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What it's like to golf with NASCAR drivers
They play fast, they hit it straight (except when they don't), and they laugh a lot
Oct 2 • 
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This is horrible why do I even like sports power rankings
What's on your list?
Sep 25 • 
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The joy of heavy machinery
Or confessing my secret jealousy of the guy who operates a crane.
Sep 18 • 
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Meet the scientist who paddled the entire Mississippi River looking for microplastics
What she found was shocking
Sep 11 • 
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On painting a school bus to look like a viking ship so a racecar driver nicknamed the Polish Viking could drive it in a school bus…
What did YOU do on your summer vacation?
Sep 4 • 
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Bonus edition: An oral history of Katrina with National Guard soldiers
I suggest you make time for this.
Aug 29 • 
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The greatest engagement story ever told
No, not THAT one. Or at least not only THAT one.
Aug 28 • 
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The greatest cockroaches in my daughter's freshman year dorm room story ever told
Or at least the best one that happened this week
Aug 21 • 
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