February 2010
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January 2010
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Car Talk Gross Out
I was listening to Car Talk in bed this morning - a Saturday morning ritual. A young teenage caller was worried that she might have infested her parent’s car, a fancy BMW, with Madagascar hissing cockroaches. She and her dad have a running joke of attempting to give increasingly ridiculous birthday gifts to one another. She bought two cockroaches at a local pet store but on the way home...
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House of Donuts of Lakewood →
Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes “coming full circle,” completing a year’s cycle. For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating doughnuts on New Year’s Day will bring good fortune.
We live south of Dutch community, Lynden WA, and have picked up this tradition. Got my lucky New Years doughnut from The House of...
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