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• On December 22, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes gave a speech in Philadelphia during which he extolled, at great length, the health values of vinegar. The speech rambled on for some 45 minutes, well beyond its allotted time, and made it vividly clear that Hayes consumed nearly a quart of malt vinegar each day. [...]

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Analog Nation is pleased to present our predictions for the last year of the first decade of the third millennium. • Gas prices will plummet after commuters nationwide begin pushing their cars to work. The fall in prices will coincide with a sudden drop in obesity rates. • The digital TV switchover will cause sheep [...]

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… or, “No Seriously, I’ll Burn Their House Down” Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas Is for you to make them stop This year was supposed to be different “Surely,” muttered I, “they wouldn’t dare” Not with the economy doing keg-stands Right? And yet Each time I turn on my beleaguered television There they [...]

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Here’s what’s on tap for October — National Pretzel Month! Note: Chameleon Repertory Theater’s new production has been moved to Civic Auditorium due to overwhelming demand for tickets. We would like to remind everyone that “Bethany Dances Naked On Her Eighteenth Birthday” is just a title and should not be taken literally.

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Somehow I don’t think this is what she had in mind. Click here for the full image. (EDIT October 2008: The library of image thumbnails did not port from the old site, but that link will work just fine.)

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Merry Christmas, everyone.  (Click here for an awesome secret bonus.) 

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