Lang Thompson
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Where Batman meets Henry James.
Not all data needs to be shown visually. This NPR chart is far more confusing or even unintentionally deceptive than if it was a list of numbers.
A friend from Philadelphia just returned from a trip home and brought me an authentic Philly soft pretzel. Very good and much better than crispy pretzels.
Finally found this at Target. Don't know why Publix doesn't ever have it. Thing is I don't even want it that badly.
This seems like an incorrect use if "handful". Or is the meaning shifting? Article says it's 3% which is a pretty large raw number. From NPR.
Tiramisu tres leches cake at Agave & Rye in Chattanooga. The aquarium and art museum are also wonderful.
I'm here for the penguin names at the Tennessee Aquarium. Beaker, Cheddar, Bug, Merlin, Chaos, Tater.
That's an oddly precise time. "Absolutely impossible at 5:15 but all bets are off at 5:17. Let's split the difference."
Indian place near me. Think I'd go with 3-4 until finding out what it's like. At a place a few doors down their regular level is about my limit.
On the pile by my chair. In another pile is a Cyril Connolly bio I got at Goodwill of all places.
Share someone who looks stylish wearing boots. (Sanna Marin, former PM of Finland)
Today's library sale haul. $10 for a bag. The Du Maurier is now part of my small collection of travel books by novelists though this seems more regional history. And I pick up Viragos whenever I see them.
And for a $500K donation you can be on the squad! (Joking but I'd be only slightly surprised if this actually happens.)