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Dogs Aloft

English Bulldog with characteristic underbite

Let’s end the week on a lighter note, shall we?  One of the great things about this great interconnected digital world  of ours is that occasionally, out of the mix of recycled jokes and end of the world rumors that are easily dispelled with a quick search comes something funny.  In this case, funny and enlightening. Read on

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Comfort Food

Argentines eat their short ribs like this, bon...

Everyone has something they eat that evokes happy memories.  Something that makes you feel warm and safe even if you don’t quite know why.  It could be something your Mom cooked for you when you were sick or down.  It could be something you associate with a meaningful experience.  But everyone has one or two or maybe more. Continue reading

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Colombo

So it’s 1492 and you’re sitting around Europe fretting about the fact that the Ottoman Turks have disrupted your normal trade routes to India and China.  You’ve got this flat Earth you’re trying to navigate but the Italians and the Arabs call different distances a mile so it’s kind of hard to figure out how you’re going to keep bringing in those supplies of opium spices and silk.  And then, some crazy Italian named Colombo shows up in the Spanish Court. Continue reading

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