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Penguin or… something else?

  Since neither myself nor my progeny or particularly crafty (at least in the artistic sense), I occasionally make sure we try something so in that vein so my minimal skills don’t completely atrophy. Enter a kit of colored pipe … Continue reading

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The Mobile Home: Re-envisioned

Since everyone knows mobile homes are tornado magnets, I’ve always wondered why mobile homes aren’t, you know, mobile.  If we learned anything from that crappy movie Twister, it’s that tornado’s are malevolent, sentient monsters that yearn for maximum destruction. They … Continue reading

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Just Sayin’…

  How come babies can’t take baby aspirin? Just sayin’…

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Another Sign Our Civilization Is Doomed

  Many who have read Edward Gibbons’ Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire draw parallels to today’s America. This was not Gibbon’s intention, of course, since the first volume was published before the American Revolution (February, 1776) with the … Continue reading

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Vikings Were Wussies

While at my other job last week someone asked, “Is mead wine or beer?” “It’s beer, ” I said immediately. Then I paused, briefly, reexamining my assumptions. “It’s honey based… I always assumed it was a beer.” This last phrase … Continue reading

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