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Boxes and Boos

Spooky season is upon us again! I love a well themed offering for both the Boxes and the Booze so I’m getting in the scary spirit and breaking out the scary spirits.

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Batter Up

There is a controversial Indian folk tale from 1899 that has been beloved by generations of children around the world.

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One Thing or an Otter

Otters are “semi-aquatic” mammals who live on coastlines, riverbank, lakes and oceans, eating fish and being generally playful and cute. They are also somewhat notorious for the lovely scent they deposit along their territorial habitats.

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Playing With Your Food

The traditional dish of fermented soybeans, known as natto, has been a staple of Japanese diet for millennia.

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Honor, Praise and Distinction

Here’s a toast to nostalgia on this graduation weekend.

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Stream of Consciousness

The Hollywood writer’s strike is over! We can now proceed with our regularly scheduled programming and bring you the next episode of idiot Boxes and Boob tubes ….

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Keeping Cool

The record heat wave we are experiencing in Texas has a lot of folks reaching for an ice cold refreshment. I reached for an entire refrigerator and freezer unit.

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Cloak of Invisibility

The Ninja, and related Shinobi warriors, were prominent in 15th century Japan during the Sengoku period.

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Bread and Butter

Milkfat (also known as butter fat) is present in milk as microscopic globules kept separate by their phospholipid and protein membranes.

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A Spirited Way

The Karakuri Creation Research Group of puzzle box artisans are beloved for their fanciful secret opening boxes, which are often quite magical.

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Hare Today

Goodbye Tiger, Hello Rabbit! Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate.

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Creature Feature

Three Hundred Sixty Five Million years ago, give or take, during a brief sixty million year stint known as the Devonian period (between the Silurian and Carboniferous periods) of the Paleozoic era, the first amphibious tetrapods made their appearance on Earth.

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Horsing Around

One of the most famous stories from the Trojan War mythology is the crafty ruse devised by Odysseus, after ten exhausting years and the death of Achilles, to win the war, by hiding their soldiers inside a massive wooden horse.

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Why the Long Face?

The famous monolithic statues of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are instantly recognizable for their strikingly simple features that evoke mystery and mysticism.

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Good AdVice

“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues” - Abraham Lincoln

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Shark Bait

Nothing gets the heart pounding, the people running, and the imagination spiraling quite like the sight of a dorsal fin gliding its way along the waves.

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Lift Off!

Spaceflight historians acknowledge the three “fathers” of rocketry who helped launch human beings into space.

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The Fisherman’s Wish

Japanese Karakuri Creation Group artist Yoh Kakuda weaves magical tales in wood. Each wonderful creation tells a story, but some are simply more magical.