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Best of Headlines II

By Smaktakula In which we present Part II of the Lost Headlines. Look, if you want to waste your time reading the articles, more power to you. As for us, the headlines tell us all we really need to know. … Continue reading

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Headlines 02.09.12

By Smaktakula We respond to today’s headlines without first reading the stories! Parenting After Penn State: Can We Trust Coaches with Our Kids? ~ As much as we ever could. Today: Woman gives birth on N.J. train ~ As it happens, the … Continue reading

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It’s Bastille Day!

By Smaktakula Celebrating that day in 1789 when the French people rose as one to protest Louis XVI’s hated mandatory bathing protocols. “Let them eat frogs’ legs!” ∞T.

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Getting To Second Base With The World’s Most Iconic Suicide

By Smaktakula Today, the story of L’Inconnue de la Seine, or ‘the unknown woman of the Seine,’ is virtually lost to the public at large.  Even those encyclopedic human housemice familiar with the obscure tale of the lovely, long-ago suicide know … Continue reading

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Could You Be An Asshole? Beer

By Smaktakula If you find yourself uttering the tired line, “American beer is crap,” or some similar aspersion against domestic brew,* then–like it or not–you’re an asshole, and a pretentious one at that.  While the typical mass-produced American beer tastes … Continue reading

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