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The Top Ten Words That Have Lost Their Innocence
Remember when we were young? We were fancy, free, and fancy-free. Back then, words meant what they meant. Now that we’re a little older, we’ve lost our innocence. The most innocuous words are now charged with meaning. Here are some such words—words that I can’t hear without giggling, ironically, like a school girl. Erect Facial…
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Double Book Review: Books With Weird Titles Edition: Wool and Draculas
Here are two books I’ve read recently, with not much in common other than having weird titles and being released directly to digital. Wool, by Hugh Howey Wool is the first in a long series of books about wool about people living in a mostly-underground silo after some sort of apocalypse makes the outside world…
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Light and Dark in Daily Deals
Dealfind.com, one of those daily deal Groupon clones that everyone got sick of, often posts questionable deals. Some are only useless or frivilous (oh hi Justin Bieber tooth brush), but others are actively deceptive. One such deal was for a “Crystal Bala Bracelet With Magnetic Hematite Beads.” While careful to avoid specific health claims, they…
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