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More women are renting dresses, coats and ugly sweaters as clothing prices tick up [ [link removed] ]
They’re talking about this as a cost-cutting move, at least partially because of the tariffs. But as much as I am annoyed by the switch from actually owning things to paying a monthly fee, I think there’s definitely something to be said for renting something you don’t use often rather than actually buying it
Bar argument over how many eggs a chicken can lay leads to gunfire [ [link removed] ]
This sort of violence is nothing new. World War I started when Gavrilo Princip asked Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Space-Lane of No-Return By George A. Whittington [ [link removed] ] - When a couple rookie Inter-Planetary Patrol officers a legendary pirate, they realize their mundane “asteroid fishing” equipment holds the secret to defeating the outlaw’s superior defenses.
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Don’t Go Downstairs: Sports, Scandals, and the Return of the Mob Mindset [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander dig into the essential hypocrisy at the heart of modern sports culture: every league, every network, every commercial break insists gambling is entertainment, until someone gets caught. Then, suddenly, it’s “a serious violation of trust.”
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Dave Norman on Jerry Hey and the L.A. Studio Sound [ [link removed] ]
As I Was Saying with Big John Howell
John Howell sits down once again with longtime friend and trumpeter Dave C. Norman for an insider’s conversation about Hey’s life, sound, and legacy.
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Also Worth A Look…
Universities Report Downturn in New International Students [ [link removed] ] - Can’t imagine why that would be the case
JetBlue flight declares emergency after crew inhales marijuana [ [link removed] ] - Usually I’m not a huge fan of flights diverting for minor things, but I think we’d all rather have pilots who are not fighting the munchies
Artificial Christmas trees dominate US holiday decorating, survey shows [ [link removed] ] - Let’s get divisive. Are you Team Real Tree or Team Plastic Tree?
Shut Eye Without Shutting Off Lights and Devices Increases Risk of Heart Disease [ [link removed] ] - I’m out. I’ve only slept with the lights on once, at a sleezy hotel my wife and I had to get last minute and it was like being tortured at Gitmo
Psychedelics might help terminal patients find peace [ [link removed] ] - If you’re a terminal patient on the other hand, you go ahead and do whatever is going to make things easier for you
HR blunder sends “You’re Fired” email to entire company including CEO [ [link removed] ] - Oops. How many people do you think responded in a way that resulted in them actually being fired?
Burglar ate slice of birthday cake after breaking in to home [ [link removed] ] - Anyone else think a family member really ate an extra piece, but they are using the robbery as cover?
81 monkeys, meth found in car linked to wildlife smuggling network [ [link removed] ] - How do you even cram 81 monkeys into a car?
Wolves in Canada spotted using line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by the species [ [link removed] ] - That’s going to make a great opening scene if they ever reboot 2001: A Space Odyssey
N.J. couple score $3M lottery prize 6 months after $1M win [ [link removed] ] - That hardly seems fair
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