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Various News Sources

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 head cephalopod 0 Comments

Wall Street Journal AP News Citizen Free Press Breitbart Media Pajamas Media Zero Hedge The Babylon Bee Timcast.com

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…and bananas in payment

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 head cephalopod 0 Comments

In Cambodia, some genius figured out how to train rats to sniff out landmines. It’s perfect, because they’re too light

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Squashed Books

November 19, 2020February 7, 2021 head cephalopod 0 Comments biology

Just came across www.thehundredbooks.com, which also is the home of Squashed Editions. These kind folks have taken the hundred books

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The Tuttle Twins

November 14, 2020November 19, 2020 head cephalopod 0 Comments

So, I’ve just spent the afternoon reading the Tuttle Twins series by Connor Boyack. As you can see, they’re not

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I’ll Have Mine Unfiltered, Please

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 head cephalopod 0 Comments

A popular Chinese blogger who called herself “Your Highness Qiao Biluo” was discovered – le gasp – to not be

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We Who Are Your Closest Friends

January 16, 2019November 19, 2020 head cephalopod 0 Comments

I came across this poem while reading Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott and laughed out loud immediately. I think

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Why Popular Vote Will Never Go Through

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 head cephalopod 0 Comments

TIL: they let people vote on the name for Huntsville, AL’s minor league baseball team. They are now: The Rocket

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Embossed Cookie Roller

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 head cephalopod 0 Comments

I’m a catalog window shopper. It started when I was little; my grandmother received a variety of catalogs but for

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Why Can’t I Seem To Cook Chinese Food? Part one

October 11, 2018December 28, 2018 head cephalopod 0 Comments

Question time! Today’s question: Why don’t my Chinese food recipes ever taste like they do in the restaurant? The meat

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Lip Balm Quest

July 26, 2018December 28, 2018 head cephalopod 0 Comments

The lip balm conundrum: why do we pay $4 for a tube that contains a fraction of an ounce of

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