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How to earn $575 an hour by complaining.
I was sitting in the lunchroom at CheeseGov this afternoon, reading my Kindle (We Need to Talk About Kevin, because nothing screams the holidays like a magical, lighthearted romp about a fictional school massacre), when I overheard a conversation between coworkers two tables down. “Hey, Sarah,” one of the women said. “How was your Thanksgiving?”
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Price check on aisle 238.
Welp, just like that, my favorite holiday is over and done with (though Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day is right around the corner, so that’s something to look forward to). Well, Christmas too, I suppose. I pointed out to Tara that this was our 14th Thanksgiving together. Timely, as 14 is our
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I didn’t have getting murdered on my bingo card.
OK, look. I’m not easily frightened. Never been afraid of the dark, or clowns, or spiders, or anything else that is generally deemed “scary.” But when you’re walking up a shadowy set of stairs and come face-to-face with this on the landing, you try to avoid letting out a scream! I nearly jumped out of
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Talk about a chilly reception.
Wednesday morning, I awoke to find the following email from my mom. It’s 3:40 am, at the Prague airport flying to Amsterdam, then pdx. This was odd, considering my parents weren’t anywhere near the Czech Republic, unless they’d secretly flown to Europe without telling me. This seemed unlikely, as they’d just returned from a week
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A colorful yarn full of highs and lows.
When we moved to South Dakota in 2018, Tara decided to crochet a temperature blanket as a way to celebrate our first year in Rapid City. For the uninitiated – and unless you’re a pirate or a drug addict, you’re probably unfamiliar with hooks and needles – this involves knitting or crocheting a blanket using
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The Accidental Ghosting
Totally random but really cool: there are 16 circles in this optical illusion. They aren’t easy to spot at first, but once you do, you can’t unsee them. Pretty cool, huh? I love shit like this. It’s called the Coffer Illusion. Go ahead, make my brain hurt. The payoff is worth it. Yesterday, we had
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