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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound…. :: If you go to the cemetery in Texas where Lee Harvey Oswald is buried, beneath a stone simply marked “Oswald”, you’ll see a similar stone right next to it, engraved “Nick Beef”. Just who is … Continue reading

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Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (or writing desks)

My desk is a mess. In other news from the week gone by…it sure rained a lot the last couple days. OK, back to work….

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Ask Me Anything: A reminder!

Don’t forget, folks — it’s Ask Me Anything! time! Just leave your questions, on anything you want me to babble about, whether serious or silly, in comments on this post. Or question me via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Flickr. But … Continue reading

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Film Quote Friday: Apollo 13

I know, I haven’t done one of these in a ridiculously long time! But here’s something, a favorite moment from a movie that I think is starting to border on being criminally underrated: Apollo 13. The story is well known … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Oops…how on Earth did I completely forget about last week’s installment? It just totally flew out of my mind, alas. I’ve been listening a bit this week to John Williams’s amazing score to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the … Continue reading

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Well that’s reassuring….

I’m really glad to see something like this happen to a Major League Baseball player, because that’s pretty much the nightmare scenario that went through my head in grade school gym class every single time someone hit the frakking ball … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

I read this article with some interest: What the tropical nation of Costa Rica lacks in size, it more than makes up for in a wealth of biodiversity. Despite occupying just 0.03% of the planet’s surface, the region’s lush forests … Continue reading

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“Come, my friends, ‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”

Today on Twitter, the indispensible Sheila O’Malley reminded me that today is the birthday of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Actually, it’s a misnomer to call it a “reminder”, as I never knew Tennyson’s birthday in the first place. But I should … Continue reading

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In praise of Bugles

I have long maintained that I don’t believe in “guilty pleasures”: things that I like and yet I know they’re bad. But there are things that come really close to “guilty pleasure” status for me, and Bugles are one of them. … Continue reading

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Sentential Links

Because the links Never. Stop. Coming! :: Looks like I need a good cherry pie recipe! (Oooh, that reminds me: I got tart cherries at the farmer’s market the other day, so I gotta take some in with lunch tomorrow. … Continue reading

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