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Comic Idea
Me (sitting at my computer): I haven't left the house today. Me: I haven't left the house this week. Me: I can't remember the last time I left the house. Me: … Me (raises both arms in triumph)
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Makin' Bacon
I'm making bacon for a holiday craft and I'm using The Bacon Method. 1. Line a pan with bacon. 2. Place pans on the middle rack of a cold oven. Check to make sure your assistant is ready to help with any spills. 3. Set the
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A 7-year-old’s vivid imagination and kind heart have created a new holiday called Wolfenoot, and the thousands of people around the world who’ll celebrate it Nov. 23 will donate to dog- and wolf-related charities, including one in Indiana. -- Wolfenoot, a 7-year-old's made-up holiday, goes viral,
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Disney+ Version of Star Wars: A New Hope Alters Greedo Scene Yet Again Those of us who were there in the beginning know the truth — not only did Han shoot first, but poor Greedo never got a shot off. And this was important. It established Han as sneaky and underhanded,
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Incredible Low-Angle Satellite Photo of NYC From the always wonderful kottke.org comes a couple of low-angle satelittle shots of Manhattan.
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Weary To My Bones
I want to be playing a game. I'm tired, a little groggy, a little drunk, maybe a little sick. It's been a busy week at work. It's been a busy week taking care of kids, a house, a cat, a spouse. I want to
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Back to The Blog
This post by Kimberly Hirsh got me thinking about this poor little blog, sitting here unloved. I've been busy. More like I've been hiding. I wasn't really busy, which made it easy to hide and retreat from the world. Now I'm busy.
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The Fair and The Show
Another wonderful post from Megan at homemade time: I felt exasperated. I stood in the middle of the fair and looked at Bea with her missing teeth, her dirty feet in plastic flip flops, her big pleading eyes, and some stubborn angry part of myself abruptly gave way. I asked
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Fred Rogers’ 2002 Dartmouth College Commencement Address
(Via kottke.org) Jason shared this video of Fred Rogers giving the commencement address at Dartmouth years ago. Further in the post, he shares a quote from the transcript that really struck me: Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is
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Another River
I just wrote about Joni Mitchell’s River and the strange coincidences that seem to follow in its wake. Yesterday, Kate and I went the Des Moines Art Center. As we walked into the large installation room, I was talking with her about how I have trouble talking in large
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No Regrets Coyote
I'm sitting in my living room, sitting in the chair in the corner. It's late. The room is only lit by the little white lights on the little plastic Christmas tree perched on the end table next to me. I was exhausted earlier today, and I
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Surfing the Wikipedia
Wikipedia can be an amazing thing. It often reminds me of how the web used to be, where you would start out on one page, and end up some place completely different. We used to call it "surfing", but I don't think that anyone ever says