Activity from Winnie the Proust

Not sure if this is helpful, but the story of Chocorua ends with him climbing the mountain that bears his name, and dying at the summit. [more]
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State of the art multiuser password management for a small organization
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Velcro cable straps for keeping earbuds and charging cables wrapped up neatly. They also end up being useful for other odds and ends pretty frequently, and they're very inexpensive. [more]
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The nylon mesh sacks that grocery stores use to hold small produce items are the best pot scrubbers in the world. You need to find ones that are pretty thick. The thin ones fall apart, but the thick ones basically last forever, they scrub very well,… [more]
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Lewis is empire-building at your expense. His manager talks a good game but is enabling this behavior. Note that Lewis is also empire-building on behalf of his boss. If the team gets moved, they will be under Lewis's boss (via Lewis) rather than… [more]
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Rocky Mountains for the Acrophobic
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I agree with thelonius: some people just enjoy the rush of cheating/stealing/snooping/etc. You don't need to worry about that part, and can just focus on whether & how to disclose the fraud to the group. [more]
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And neonicotinoid pesticides should be banned, damnit. [more]
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When I was a kid I spent my summers in the country in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. I remember at night seeing screen doors covered with moths, all sizes and varieties of moths. That doesn't happen anymore. It hasn't happened for years. I… [more]
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Mrs. WtP always made it very clear that she was career focused and would never be a stay-at-home mom. This was a matter of identity as well as anxiety over the difficulties of reentering the labor force. tl;dr after our second child was born she… [more]
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House rabbits can be very destructive to houses and apartment. They chew constantly. This has nothing to do with them being exotic and everything to do with their obsessive chewing. I suggest you find a new tenant to sublet. [more]
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Thanks, but I'll just content myself with hrair. [more]
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Seconding what blue core says: do not follow any links in e-mails you receive that purport to be from Amazon. Open a fresh browser window and go type "amazon.com" directly in the address bar. Take it from there. [more]
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My experience with Washi tape is that it is designed to be removable, and it often falls off by itself. I have never tried to burn Washi tape, but it is essentially made of paper and I think it would combust quite easily. I would not recommend… [more]
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iPhone camera app that doesn't put pictures in the photo library
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Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War by Peter Maas. It covers the civil war and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia. I can't recommend it highly enough. He covered the war for the Washington Post, and wrote this when he got home, describing the… [more]
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In block letters write The Seven Cent Solution Then put a caret proofreader's mark between the "Seven" and the "Cent" and handwrite the word "Purse" above the caret, giving you something like "The Seven… [more]
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Kids these days. Hrumph. Back in the good old days we had challenging, healthy activities, like Speed Stacking. [more]
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Is there some place I can rent or borrow a color calibration device?
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I'm happy to say that My Hanky is a winner. I wrote to them to ask how they edge their handkerchiefs and explained my concern about curling. They quickly wrote back that they use a "Baby Pearl edge" which does not curl. Even better, they… [more]
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This is not a unique insight. It's one category of market timing. You can make boatloads of money doing it, but you have to find a way to do it better than all the other hedge fund managers, high speed trading syndicates, math PhDs, and insiders… [more]
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My in-laws are otherwise wonderful people who voted for Donald Trump. I spent Thanksgiving with them, and leading up to the day I thought long and hard about what to say to them, and whether to say anything to them. My conclusion was that it would… [more]
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Thanks all. Marked resolved. [more]
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