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Afterbirth: It's What's For Dinner
Offbeat  (tags: odd, food, children, childbirth, unusual, humor, interesting )

Michelle
- 178 days ago - time.com
There is so much you can't know about your spouse when you get married, like that one day she will want to eat her placenta. But there are two things you don't argue about with a pregnant woman: what she eats and that being full of life indeed looks sexy.
The Appalachian Trail
Offbeat  (tags: travel, hiking, nature, Appalachian Trail, beauty, interesting )

Michelle
- 177 days ago - time.com
Governor Mark Sanford's confession to adultery may be roiling South Carolina and traumatizing his family, but it's bequeathed to the rest of us a handy new euphemism for sneaking in a little romance on the sly: hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Cartoons of the Week
Offbeat  (tags: funny, humor, news, pictures, cartoons, commentary, interesting )

Michelle
- 178 days ago - time.com
Cartoonists comments on the news... Happy July 4th!
Pictures of the Week
Offbeat  (tags: pictures, journalism, sad, funny, curious, touching, interesting, unusual, news )

Michelle
- 178 days ago - time.com
A picture is worth a thousand words... thank you, photo-journalists for your work.
Colors
Offbeat  (tags: arts, photos )

Zeka
- 179 days ago - veryveryfun.com
Color symbolism in art and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol throughout culture. Color psychology refers to investigating the effect of color on human behavior and feeling.
Woman's DIY Plastic Surgery Turns Out About As Well As You'd Think
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, health, humans, unusual, women )

Ana
- 179 days ago - lemondrop.com
Everybody loves a bargain, but we firmly believe that there are some things you shouldn't skimp on: shoes, tattoos and definitely plastic surgery.
When the Catfish Stirs
Offbeat  (tags: Japan, earthquakes, prevention, risks, interesting )

Michelle
- 178 days ago - economist.com
Earthquakes, and the preparations for them, are metaphors for Japan's malaise
Celebrating the Sounds of Appalachian Strings
Offbeat  (tags: music, Appalachians, festivals, bluegrass, interesting )

Michelle
- 179 days ago - travel.nytimes.com
At the Ole Time Fiddler's and Bluegrass Festival in Union Grove, N.C., jam sessions seem to be natural phenomena.
From T-Rex to Waltzing Matilda - Three New Dinosaurs Found Down Under
Offbeat  (tags: Dinosaurs, fossils, australia, new species, interesting )

Michelle
- 178 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Fossil remains of three new dinosaurs have been discovered at a prehistoric site in the Australian Outback.
999/911 Call After Hamster Escapes
Offbeat  (tags: animals, bizarre, funny, interesting, humor, ethics, humans, society )

Suzybell
- 178 days ago - metro.co.uk
Police released a recording of a woman who dialled 999 to say her hamster had escaped as they pleaded with the public today to use the service only for genuine emergencies. In one call a woman tells the operator: "It's my hamster. It's got out of its cage
 
 
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