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Old folks’ homes in Connecticut

I was browsing through a list of them to see what kinds of names are popping off for old folks’ homes these days. I must say that I feel
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The initial Soviet statement about Chernobyl

An accident has occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant as one of the reactors was damaged. Measures are being taken to eliminate the consequences of the accident. Aid
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Desert Fathers: Bad Boys edition

I didn’t post this yesterday with the other Desert Fathers sayings. But now that it’s the weekend? Let’s just say the bad boys can come out to play… A
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The Desert Fathers meet some dinosaurs

The other week I read “Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks” because I liked the sound of “desert fathers,” and I thought it might be weird. It
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Exploration Brigade (Of Fun Exploring)

Here’s a new script of mine called Exploration Brigade. It’s about an exploration-y task force set up by President Grant in the 1870s, sailing all around the world to cool
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Campin’

along the banks of the LA River.
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Is Silver Lake on the “East Side”?

    “Whether we pass it or not, who’s going to enforce it, for God’s sake?” said Councilman Rusty Millar. HAT TIP to MAISIE ALLISON: “Why would you want
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A friendly spider has moved into my hummingbird feeder

Good boy! Live on top of sugar water. Eat insects so they don’t turn into bad-tasting gunk. Good little friend.  Man and spider, working together.
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Herbert Hoover

As I continue shepherding the transition of my website into one which is entirely focused on passages from biographies of Lyndon Johnson, I thought I would take a quick
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Good new product from Jemcor Inc.

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