The Imagined Universe

Who says turtles aren’t intelligent?� These turtles certainly are.
About 60 newly hatched turtles decided to turn around and grab a bite at a beachside Italian restaurant before heading off to sea.
Why Italian, you might wonder.� Obviously, they were bored with seafood

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Hailey Jo Hauer was born on 08.08.08 in Fergus Falls, MN.� Nothing unusual in that, though this is supposed to be a lucky date and all that.� But there’s more - she was born at 8:08 am.
And…she weighed 8 lbs 8 oz at birth.
I am trying to come up with what else she will do [...]

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I was very amused to read that rock band Queen’s founder and lead guitarist Brian May finally completed his doctoral thesis in astrophysics, after a 30 year break.� The thesis has just been published as a book.
We have heard of PhDs taking 5 and even 7 years to defend their thesis, but this was one [...]

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There are many times when I have commented on some blog and hit “Submit”, only to discover that (a) I had another point to make; or (b) there are typos in my comment.� Usually, it’s the typos which frustrate me most.
So here is a new feature for all you commenters - if you are like [...]

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Fairfax County is considering a four day workweek for county employees.� They say this will save money for the government.
Of course this makes complete sense.� Instead of not working 5 days a week and getting paid for it, government employees will not work 4 days a week now and get paid for it.
But one shouldn’t [...]

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Tornadoes are cat-lovers.� Why else would a tornado rip off the roof and overturn sofas, but leave the cat’s bowl untouched?� The same tornado also likes to play with toilet paper. Perhaps this was a teenage tornado then? Adolescent anger and all that?

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