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Saturday Morning Gaming: Chaos Gate is Getting a Sequel! deathwatch

Saturday Morning Gaming: Chaos Gate is Getting a Sequel!

Jaybird May 23, 2026
The Best Warhammer XCom Clone is getting a sequel!
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Mush Won the War Cross for Distinguished Bravery in France

Clare Briggs May 22, 2026
It ain't colt or nothin'
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POETS Day! Poems from Minna and Myself by Maxwell Bodenheim Maxwell Bodenheim

POETS Day! Poems from Minna and Myself by Maxwell Bodenheim

Ben Sears May 21, 2026
He had a talent for image and metaphor that, with a little discipline, could have made something...
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Blame it on the Ump rainingump

Blame it on the Ump

Clare Briggs May 21, 2026
Seriously.
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Weekend Plans Post: A Little Bit of Pop Perfection bubblegum

Weekend Plans Post: A Little Bit of Pop Perfection

Jaybird May 21, 2026
Driving home and one of the perfect little Pop songs came on.
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Little Calvin and the Hobbesgoblins

Clare Briggs May 20, 2026
When a Feller Needs a Friend... NO NOT THAT ONE!
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The US is to Cuba, as Iran is to the US Cuba Iran

The US is to Cuba, as Iran is to the US

David Thornton May 19, 2026
The irony here is that US policy towards Cuba is something that would trigger the ire of...
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Wonder What a Theatre Box Office Man Thinks About boxoffice

Wonder What a Theatre Box Office Man Thinks About

Clare Briggs May 19, 2026
The Past Is Another Country
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Graduation Advice for Elementary Schoolkids evolutionofman

Graduation Advice for Elementary Schoolkids

Jaybird May 19, 2026
So... what advice would *YOU* give schoolkids about the future?
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We Can’t Just Look Like We Don’t Even Own a Car swell2

We Can’t Just Look Like We Don’t Even Own a Car

Clare Briggs May 18, 2026
A "piker" is an informal term for someone who is stingy, does things on a small, petty...
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Presidential Rankings: Who Handles the Zombie Apocalypse Best Presidents Zombie Apocalypse

Presidential Rankings: Who Handles the Zombie Apocalypse Best

SarahStook May 18, 2026
We’ve all imagined what we’d do in a zombie apocalypse. How would US Presidents fare if the...
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How Do You Spend Your Sunday? church

How Do You Spend Your Sunday?

Clare Briggs May 17, 2026
Prosocially?
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Telltale’s Batman Games are This Week’s Free Epic Game thebat

Saturday Morning Gaming: Telltale’s Batman Games are This Week’s Free Epic Game

Jaybird May 16, 2026
The Full Kit and Kaboodle for Free!
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The Futurists

Clare Briggs May 15, 2026
Whadya wanna be when you grow up?
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POETS Day! Ezra Pound’s Hugh Selwyn Mauberley Hugh Selwyn Mauberley

POETS Day! Ezra Pound’s Hugh Selwyn Mauberley

Ben Sears May 15, 2026
In his later works Pound ties Aphrodite to topaz. I can’t find a referent. The connection seems...
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Weekend Plans Post: The Graduation e831b5062cfc093ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e7d01bb4164495f2c6_640_graduation

Weekend Plans Post: The Graduation

Jaybird May 14, 2026
One of the oldest nephews is graduating from college.
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The Tragic Side — On a Problem in Conduct jerusalem

The Tragic Side — On a Problem in Conduct

Clare Briggs May 14, 2026
"Gee! Ru-salam!" is something that you could say in the newspapers.
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Gerrymandering May Not Save Republicans Gerrymandering

Gerrymandering May Not Save Republicans

David Thornton May 14, 2026
Not only can voters change their minds, redrawing congressional districts won’t make an unpopular and failing party...
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The Birthday Machine birthdaymach

The Birthday Machine

Clare Briggs May 13, 2026
By the time this tradition made it to us in the 80s, it was "no weapons".
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Wednesday Night Music: Free as a Bird beatles

Wednesday Night Music: Free as a Bird

Jaybird May 13, 2026
The Beatles New(ish) Song
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