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Cat Litter Ranked

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Every time I think about ranking something in my life, I think about Steve Boese. For years, he’s ranked everything from The Outsiders characters to the Founding Fathers to upgrades on airlines. If you want to know where something stands, chances are he’s written a blog post about it. Ranking things? Well, it falls squarely…

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An American in India

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A friend of mine recently asked me why I never talk much about my trip to India, last year. I like to travel. Where’s the long and winding blog post about my observations and experiences? “You just wrote a boring blog post and never spoke about it, again.” So, yeah, it’s been about a year…

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The Light Phone

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You probably heard that the iPhone turned 10. I love my phone, and I’ll probably upgrade when the new model comes out in September, but that’s ten years of carrying around a brick in my hand that’s either bossing me around or trying to sell me something. I’m sick of my smartphone. I want a…

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