few videos:
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Elden Ring is going to be releasing DLC on June 21st Beaten Elden Ring

Saturday Morning Gaming: Elden Ring is going to be releasing DLC on June 21st

Jaybird May 25, 2024
Apparently, the DLC is *HUGE*. "Bigger than Caelid" is one of the reports that I saw.
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POETS Day! Liking Robert Browning Liking Robert Browning

POETS Day! Liking Robert Browning

Ben Sears May 24, 2024
He thinks Browning has a point to make but is too hard to understand, is a possibility....
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Weekend Plans Post: THREE DAY WEEKEND!!! Footrace finish line, 1925

Weekend Plans Post: THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!

Jaybird May 23, 2024
Holy cow. Is it Memorial Day already? Indeed it is. If I am very lucky, I will...
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NIMBY NIMBY

NIMBY

David Thornton May 23, 2024
They want to bring more manufacturing to the US, but they don’t want the factories that come...
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When War Becomes Criminal When War Becomes Criminal

When War Becomes Criminal

David Thornton May 21, 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant have been named along with three leaders of Hamas as targets of...
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Daniel Perry Freed Daniel Perry

Daniel Perry Freed

Michael Siegel May 20, 2024
This has nothing to do with self-defense. And it never did. This case is about who was...
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A Song of POTUS And Game of Thrones: US Presidents Placed in the Great Houses of Westeros Game of Thrones

A Song of POTUS And Game of Thrones: US Presidents Placed in the Great Houses of Westeros

SarahStook May 20, 2024
Game of Thrones and the presidents of the United States are different in so many ways, but...
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Trends in Social Media Commentary That Should Be Relentlessly Mocked Until They Stop Trends in Social Media

Trends in Social Media Commentary That Should Be Relentlessly Mocked Until They Stop

Andrew Donaldson May 20, 2024
There are some social media and news media trends that need to be not only pointed out,...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Dragon Age: Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition is Epic Game Store’s Free Game this week. jaysdwarf

Saturday Morning Gaming: Dragon Age: Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition is Epic Game Store’s Free Game this week.

Jaybird May 18, 2024
You should know that the Epic Game Store has Dragon Age: Inquisition - Game of the Year...
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Ukraine is Changing the Face of Warfare Ukraine is Changing the Face of Warfare

Ukraine is Changing the Face of Warfare

David Thornton May 18, 2024
Outnumbered and short of resources, desperation has driven innovation in Ukraine. This includes both advances in tactics...
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Celebrated Scenes #4: Over The Fence 2024-06-09 Baseball C0126 Celebrated Scenes #4 (05.16.08)

Celebrated Scenes #4: Over The Fence

Clare Briggs May 18, 2024
HOME RUN!
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Throughput: Superintendent Chalmers Edition Superintendent Chalmers

Throughput: Superintendent Chalmers Edition

Michael Siegel May 17, 2024
What happened with last week's massive solar storm, why the Sun gets active, the danger such activity...
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