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General Tso, Fortune Cookies and Origins

How is Chinese food like Linux? Who the heck is General Tso and why is his chicken so good? Fortune Cookies are not Chinese? Watch this great talk and learn a little more about the foods we eat.

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128 vintage pocket calculators

128 vintage pocket calculators.

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Awake.mp3 MWStudios West says Morning Neighbor.

The sleeper awakes…..needs a cup of coffee…perhaps some breakfast….From a pile of old and new gear Media Whore Studio West rises and says , in its own way , “Morning Neighbor”. Listen with us if you will… Awake.mp3

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Ken Nordine Helps Open a Chicago Hi-Fi Store, April, 1957

Ken Nordine is a voice that makes my mind happy in that charged/amused/connected way. His works all engage . It is a happy thing that WFMU’s Beware of the Blog has found some early recordings of Nordine opening up a Hi Fi store… Hi Fi Store…just those words alone set the stage. Listen to the tracks […]

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How Christian homophobes misuse my “gay gene” report

Not understanding the sources you use to back up your ideological foundations is not a great idea. Sadly it is done more than you might think for all manner of justifications, say for instance homophobia. What do you do though when your source’s author informs you that you failed to comprehend what he actually wrote?  It seems for […]

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