Improvisational Ponderings of Moderate Nefariousness
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On Halloween, 1926, the legendary Harry Houdini died. Houdini was not just a magician, but a noted debunker of spiritualists and mystics who claimed to be able to contact the dead. He even arranged a code with his wife that he would use to try and … [Continue reading] about The ghosts who haunt us
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The branches of my family tree hang low from supporting a lot of overweight people. I've worked hard to keep myself from falling into that same category, but I've been far from perfect. For the past decade or so I've been about 35 pounds above where … [Continue reading] about 20 pounds, the boring way
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