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Can we bail out these two Zambians and bring them here?
Hey, Zambia — we need them! [T]wo men in Zambia were arrested for possession of a chameleon and charms with intent to bewitch the country’s president. –From Harper’s Weekly Review
Mysteries of Life: Great hits of the 1970s? The hair.
When I’m writing, I listen to pop music — rock ‘n’ roll, folk, folk rock. I can’t write while listening to serious music; it fails to cut into whatever anxiety there will always be about writing. Pop takes care of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Me and Bobby McGee", Janis Joplin, Music Choice 1970s rock
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Mysteries of Life. And death: News from the…uh, corpse front
From Harper’s Weekly Review, of course of course: Four members of an antiestablishment cult in England were arrested for attempting to kidnap a coroner, and Scotland reported a shortage of corpses for its medical students. Wonderments: what is antiestablishment about … Continue reading
Posted in Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged coroners, Harper's, medical school corpses
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