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Saturday Morning Gaming: Dice N Goblins First Impressions goblindice (2)

Saturday Morning Gaming: Dice N Goblins First Impressions

Jaybird March 22, 2025
They gave me a review key! Holy cow!
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Clare Briggs March 21, 2025
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The Subversive and Revolutionary Act of Not Setting Things on Fire setting things on fire

The Subversive and Revolutionary Act of Not Setting Things on Fire

Andrew Donaldson March 21, 2025
Do not set things on fire or use the setting of things on fire for political, personal,...
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POETS Day! George Gascoigne, Birth of the Modern George Gascoigne

POETS Day! George Gascoigne, Birth of the Modern

Ben Sears March 21, 2025
Much of George Gascoigne's poetry is very good, but the man himself is fun, one of those...
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All Set for the Big Feed seats

All Set for the Big Feed

Clare Briggs March 20, 2025
Frank Chance and Hugh Duffy
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Weekend Plans Post: The Dryer veryloudpurr

Weekend Plans Post: The Dryer

Jaybird March 20, 2025
I have to learn how to use a new piece of equipment.
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Where “We Will” There’s a Way wewill

Where “We Will” There’s a Way

Clare Briggs March 19, 2025
Saturday Night.
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A Dark Age The Dark Ages

A Dark Age

David Thornton March 19, 2025
In the Dark Ages, there was no dominant world power to impose order. That won’t be true...
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On Jethro Tull Jethro Tull

On Jethro Tull

Jaybird March 19, 2025
If you want some rock and roll that was trying to do something groundbreaking and pretentious and...
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Bowling — Teaching the Women Folk 2025-03-18 SpoLand C0505 (03.08.15)

Bowling — Teaching the Women Folk

Clare Briggs March 18, 2025
Girls just wanna have fun.
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The JFK Files Drop Today (Supposedly) The JFK Files

The JFK Files Drop Today (Supposedly)

Jaybird March 18, 2025
We might learn a bombshell that will change everything we thought we knew about the 1960s... but...
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How Difficult is it to Take Off Your Shoes? Briggs

How Difficult is it to Take Off Your Shoes?

Clare Briggs March 17, 2025
I get the feeling that he had a fight about this the day before.
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Spaghetti on the Wall: Autopens and Out to Lunch Presidents Autopen

Spaghetti on the Wall: Autopens and Out to Lunch Presidents

Ben Sears March 17, 2025
Per the Constitution, a barking madman elected to the presidency is a barking mad president. That’s for...
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Appetizers appetizers

Lies, Damn Lies, and Appetizers

Andrew Donaldson March 17, 2025
"Self, just order and appetizer as your meal. All you need. All you want." Did I listen...
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Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, and Protest Expectations Mahmoud Khalil

Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, and Protest Expectations

Issac Faulk March 17, 2025
What is clear is none of the students actually thought they’d be in the world of counterterrorism...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Gems in the Steam Spring Sale Steam Autumn Sale

Saturday Morning Gaming: Gems in the Steam Spring Sale

Jaybird March 15, 2025
There are a bunch of good games with seriously good discounts.
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A Flock of Ball Players Passed Last Night redsox

A Flock of Ball Players Passed Last Night

Clare Briggs March 15, 2025
A Spring Training joke, maybe?
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Nature is Healing: A (spoiler-laden) Review of Novocaine 132042662_228cb0106a_shotgun-wedding

Nature is Healing: A (spoiler-laden) Review of Novocaine

Jaybird March 14, 2025
It's a fun, dumb (but smart-dumb), action-comedy-body horror movie that is, seriously, rated R.
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Tragedy of Steak ‘n Shake French Fries Steak'n Shake French Fries

Tragedy of Steak ‘n Shake French Fries

Issac Faulk March 14, 2025
All this effort to have a new grease to fry them in seems empty and pointless when...
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The Skein skein

The Skein

Clare Briggs March 14, 2025
Saleratus is baking soda.
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