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Last Stop at Hamlin

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"Look, it's the question you're always going to ask. But that's your focus; not mine. I don't have fear. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence

Friday Morning Brain Farts/Carpenter Jorb

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In lieu of actual prose, here's some randomness to waste time while waiting for DJ 3000 to reload munitions from last night's operations the playlist. I semi-successfully managed to get through my first week as a 9-1-1 operator without causing any serious harm. So, that's a plus. Somehow I've managed to

Soil after harvest

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(click here for part 1) (click here for part 2) Author's Note They discovered a bacteriophage that could inject and propagate inside microplastics. This strategy allows it to hide from the body's immune system, uninterested in spreading to biological material. Once matured enough to outgrow the plastic, it hatches and begins consuming biological

Eat and grow

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(click here for part 1) Lab Report Narrative (draft) After hatching, they eat their way out. Growth rate is constant and rapid. Any that are not consumed by larger specimens after hatching continue to eat and grow until they emerge from the body. Specimens of all size are able to survive outside

Formaldehyde and milk

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Pictured: samples from human lung 1. Inert 2. Unfertilized 3. Destroyed 4. Left, fertilized. Right, unfertilized Notes retrieved from demolition site (damaged) Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, France Dated 1893 Translated by Auguste O'Connor They call the material Galalith. Just formaldehyde and milk, it is so easy to make. Sadly it does not function well. At even modest size, it begins

Balls metaphorically shoots Franz Ferdinand

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I write this fully knowing the consequences. I apologize in advance for the blood about to be shed. However, I've held my tongue long enough. I'm only doing this for the good of society. Here goes: Girl Scout Cookies are tasteless saturated fat guilt bombs that prey on the weak and

The Education Continues in the Dallas Cowboys QB Room

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Interior Dallas Cowboys practice facility in Frisco Texas. Enter Offensive Coordinator Kellen Moore:  Kellen Moore: "Hey Scott! How we doing today?" Enter Scott Tolzein QB coach Scott Tolzein: "Hey Coach K! Everything is going good. Ready to kick some ass in practice today." KM: "Damn good to hear. We're getting down to nut cutting time

Your Thursday “Asleep-At-the-Switch” Carpenter Thread

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Ahoy-yoy!   I realized I never did a Stillers bye week report, but who cares. They're 7-6, will never beat the Patriots in any meaningful way, the offensive is broken to hell, and are somehow in currenth #6th seed. Tomlin Voodoo is real, ya'll. Just accept this. This season has been so

Party On…Forever!

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Banner Image from Tenor Interior, a large apartment festooned with festive fall furnishings and frills. Beneath a hastily hoisted Happy Halloween sign there be a bevy of buzzing Barbies beating back beverages to blur their bashfulness. It's a Halloween party, for sure, but while the decor, costumes, and TikTok-inspired scarecuterie boards

Lover

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Long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise. With just one more dip in the road then a right turn to enter a long private driveway to their destination, our two young lovers sit in a comfortable silence. "Travis," the passenger begins before pausing to apply more bright red lipstick

Our heroes, or theirs?

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They arrived quietly. It wasn’t hard to do, we were barely banging sticks and rocks together at the time. Their built-to-purpose spacecraft landed effortlessly on the surface of the ocean, settling eventually at a depth we would not be able to reach for centuries. It was from this vantage that