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Global Warming Is Caused By Cashmere Sweaters

As I watch the news and talk to my friends and associates, they all tell me the debate about global warming is over.  Many explain to me that we are destroying the planet by driving our cars and polluting the atmosphere with CO₂ gas.  That’s carbon dioxide, the gas in soda pop. Imagine that.  The late, [...]

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Bo Derek And Natalie Portman Diet And Exercise

Recently I read an article about Bo Derek who has now turned 54.  The gist of the article was that she was still a 10 at age 54, a nice wordplay since she is best known for her role in the romantic comedy movie 10. I checked out some of her photos, and, well, yes, [...]

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Lincoln, Mark Twain, Einstein and Lingerie

Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief… “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare This month we celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.  It’s appropriate to remind ourselves of some of the lessons we can learn from this great man’s life. The list is extensive, and [...]

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Attorneys Weigh In On Groundhog Day Wars Post

CLICK HERE to get your FREE CARTOON NEWSLETTERS and instant access to your FREE CARTOON CALENDARS.   We’ve received thousands of reader comments in the past few months here at the WoodChips.  Some are quite good, and some are … hmmm … somewhat suspect. You see, some unscrupulous website authors will post a generic comment in hopes we will [...]

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Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog Day Prediction 2011 – It Was …

As an update to our recent post on Groundhog Day, one of the leading groundhogs, Punxsutawney Phil, predicted there would be an early spring this year. Punxsutawney Phil, a national groundhog forecasting figure, is often pictured in the papers and the news as coming out of his groundhog hole, looking around and seeing if he [...]

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Groundhog Day Wars In Orlando

Groundhog Day is celebrated in the United States and Canada, presumably because they have areas that can get really cold.  So by this time of the year people are winter weary and in need of hope that the sun will shine again and Spring will arrive. Lending credence to the “cold weather” theory is the [...]

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Ordering At StarBarks …

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May You Live In Interesting Times

  Mark Twain once said, “It’s not what you don’t know that will get you, it’s what you know for sure.” I’ve always liked that quote — a caution to constantly do a self-check on my knowledge.  I love quotes, and those that know me will agree I collect them like a kid does baseball cards.  [...]

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Help The Homeblessed

There’s been plenty of talk about helping the homeless, and I’m all for that.  Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States, actually takes time to build homes for them. But totally ignored is another group of people who desperately need help.  These are the homeblessed. The homeblessed have the opposite problem of the homeless.  They [...]

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Natalie Portman – Vegan Diet and Exercise

Recently I was reading about the actress Natalie Portman in the news and became curious about how she kept such a trim and attractive figure.  I thought you might be interested as well, so I did a little research. I always have two central questions in this area.  They are 1) what is her diet [...]

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