December 2008
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Of Human Mail
While on the topic of stowaways, let’s delve a little further into the little explored, oft ignored topic of human mail. I always took the idea for granted - people sending themselves off in the guise of a package - but it’s as real as the the hair on your head or the cat in my house.
Henry “Box” Brown, pictured above, was a slave who mailed himself in a dry goods...
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Untitled Post #8
As I write this, I’m enviously watching the lady sitting in front of me eat her delicious McDonald’s fries while I’m stuck with a lame tomato and mozzarella sandwich on bread that may well be the worst bread I’ve ever had in my life. I hate ciabatta, focaccia, artisan bread - all of that stuff. This bread fits into one or more of those categories. The lady eating fries just looked back at me....
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Teamsters in Hollywood
I’ll say it, though I know it’s not true across the board: teamsters in Hollywood give teamsters a bad name. In my past experiences, they’ve been rude and made me feel like I was doing something wrong even if it was my golf cart they were sitting on or even if I had just as much a right to be eating lunch as they did. I’ll spare you the stories, as they’re not that...
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Facts About Amish People
My family vacationed near Lancaster, PA one year. I bought a postcard on which was a photograph of an Amish boy rollerblading. I couldn’t believe it - rollerblading! Wasn’t that too modern or technologically advanced for an Amish boy to be doing? Those were my thoughts at the time.
Founded in Switzerland by Jakob Ammenn in the late 17th century, the Amish lifestyle is based in the...
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Q: "Let’s talk about 'Star Trek.'" Nimoy: "Why? Is...
After reading the Trader Joe’s Holiday Brochure, I still had a full cup of coffee and some vitamins to take. Seeing as how the living room was cold and Jones was nowhere to be found, there was no reason for me to be there. I decided to go to my room to post something new and wouldn’t you know - no sooner did I sit down then Jones jumped on my chair, tried to go behind my computer,...
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