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Check out this totally non-bogus book – Fun with Dude and Betty!
Some time ago I found a page from this book on reddit and thought it was hilarious. I must have posted about it on Facebook, because some time later, as part of a surprise package from a good friend in...
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“Content from the Web”
Most websites have them. Clickbait links that are randomly generated by affiliate marketing programs like Google’s AdSense. Here’s an example from one of my favorite news aggregators, Newser.com: This...
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Frightfully clever crossover technology marketing
The picture below submitted to reddit by /u/golmal7 shows a flexi-disc CD by Kid Koala entitled “15 Blues Bits.” The top side of the CD comes impressed like a vinyl record, and the disc comes with a...
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I’m going to Mars!
Well, at least my name is. Today’s the last day to get your name on a chip that will be included on Orion’s test flight on December 4th; later submissions can still get on subsequent missions,...
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Gordon Parks: Alabama, 1950′s
This beautiful picture by Gordon Parks is one of a series of 40 that will be on display at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. I had posted another image from this series here without...
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Scam: Permanent Position – Work at your home
Hello, European consultatory office is hiring regional agents in Canada! Our company is one of the biggest consultatory companis in Europe. We we are among TOP-5 companis by development rate in...
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A Spammer selling Spamming
From: “Info” <info@rdsnet.ro> To: [obfuscated] Subject: [SPAM] hi there Hello, i provide different accounts for mass-spam, you can buy here: http://expresstontnot.ru/ My other contact details:...
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The most peaceful monument I’ve ever seen
Cemeteries are peaceful places. For campaign managers, they are an abundant source of additional votes for their candidate: Artist: Charles Addams For genealogists, they are a rich source of family...
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Perspectives
Cross-posted from LiveJournal In 1962, when I was about to turn 11 years old, I watched what at that time was probably the most terrifying TV episode of The Twilight Zone I had ever seen: “Little Girl...
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Ursula K. LeGuin: Ever classy and insightful
Recently Ursula K. LeGuin was presented with a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award; Neil Gaiman presented her the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. If you love writing or...
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Brand Imitation – the Sincerest Form of Marketing
Cross-posted from LiveJournal We’ve all seen them on the shelves, usually down at floor level. Oatie-O’s, Fruity Hoops, Crisp Rice. Store brands trying to cash in on decades worth of marketing by the...
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Antonio’s Doctor Bill
This whimsical and dark bit of fiction was written by my grandfather, Delbert M. Draper, Sr., and printed in Vol. 1, No. 1, of the University Pen (a student organ of the University of Utah) in January,...
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A List of Books
Recently found this list over at alistofbooks.com: 13 “Top 100 Books” lists combined and condensed into one master list, for the benefit of your reading pleasure. 623 books in all. These books were...
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Memories of the Hayden Planetarium
I grew up in New York City in the 50s. My mother was a Utah girl who had dreams of going to the Big City to become an actress, and by dint of sheer determination she did just that; but while her roots...
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Thank God He Found Me (Scam)
From: “Dr George Ben.” <ginikaoffice@yahoo.hu> Subject: Thank God I Found You Only I wish these onioburus¹ would keep their filth out of my inbox… ATTN; This is to officially inform you that we...
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How to Fight Rogue Debt Collectors
Reblogged from CNN – you can see the original article here. Written by By Jen Haley on Feb. 29, 2008 Reposting this because it’s a good article, and people need to know what their options are. Despite...
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History: The United Seamen’s Service in Vietnam
This article was originally published in the NMU Pilot, the official organ of the National Maritime Union of America, AFL-CIO, June, 1970. As for why I’m republishing it here? Maggie was my mother, and...
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Custom Laser Engraving: Getting the Word Out
Business can be a fickle thing, sort of like success in show business. Some people just get lucky and get the breaks; others struggle for a lifetime to make a living at their craft. Advertising is...
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Supplements: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I’ve written here multiple times about medical snake oil. Green coffee extract (debunked), garcinia cambogia, forskolin, you name it: It’s all smoke and mirrors… but that doesn’t stop Dr. Oz and others...
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Fracking: Commentary from on-site.
A recent article from The Guardian reports that Mark Walport, a leading UK government scientist, has likened risks from fracking to thalidomide and asbestos – in other words, technologies that had good...
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