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Processing Loss: Alabama Loses Nick Saban Nick Saban

Processing Loss: Alabama Loses Nick Saban

Ben Sears January 12, 2024
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Weekend Plans Post: Back To Normal contemplation

Weekend Plans Post: Back To Normal

Jaybird January 12, 2024
This week is the first week where everyone is back.
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Refreshments! TDoRS C5008 (01.11.14)

Refreshments!

Clare Briggs January 12, 2024
The Days of Real Sport
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The Wake At Drake: DeSantis and Haley Debate in Iowa Debate in Iowa

The Wake At Drake: DeSantis and Haley Debate in Iowa

Andrew Donaldson January 11, 2024
Every time Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley get into cross talking buzzword pickleball Donald Trump's 40-point lead...
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Tempting Jones & Isbell 2024-01-11 Baseball C0102 (01.12.08)

Tempting Jones & Isbell

Clare Briggs January 11, 2024
Adventures in 1908 baseball.
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Fire Down The Street! 2023-12-06 Feller C6209 (12.06.15)

Fire Down The Street!

Clare Briggs January 10, 2024
When a feller needs a friend
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Alaska Airlines Is Shown the Door Alaska airlines

Alaska Airlines Is Shown the Door

David Thornton January 9, 2024
Airline flying is statistically safer than the drive to the airport, but if things go sideways, it...
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The Good Show 2023-12-05 Movie C8276 (12.07.16)

The Good Show

Clare Briggs January 9, 2024
Movie of a commuter enjoying a good show
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Helping Friend Wife In The Kitchen 2024-01-08 Spouse C2202 (01.09.12)

Helping Friend Wife In The Kitchen

Clare Briggs January 8, 2024
Does she want it or no?
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Sunday Morning! “Othello” by William Shakespeare Othello

Sunday Morning! “Othello” by William Shakespeare

Rufus F. January 7, 2024
Is Iago a psychopath? Or is patriarchy the real killer in this story?
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When Papa Makes it in Solitaire 2023-12-03 History C2346 (11.24.13)

When Papa Makes it in Solitaire

Clare Briggs January 7, 2024
Greatest Moments In History
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The Truth About January 6 False Flag

The Truth About January 6

David Thornton January 6, 2024
I hadn’t planned to write today, but I found that I couldn’t let the fourth anniversary of...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Gremlins, Inc Gremlins, Inc

Saturday Morning Gaming: Gremlins, Inc

Jaybird January 6, 2024
You can play against bots. You probably should. It's not good for your soul to play this...
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Danny Dreamer Starts The New Year 2024-01-06 Dreamer C2101 (01.01.11)

Danny Dreamer Starts The New Year

Clare Briggs January 6, 2024
How will it go?
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POETS Day! Theodore Roethke Theodore Roethke

POETS Day! Theodore Roethke

Ben Sears January 5, 2024
As for Theodore Roethke… I got nothing. I’ve come across the name, of course. I’d just never...
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The Shetland 2023-11-17 TDoRS C5319 (11.16.13)

The Shetland

Clare Briggs January 5, 2024
The days of pony riding
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Weekend Plans Post: Beef Stew and a Knife you Need Beef Stew

Weekend Plans Post: Beef Stew and a Knife you Need

Jaybird January 4, 2024
I got a knife for Christmas. I used it to make beef stew. The beef stew was...
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Stupid Questions With Obvious Answers In Public Places stupid questions

Stupid Questions With Obvious Answers In Public Places

Andrew Donaldson January 4, 2024
On the well-meaning but stupid questions that are automatic, unthinking, muscle memory responses we reply with to...
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Clouds Make Silver Linings Brighter 2024-01-04 Baseball C0101 ( 01.06.08)

Clouds Make Silver Linings Brighter

Clare Briggs January 4, 2024
The saga of Jones and Isbell
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Twelve Minutes in Tokyo Tokyo plane fire

Twelve Minutes in Tokyo

David Thornton January 3, 2024
Despite the fire and deaths in Japan, commercial aviation is still extremely safe. That doesn’t mean that...
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