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1/8 Owl1/8 Owl Brent Olson 1 hr ago I think we need some new units of measurement, some new rules. I mean, inches, minutes, and gallons have a place, b…
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1/8 OwlI think we need some new units of measurement, some new rules. I mean, inches, minutes, and gallons have a place, but I don’t think we should al…
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Birds“Feels like -40.” That’s the first thing I saw when I fired up my computer. Take that, Florida giant pythons. There will be no sneaky snake atta…
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JustifyI must have been staring out the window. My wife, curious, asked, “What are you thinking about?” “I dunno,” I said. “I’m not sure I justified my…
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Plan DWe had a plan. Then we had another plan. Then, you know, we just winged it. I mean, you think a Slinky is flexible...this year we would have dom…
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Christmas, 2021It was very early. I sat at the kitchen table looking out the north window into the darkness. To the right, I saw the soft glow of light from th…
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Here we go again...A column from six years ago. What a pity it’s still relevant. Independently Speaking December 18, 2015 · On my birthday my family took me out fo…
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Just get it...Over the weekend, I pounded out about 2,000 words on a new book. That’s a lot. I felt like my brain was melting. Sunday night, I gathered my ner…
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