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POETS Day! Philip Larkin and Narrative Philip Larkin

POETS Day! Philip Larkin and Narrative

Ben Sears May 17, 2024
Philip Larkin is brilliantly acerbic. He cuts cruelly because he cuts directly when mockingly describing habits and...
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Taking The Joy Out of a Date 2024-05-27 Joy C8320 (05.05.16)

Taking The Joy Out of a Date

Clare Briggs May 17, 2024
Somebody's always taking the joy out of life.
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Weekend Plans Post: The Fall Guy (2024) Lego Stuntman

Weekend Plans Post: The Fall Guy (2024)

Jaybird May 16, 2024
One guy cancelled, then another guy cancelled, and I said "We're not going to play with 3....
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Nick Altrock, Demon Batter 2024-05-02 Baseball C0108 (04.09.08)

Nick Altrock, Demon Batter

Clare Briggs May 16, 2024
Nick Altrock was a pitcher for the Louisville Colonels, Boston Americans, and Chicago White Sox, and a...
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Will the Real Free-Trade Party Please Stand Up? free trade

Will the Real Free-Trade Party Please Stand Up?

David Thornton May 15, 2024
Americans have become accustomed to the choice between bad and worse. That’s where we are on...
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Who’s Afraid Of Swimming? 2024-05-15 Feller C6090 (05.15.16)

Who’s Afraid Of Swimming?

Clare Briggs May 15, 2024
When a feller needs a friend
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Movie of a Man and Hat 2024-05-14 Movie C8231 (05.26.16)

Movie of a Man and Hat

Clare Briggs May 14, 2024
Straw Hat season has arrived!
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Husband Discusses Fishing 2024-05-13 Spouse C2227 (05.12.13)

Husband Discusses Fishing

Clare Briggs May 13, 2024
How does Friend Wife respond?
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Music Monday: An Introduction to Ambient Dub Music Ambient Dub music

Music Monday: An Introduction to Ambient Dub Music

Bryan O'Nolan May 13, 2024
Ambient Dub music is a genre artists fold themselves into, rather than try to expand and break...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: The Gamers are Revolting infaltion

Saturday Morning Gaming: The Gamers are Revolting

Jaybird May 11, 2024
"You said it; they stink on ice."
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Biden’s Israel Aid Pause Biden's Israel Aid Pause

Biden’s Israel Aid Pause

David Thornton May 11, 2024
It is fair to criticize Biden’s decision to withhold arms from Israel, but it is not accurate...
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POETS Day! GK Chesterton Was a Merry Old Soul GK Chesterton

POETS Day! GK Chesterton Was a Merry Old Soul

Ben Sears May 10, 2024
Chesterton got roped into a production of Old King Cole and it roused his muse.
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Apple Ad Misses the Mark apple ad

Apple Ad Misses the Mark

Michael Siegel May 10, 2024
I mean ... it's just an ad. But it also represents how, under Tim Cook, Apple has...
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Republicans Defending Joe Biden Joe Biden

Republicans Defending Joe Biden

David Thornton May 10, 2024
The Republican former lieutenant governor of Georgia is endorsing Joe Biden and Republicans don’t like it.
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Weekend Plans Post: Mother’s Day (Observed) microexpressions

Weekend Plans Post: Mother’s Day (Observed)

Jaybird May 9, 2024
Call your Mama.
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Forensic Files II: Meh Forensic_Files_Titlecard_Seasons_1-6

Forensic Files II: Meh

Em Carpenter May 9, 2024
Headline News revived the series as "Forensic Files II." It took four years before I was willing...
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Libertarians for Trump? Libertarians for Trump?

Libertarians for Trump?

Michael Siegel May 9, 2024
If I wanted to be MAGA that desperately, I'd just be a Republican again.
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US Presidents Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses US Presidents Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses

US Presidents Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses

SarahStook May 9, 2024
In J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, the characters at Hogwarts are sorted into four different houses...let’s apply...
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Class in 21st Century America Class in 21st Century America

Class in 21st Century America

Christopher Carr May 8, 2024
A discussion of class in America in the 21st Century through analysis of differential financial behavior as...
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Do Your Down-Ballot Homework down-ballot

Do Your Down-Ballot Homework

David Thornton May 7, 2024
Your vote matters in down-ballot races more than in the presidential election. Don’t treat them as an...
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