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Courting Crows
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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And while not exactly treasure, this is interesting; a girl feeds crows, the crows, in return, bring her the treasures they find in the neighborhood.
Intriguing.
Link: http://m.bbc.com/news/magazine-31604026
The concept of reciprocity with wild animals. We all know this with cats (the dead mouse, bird, on the doorstep, in the bed), but all in all I prefer the tastes of crows....
UPDATE: And this, related: http://www.hbmpodcast.com/podcast/hbm038-do-crows-mourn-their-dead
Chai Symbol blazing on a dancing brunette
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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A beautiful dancing brunette, full figured, a Chai symbol blazing, burning upon her breast (or perhaps a He, or Heth, or Taw), I know she's Jewish, she's stunning...
The dance is short lived, she steps into a pile of gravel in the children's playground and sinks beneath it with her partner - male, I haven't seen him, but I know he's there...
These dunes of gravel on the playground, I know they're filled with the dead, waiting to reach up and pull us under, and so I wait upon the edge to warn my children and family, I find this terrifying, I know they're all beneath the dunes and waiting...
LeCoultre Deep Sea Alarm found at Goodwill
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Man walks into Phoenix thrift shop looking for golf clubs, finds instead a LeCoultre Deep Sea Alarm for $5.99 and sells it for $35,000 on E-bay. As well he finds an original Omega Chronograph, which it sounds like he's keeping...
read the original article here: http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/found-vintage-lecoultre-deep-sea-alarm-worth-over-35000-for-599-at-phoenix-goodwill
Aaron Haspel
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The Collected Aphorisms of Aaron Haspel, via Boing Boing.
A few favorites:
"It is often only slightly more trouble to do a thing well than to do it badly."
"If you want to kill your marriage, talk about it."
"No-brainer, n. An idea that is extremely persuasive provided that you don't think about it."
"I might have had a proper education if I had not been forced to spend so much time in school."
"He who can, writes books. He who cannot, writes books for children."
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