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It Happened to Me

Under the watchful eye of “El Pulpo”!

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I’m sprucing up my home office, starting with a little wall decor, as you can see in the photo above. I’m now working under the watchful eye — and arms — of “El Pulpo” (Spanish for “the octopus”).

Here’s a closer look at El Pulpo:

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El Pulpo is a creation of a local artist, Maykel Medina, who creates gorgeous ocean- and seaside-themed art, all of which you can find at his gallery, Maykel Fine Art, in St. Pete:

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If you like beach themes and artwork you’re not going to find anywhere else, contact Maykel (the gallery is by appointment only)!

He’s got a lot of gorgeous stuff, and he was very friendly and helpful, making sure that El Pulpo was safely wrapped up for us to take it home. I’m sure that El Pulpo won’t be our last purchase there.

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How to be a Grown-Up

It never hurts to have someone else edit your writing

Thanks to Christophe the Insultor for the find!

Here’s your regular reminder that to at least double-check your work, or better yet, have an automated assistant or human editor do it. They could catch things that you might have missed.

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Florida The Current Situation

DipShantis logic

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America The Current Situation

Just in case you thought horse dewormer was going to be as silly as things got…

Tweet from “The Hill”: Brazilian viper venom shows promise as drug to combat COVID.
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Internet Finds

Baba Yaga’s Little Book of Hut Maintenance

Here’s a treat for those of you who:

  • played Dungeons and Dragons, or
  • grew up with Ukrainian/Russian folk tales

…it’s Baba Yaga’s Little Book of Hut Maintenance (or, Chicken Legs for the Soul), an upcoming book of illustrations of Baba Yaga, the scariest witch in the woods.

There’s a Facebook page where the author posts updates where you can see new illustrations now and again. Check it out!

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The Current Situation

They called it

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America

An idea the US might want to adopt

NHS mug, with the NHS logo on its inside and this written on the outside: “No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of a lack of means. — Nye Bevan, founder of the NHS, 1948””
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…but as long as there’s this prevailing notion of “We don’t want the lazy or the wrong kind of people getting help,” that’s not going to happen.