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I was rooting through my photos and found this from years ago. I think it's going to be my new profile pic.
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Glen A. Larson - Wikipedia
In his autobiography, The Garner Files, James Garner stated that Larson stole a number of plots of The Rockford Files (which Garner’s production company co-produced), then used them for his own shows, simply changing the dialogue minimally and using different character names. Garner’s group complained to the Writer’
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Pork Loin @ Harbinger
May have been the most perfectly cooked pork I’ve ever had. All of the dishes we had were dynamite. I was originally thinking that the portions were small, but I think that’s because I was hungry when we arrived. I felt completely satisfied when we left.
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Oldchella
Oldchella is a classic example of the Boomaissance: the marketing offensive to cater to the needs of the baby boomers rather than those of the smaller and poorer cohort of Gen Xers and millennials. “While the media remain smitten with millennials, it’s the boomers who control 70 percent of
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Boomaissance
“And if you live in a decent-sized city in North America, chances are you have at least one cinema with premium-priced tickets that guarantee a reserved, comfortable seat with helpful servers bringing your food and drinks—white wine, not pop—to you. Boomaissance” Oh my god, Flix! But now Flix
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The Aut Couple • A podcast on Anchor
My partner Kate and I started a podcast together, where we discuss our NT/ND relationship and the challenges we face as parents of two neurodiverse kids. Our first episode is out now on Anchor, wherein we ruminate about infodumps. The Aut Couple • A podcast on Anchor
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The Evils of War
“The time has come to talk about the evils of war. It is not true that the existence of wars proves their necessity. The history of mankind says that such things should not happen.” Today’s entry in A Calendar of Wisdom was all about the horrors of war, including
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A Calendar of Wisdom: July 3
“A person is enslaved to the extent he believes that his life has only a physical beginning.” That any person who has forgotten their immortal soul is enslaved. If you believe that you were nothing before and will be nothing after? I can’t see any evidence for either case.
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How Twitter can ruin a life: Isabel Fall’s complicated story - Vox
This was a fascinating read about the intersections of gender and identity. It reads like a dystopian science fiction story come to life. I read it while out on my walk today, and couldn’t put it down. But anonymity isn’t always welcome on the internet, where an anonymous
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homemade time: sing a song
The tenderness is for our particular stories, but even more than that I am moved by our human impulse to take pain and make it into something beautiful we can hold and give one another. homemade time: sing a song
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Rise of Delta variant brings mask question back, even for the vaccinated - CNN
“If you are gathering with friends, family whom you know well, in small groups, you’re outdoors in the open air and everybody has been vaccinated, you don’t need to wear a mask,” Landrigan said. “On the other hand, if you go to a baseball game or some other
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Had an unusually rough weekend, but I’m recovering. I’m slowly feeling better, more normal. Catching up on all the housework, the little work that keeps life moving forward.