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Gloss – a – Rama
Today’s guest post comes from Barbara in Robbinsdale. OK, Babooners, the now almost-annual addition to the Glossary of Accepted Terms is a bit overdue, as the last update was March 3, 2012. Here are some of the new terms we’ve … Continue reading
Nuances of Taste
Today’s guest post comes from tim. I like marilyn monroe. i watched a movie about her, well actually in my own adhd way i enjoyed a movie about her. got the gist of it and got back to my life … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blogs
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Make Mine Pine
Today’s post comes from Dr. Larry Kyle, the company founder and produce manager at Genway – a supermarket for genetically engineered foods. I’m delighted that scientists who have more time on their hands than I do were finally able to … Continue reading
Posted in Genway
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State of Brains
Today’s post comes from Congressman Loomis Beechly, representing Minnesota’s 9th district, which comprises all the water surface area in the state. Greetings Constituents, I write to you regarding an issue of great importance. It has come to my attention that … Continue reading
Posted in Congressman Beechly
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Cultural Downshift
Today’s post comes from Wally, proprietor of Wally’s Intimida – Home of the Sherpa! Whenever I’m feeling down, I look at the latest report from the US Public Interest Research Group to remind myself that there’s a lot further to … Continue reading
Posted in Wally
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Lone Winner Haiku
It appears there is just one winner in the stunningly huge Powerball drawing from Saturday night. Someone in Florida has to fess up that they are ready to be both the most envied and most reviled individual in America as … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
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Ask Dr. Babooner
Dear Dr. Babooner, Just this week I finally graduated from college. Yay for me! I’ll never forget my feelings six years ago when I arrived on campus here at St. Capricious (Go Windsocks)! I was all excited about becoming an … Continue reading
Posted in Dr. Babooner
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H. B., Taj Mahal
Today is the 71st birthday of the incomparable American musician Taj Mahal. Henry St. Claire Fredericks was born in Harlem and raised in Springfield Massachusetts, but his world turned out to be much larger than that. The wide-ranging career he … Continue reading
Posted in Songs
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Word Jumble
Today’s post comes from perennial sophomore Bubby Spamden Hey Mr. C., We’re just about to get out of school for another year and I can’t wait. Whenever May comes around I start to think about much fun summer is going … Continue reading
Settler’s Remorse
Yesterday was the anniversary of the establishment in 1607 of the Jamestown settlement on a swampy, isolated, mosquito infested site in a place now known as Virgina. That means today is the 406th anniversary of the Jamestown colonists’ “what now?” … Continue reading
