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September 28, 2009 R.I.P. – Lucy O’Donnell, aka “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (1963-2009)
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September 14, 2009 What’s a Culture Snob to Do?: The Future Aesthetic of Snobbery in a Digitized World
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September 13, 2009 R.I.P. – Jim Carroll (1950-2009)
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September 11, 2009 Travel Photo of the Day: Tarnow, Poland (9/11-Related Graffiti)
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August 11, 2009 The Collectors’ Collector: Jack Smalling’s Autograph Collector’s Handbook
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August 4, 2009 Bottle of Whine: Alabama Bans “Nude Nymph” Wine Label
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July 21, 2009 R.I.P. – Gordon Waller (1945-2009)
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July 21, 2009 Rocking the Boat: Giorgia Boscolo Becomes Venice’s First Female Gondolier
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July 18, 2009 Oh Julia, Where Art Thou? or, The End of French Food?
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July 18, 2009 R.I.P. – Tom Wilkes (1939-2009)
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July 16, 2009 Today’s Sign of the Apocalypse: Candy Maker PEZ Sues PEZ Museum Over Giant Snowman Dispenser
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July 16, 2009 Collecting Blues: Collecting Fragile 78 R.P.M. Records in a Fragile Economy
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July 3, 2009 Baseball Pioneer Harry Wright’s Letters Pulled from Hunt Auction
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June 12, 2009 Acqua Veritas: Venice’s Chic, & Potable, Tap Water
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June 9, 2009 25 Years After: Orwell’s “1984” Turns 60
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June 9, 2009 Travel Photo(s) of the Day: Graffiti, Italian Style (Roma)
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June 9, 2009 Food for Thought: “Food, Inc.” & The Perils of Big Food
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May 15, 2009 Baseball’s Slang, or: “Setting the Table” with “Muffins” & “Jelly Beans”
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May 15, 2009 Kerouac at the Bat: Jack Kerouac’s Personal Fantasy Baseball Game
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May 15, 2009 Thrown for a Curve: The Secret of the Curve Ball Picked World’s Best Illusion
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