The Haunted Palace

While training a new recruit, Cpl. Brandon Riedel saw something that spooked him enough to interrupt his duties with the rookie. He grabbed his video camera:

Last year, a rancher [in the area] found a carcass he said appeared to be a chupacabra. Some residents say there is no point in being too skeptical.

“It’s like every [...]

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Give them to this little doll, Ethan:

This video makes me happy every time I watch it.

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I just packed the contents of my dollhouse.

Yes, I’m 36 and I have a dollhouse. Stay with me, here, people.

As a precursor to the final packing job, I emptied all but the largest pieces of furniture into a small box. Contents of shelves, the icebox, toys…the whole works. I now know what it would feel [...]

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Thank you, Kit, for the heads-up to this hilarious video.

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Despite the fact that this knitter never turns (!) her knitting, I love this:

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Larry and I, along with our friend, Troy, casually collect words that sound like proper names. We do it for amusement, and for the joy of wordplay alone. We would never subject an actual human being to the trials of carrying one of those names as their identity.

Some people would.

Recent New Zealand court rulings have [...]

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Thank you for being my grandmother, and for being so good to me—and to Larry. We will miss you very, very much.

Lattie Rochelle Pike Pettigrew June 15, 1910-July 2, 2008

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The ex-CEO of American Airlines says that the government should stop pricing abuses by airline companies. Hear, hear. The fare schedule, such as it is, is obscene. In order to stem the tide of child pornography, ISPs Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable will be blocking access to [...]

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Seasons 1 and 2 will be released as one set on September 16! (Larry is so very pleased.)

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