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Vaccine Card
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(Humor)
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You never forget your first time. Last night, I was asked to present my completed Covid-19 vaccine card in order to enter a restaurant sans mask. I had the card on me (plus a digital version), and once ...
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Created on 20 May 2021
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In Praise of Vapes
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(Humor)
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Why don’t smokers toss the unused end of their cigs into garbage cans, including those weird looking, fluted receptacles one sometimes sees outside bars that have been specially designed for this purpose? ...
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Created on 01 December 2019
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Thinking Beyond Trump's Chaotic Presidenc
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(News)
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... the buffoonish character of Sgt. Schultz on "Hogan's Hero's," Trump's antics can distract us from the truly dreadful people being installed by his bureaucracy into positions of power.)
But I expect the next ...
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Created on 08 November 2017
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The Curious Case of Tom Petty's Deat
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(Humor)
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... cat, existing in a quantum state of being both alive and dead.
Forty-eight hours later, Petty had settled into one state. He was dead, there was not doubt whatever about that.
Driving through the canyons ...
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Created on 04 October 2017
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Slot Machine Panhandlers: A Modest Proposal for Las Vegas
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(Humor)
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... in Los Angeles, while George eloquently described his sadness about the panhandlers, I had a sudden epiphany.
“What if...” I interrupted my son, “the casinos turned some of them into slot machines!” ...
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Created on 13 March 2017
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That Drone Deafened Me
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(Humor)
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... sound, more so than sight, taps into our primal instincts, and can push us over the edge.
Look, nobody gets into a fist fight over some guy's ugly beach towel--the one with hideous day-glow colors and ...
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Created on 12 August 2016
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Rebar and Speaker Wire: The Problem with ‘Star Trek’
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(Humor)
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... albeit slowly, making its way to the so-called last mile, and into your house.
The Trek movie now in theaters does offer a few imaginative ideas about future technology, including an ancient, alien weapon ...
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Created on 26 July 2016
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Tech In Far-Flung Settings
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(News)
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Technology is finding its way into formerly inaccessible places, often with amazing or beautiful results. But are you ready for drone selfies?
(Originally published 9/29/2014, InformationWeek)
Forget ...
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Created on 01 October 2015
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Spiceworks Announces Free IT Help for Community Members
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(News)
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... said the service could have all kinds of indirect benefits, from providing additional metrics about products and services to luring new partners into the Spiceworks ecosystem.
"Many IT departments are ...
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Created on 27 September 2015
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What I Learned from "Fear of the Walking Dead," Episode #
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(Humor)
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... can impose a laughable number of commercial breaks into its inaugural episode, and we the audience will silently sit through them, immobile as the dead, and take it.
Heroin addicts in Los Angeles are ...
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Created on 24 August 2015