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We Get A Leap Second on June 30, 2015

[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by  Lee Haywood at Flickr  and used per a  Creative Commons license . [https://www.modifiedlimitedhangout.com/caption] June 30 brings another leap

Breaking Wind

When I was about thirteen and entering high school, I tried to read Ms. Mitchell's racist screed. Needless to say, I failed, but not before I found myself wishing that Lincoln

Happy Evacuation Day

Dorchester Heights Monument, Boston. Photo by Flickr user animalvegetable, used here under a Creative Commons license. Another reason Boston is superior to New York: Boston was successful in kicking the British out.