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Pushing buttons, peak Ikea and naked eyes

May 15, 2025

Interesting fact: Dinosaurs had belly buttons. A triceratops-like dinosaur fossil was found with a belly button scar much like modern alligators have. Lint, however, does not fossilize.

Can tossing, keyboard rambles and big dog energy

May 8, 2025

Interesting fact: Many canned foods are good well beyond their best-by date. So you have several more years to pretend you’ll eat those garbanzo beans back there.

Disappearing act, staying puft and going big

May 1, 2025

Interesting fact: The vulnerable part of disappearing message security is what’s referred to, apparently with a straight face, as an “analog hole.” (Meaning anything digital has to become visible or auditory for humans to perceive it.)

Pass wore-out, heavy chewers and eggs-istential crisis

April 24, 2025

Interesting fact: If you need a new password, a passphrase might be your best bet – some experts believe a seven-word passphrase is essentially unhackable. Unless it’s your dog’s name.

The Easter grinch and the three-hour work day

April 17, 2025

Interesting fact: “Eight hours for work” etc. etc. was the slogan of the 19th-century Haymarket Martyrs, who were killed while on strike. We like to say they died for the modern workday. I have to think they died for the “rest & what we will” portions of the day.

Dog as my witness, office odor & bad taste

April 10, 2025

Interesting fact: La Plata County’s website does not seem to take a stance on dog paw prints as witness signatures, one way or the other.

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