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You’re in Luck

I’d thought before about how the appellation “lucky” is applied to so many Oz characters. Well, only three that I can think of, but that’s still kind of weird. They were introduced by three different authors, however. The first is … Continue reading

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Driving in My Cards

One of my favorite games as a kid was Mille Bornes, which is also the source of pretty much all the French I know. I’m not even sure how accurate it is, since the French for the red light is … Continue reading

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