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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

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

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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

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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The Evolving Act of Physically Reading In a Digitial World Reading In a Digitial World

The Evolving Act of Physically Reading In a Digitial World

Andrew Donaldson May 6, 2024
I cannot help but think about the difference in how I read in digital vs physical mediums,...
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The Month in Theaters April 2024 The Month in Theaters June 2024

The Month in Theaters April 2024

Russell Michaels May 6, 2024
This was a very good month in theaters. 14 movies in theaters, with one repeat, and an...
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Music Monday: It’s Spring, Let’s Emerge! Let’s Emerge!

Music Monday: It’s Spring, Let’s Emerge!

Bryan O'Nolan May 6, 2024
"Let’s Emerge!" is Pye Corner Audio’s – known to his mother and his friends as Martin Jenkins...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76 Reviewed Fallout 76 Reviewed

Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76 Reviewed

Jaybird May 4, 2024
I've played it enough to reach a tentative conclusion, I think. Fallout 76 puts the cart before...
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POETS Day! Arnold on Dover, Hecht on Arnold Matthew Arnold

POETS Day! Arnold on Dover, Hecht on Arnold

Ben Sears May 3, 2024
Matthew Arnold’s literary personage stands in contrast to his father’s upright example. And then it doesn’t. And...
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Two Boys At The Circus 2024-04-02 Movie C8220 (04.25.16)

Two Boys At The Circus

Clare Briggs May 3, 2024
Movie of a man -- err, boys.
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Weekend Plans Post: The Best Bagel Sandwich

Jaybird May 2, 2024
I, apparently, make *REALLY* good food.
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