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Upwardly Mobile
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Upwardly Mobile
He got that ambition, baby—look in his eyes!
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November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Dimpled Chads
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Dimpled Chads
If I told you dimpled chads played a significant role in US election history, you might simply acknowledge this bit of trivial history with a noncommittal phrase, like “Okay” or something.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Capitalism vs Socialism
The Final Battle
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Capitalism vs Socialism
The Final Battle
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November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Beyond the Pale
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Beyond the Pale
If there was one thing the Romans were really good at, it was building roads.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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How to Know Things
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How to Know Things
During the 1950s, scientists took on an almost mythical aura.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Your Blood Would Be Curdled
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Your Blood Would Be Curdled
Your blood would be curdled if you knew one-tenth of what I know about the upper part of South Carolina.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Meek and Shy
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Meek and Shy
My relationship to the words meek and shy is similar to the way things used to be with the words guilt and shame. Here’s how I described that:
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November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Industrial Revolutions
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Industrial Revolutions
“The Industrial Revolution.”
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November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Learning the Ropes
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Learning the Ropes
Ancient seafaring ships were usually equipped with a single sail.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Formerly Known as Prince
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Formerly Known as Prince
Ever find yourself asking: why does this asshole have the same name as me?
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November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Whatever a Spider-Pig Does
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Whatever a Spider-Pig Does
Touchstones were used to determine whether a piece of gold was the real deal or not.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Hurricane Hugo
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Hurricane Hugo
September of 1989 was a clutch year for Young Andrew. High school was just starting, and I had decided to reinvent myself as a class clown, among other things that were tougher to bully or mock.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Yawning
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Yawning
See one person start yawning in a quiet library, and there’s a good chance you’ll yawn too.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Rudders and Motors
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Rudders and Motors
Let’s take a mental look at a boat.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Halloween
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Halloween
October 31st, 1517 started out like most other days in Wittenberg.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Teens and Tweens
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Teens and Tweens
One way to think about a life cycle is the three phases of a human lifespan.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Nifty at Fifty
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Nifty at Fifty
Fifty is the number of the day.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Too Much Information
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Too Much Information
I finally did my drunken octopus deep dive on DDoS attacks a few weeks back.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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When These People Met Those People
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When These People Met Those People
When we last visited these people, they were living in the Scottish lowlands.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The Monster Between Us
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The Monster Between Us
You start with a pleasant enough conversation.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Blow It Out Your Ass
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Blow It Out Your Ass?
Sometimes, I’ll write a provocative title.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Carriers
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Carriers
A generation ago, I carried things around and delivered them.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Bits of Light
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Bits of Light
Just as a few of my ancestors were traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to form a new life in the American colonies and the Great Fire of London was raging, Isaac Newton’s corpuscular theory of light w...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Privates Surprise
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Privates Surprise
Go back far enough, and the word private traces its way back to Latin, where privus meant something like of one’s own. A homo privus was a person who was a private citizen, and someone who was prīvātu...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Those People
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Those People
For a thousand years, Gaelic tribal leaders had ruled Ireland.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM