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Sulphur and Molasses spoonful

Sulphur and Molasses

Clare Briggs March 1, 2025
Purges the system and thickens the blood, it does.
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POETS Day! Talkin’ Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense

POETS Day! Talkin’ Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense

Ben Sears February 28, 2025
Chaucer is assumed to have died in 1400...I say assumed, because there were no dates on his...
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Kelly Pool — The Pill at Home 2025-02-27 Kelly C0869 (02.26.15)

Kelly Pool — The Pill at Home

Clare Briggs February 28, 2025
What's the worst that could happen from a lie? What's the worst that could happen from the truth?
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Weekend Plans Post: Psych dignity

Weekend Plans Post: Psych

Jaybird February 28, 2025
The current obsession.
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Civilization civ

Civilization

Clare Briggs February 26, 2025
When a Feller Needs a Friend
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In Times Without Norms, All Laws Fall Silent all laws fall silent

In Times Without Norms, All Laws Fall Silent

Expat Matt February 26, 2025
Laws have no power over us, except for the power we give them. And they can be...
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Movie of a Street Snow Shoveler lifeingeneral

Movie of a Street Snow Shoveler

Clare Briggs February 25, 2025
There is only one way to eat an elephant.
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97th Oscars Projections: And The Oscar Goes To… The Oscars - ABC Awards Show

97th Oscars Projections: And The Oscar Goes To…

Luis A. Mendez February 25, 2025
For the first time since at least 2021, we’re heading into Oscar night with a genuine debate...
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Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life 2025-02-24 Joy C8379 (12.29.16)

Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life

Clare Briggs February 24, 2025
That one friend that's too woke
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Em’s Top Five True Crime Podcast Recommendations Top Five True Crime Podcast

Em’s Top Five True Crime Podcast Recommendations

Em Carpenter February 24, 2025
Unfortunately, because of the genre's popularity, there is a lot of junk out there. Here are my...
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Yesterday’s Heroes cricket

Yesterday’s Heroes

Clare Briggs February 22, 2025
It's just not cricket.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: The Black Knight 2000 bk2000

Saturday Morning Gaming: The Black Knight 2000

Jaybird February 22, 2025
If you've never heard the song, you're in for a treat.
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Pop Corn popcorn

Pop Corn

Clare Briggs February 21, 2025
The secret ingredient is "Lard".
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POETS Day! William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray

POETS Day! William Makepeace Thackeray

Ben Sears February 21, 2025
Financially and domestically, promise and hope were dashed. The world did not unfold as hoped. He wrote...
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Weekend Plans Post: Death and Taxes snoozey

Weekend Plans Post: Death and Taxes

Jaybird February 21, 2025
Or Food Poisoning and Taxes. Maybe Flu and Taxes.
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The Wrangle Over the Bust kellypool

The Wrangle Over the Bust

Clare Briggs February 20, 2025
It's the principle of the thing.
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Musk vs Gore National Partnership for Reinventing Government

Musk vs Gore

Michael Siegel February 20, 2025
DOGE? No, I'm jumping in the Wayback Machine and talking about the National Partnership for Reinventing Government...
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Series! Recap of World Series of the 1920s Worlds Series of the 1920s

Series! Recap of World Series of the 1920s

Mike Schilling February 20, 2025
Why not go back to the Roaring 20s, the age of flappers, bathtub gin, and the Babe?...
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You know what they say about haircuts: They grow on you. haircut

You know what they say about haircuts: They grow on you.

Clare Briggs February 19, 2025
When a Feller Needs a Friend
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On a Roll in Toronto On a roll in Toronto

On a Roll in Toronto

David Thornton February 19, 2025
It has been a bad year for the airlines. And that’s not the first time that I’ve...
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