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The Sox have won a game! The post Ring, Ye Merry Bells appeared first on Ordinary Times .

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If you have been having trouble getting in your steps, Pikmin Bloom can help. It helped me, anyway. The post Saturday Morning Gaming: Pikmin Bloom and Getting Your Steps In appeared first on O...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/06/01/saturday-morning-gaming-pikmin-bloom-and-getting-your-steps-in/

May Fan, June Fan The post June Eclipse in Chicago appeared first on Ordinary Times .

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It’s a great word so I wouldn’t blame her, but more time was spent on transcendental chapters of that text than any of the novels on the syllabus. The post POETS Day! The Transcendent Shade...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/31/poets-day-the-transcendent-shades-cahaba/

I thought this might be too much to prove, but the jury felt differently. Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts. It wasn’t just a guilty verdict; it was a clean sweep. The post Trump Guilty...

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The days of final exams. The post Zamnation! appeared first on Ordinary Times .

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we found a La-Z-Boy that Maribou said felt exactly like Dad's old chair did. And we found that it was part of a set of two identical chairs...full circle. The post Weekend Plans Post: The La-Z-...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/30/weekend-plans-post-the-la-z-boy/

CNN: JUST IN: A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records he faced in his New York hush money criminal trial. Trump is the first president in... T...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/30/donald-trump-found-guilty-on-all-34-counts/

From time to time, the veil is parted on the curtain of lies surrounding the new MAGA Republican Party. The post Partisan Lies Threaten the Union appeared first on Ordinary Times .

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/29/partisan-lies-threaten-the-union/

The time of artificial intelligence has arrived and only the timeless education of the liberal arts can face it. The post Why AI Could Be Good for the Liberal Arts appeared first on Ordinary T...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/28/why-ai-could-be-good-for-the-liberal-arts/

Customer service jobs can be tough. Sometimes, government rules and regulations make them worse. The post When Government Makes Your Customer Service Job Worse appeared first on Ordinary Times...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/28/when-government-makes-your-customer-service-job-worse/

The Cannes Film Festival has come and gone, providing us with a little bit more of a clearer picture on Oscars Projections The post 97th Oscars Projections: The Post-Cannes Outlook For The Best...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/28/97th-oscars-projections-the-post-cannes-outlook-for-the-best-picture-race/

Happy Memorial Day! The post Open Mic for the week of 5/27/2024 appeared first on Ordinary Times .

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“Waterloo:” a premise so inane as to be borderline stupid, an uncredited musical lifting of a chorus, and a smash hit. The post Waterloo: 50 Years Later appeared first on Ordinary Times .

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/27/waterloo-50-years-later/

The brouhaha regarding the Alito family’s flag practices has escalated. The post The Flag Flap appeared first on Ordinary Times .

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/26/the-flag-flap/

Last week, a spectacular fireball lit up the skies over Europe. Behold a few videos: The post Throughput: Fireball Edition appeared first on Ordinary Times .

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Apparently, the DLC is *HUGE*. "Bigger than Caelid" is one of the reports that I saw. The post Saturday Morning Gaming: Elden Ring is going to be releasing DLC on June 21st appeared first on O...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/25/saturday-morning-gaming-elden-ring-is-going-to-be-releasing-dlc-on-june-21st/

He thinks Browning has a point to make but is too hard to understand, is a possibility. He could be dense. The problem is that Browning wasn’t just a shower. The post POETS Day! Liking Robert...

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Holy cow. Is it Memorial Day already? Indeed it is. If I am very lucky, I will forget that Monday is a day off on Sunday night. The post Weekend Plans Post: THREE DAY WEEKEND!!! appeared first...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/23/weekend-plans-post-three-day-weekend-2/

They want to bring more manufacturing to the US, but they don’t want the factories that come with bringing more manufacturing to the US. The post NIMBY appeared first on Ordinary Times .

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/23/nimby/

Meanwhile, out in Arizona, the usual suspects in Trumpian electoral shenanigans enter not guilty pleas after having been rounded up. The post 11 Republicans Plead Not Guilty in Arizona Presiden...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/22/11-republicans-plead-not-guilty-in-arizona-presidential-electors-case/

In a move of diplomatic symbolism, Spain, Ireland, and Norway announced their respective governments would recognize a Palestinian state while calling for the ever-elusive two-state solution. T...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/22/from-wapo-spain-ireland-and-norway-recognize-palestinian-state-sort-of/

Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant have been named along with three leaders of Hamas as targets of arrest warrants by the ICC. The post When War Becomes Criminal appeared first on Ordinary Ti...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/21/when-war-becomes-criminal/

This has nothing to do with self-defense. And it never did. This case is about who was shot and who did the shooting. The post Daniel Perry Freed appeared first on Ordinary Times .

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/20/daniel-perry-freed/

On this day in history: King George III approves the Coercive Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party The post Open Mic for the week of 5/20/2024 appeared first on Ordinary Times .

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Game of Thrones and the presidents of the United States are different in so many ways, but they’re connected by the desire for power. The post A Song of POTUS And Game of Thrones: US Presiden...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/20/a-song-of-us-presidents-in-game-of-thrones/

There are some social media and news media trends that need to be not only pointed out, but pointed at while mercilessly mocked. The post Trends in Social Media Commentary That Should Be Relent...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/20/trends-in-social-media-commentary-that-should-be-relentlessly-mocked-until-they-stop/

You should know that the Epic Game Store has Dragon Age: Inquisition - Game of the Year Edition as its free game this week. The post Saturday Morning Gaming: Dragon Age: Inquisition – Game of...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/18/saturday-morning-gaming-dragon-age-inquisition-game-of-the-year-edition-is-epic-game-stores-free-game-this-week/

Outnumbered and short of resources, desperation has driven innovation in Ukraine. This includes both advances in tactics as well as technology. The post Ukraine is Changing the Face of Warfare ...

https://ordinary-times.com/2024/05/18/ukraine-is-changing-the-face-of-warfare/

HOME RUN! The post Celebrated Scenes #4: Over The Fence appeared first on Ordinary Times .

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