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1. These Exotic Pets Could Make You Sick! Do you know someone (or are YOU someone) who chose a pet BECAUSE it was unique, different, exotic, wild? Then you will find the information here of interest. In a Quality Health Newsletter titled "Unhealthy Pets", I learned that, while some pets can...
2. (are) Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers MIT grads. Musicians. Funny guys. Car buffs. Hosts of Car Talk on NPR. Tom and Ray. Click and Clack. The Tappet Brothers. (That's Ray on the left, big brother Tommy on the right.)
3. Sarah Vowell: The Voice of Violet Writes! Sarah Vowell, known to many as the voice of Violet in The Incredibles, has also been, with her unforgettable voice, a regular contributor to Chicago Public Radio's This American Life. She has written five books. Her sharp wit, quirky humor, and...
4. Apostrophe Abuse It really shouldn't matter. And of course It doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Why should anyone CARE when apostrophes are misused? After all, just about everyone does it. Abuse apostrophes, I mean. Or should that be "abuse apostrophe's"...
5. Mark Lloyd Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck, on August 14, discussed the new Chief Diversity Czar — Mark Lloyd, former senior fellow at George Soros’s Center for American Progress and a consultant to Soros’s Open Society Institute — a...
6. Celtic Music: The Thistle & Shamrock The Thistle and Shamrock, one of National Public Radio's most popular shows, showcases traditional music from all of the Celtic lands: Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Brittany in France, Galicia in Spain, Canada, the United States, and any...
7. Abraham Lincoln in Pop-Culture It seems we're fascinated with gool ol' Abraham Lincoln. He's always popping up in movies, tv shows and commercials. New books continue to come out, trying to shed new light on who honest Abe really was. Every few months there's a news headline promp...
8. How to Appear Smart & Informed: 6 Easy Tips Of course, you're smart. Let's face it. It takes a pretty together person to create these lenses -- built fast, full of info, tightly-written. And even if you are only a Squidoo reader, you are obviously intellectually curious. Building and reading t...
9. Neil Gaiman Audio Interviews Archived audio interviews with Neil Gaiman.
10. Ira Glass From NPR tape-cutter to Salon.com "sexiest man living" contender, Ira Glass has made a place for himself in the hearts and minds and Sunday afternoon's of the "over-educated" American public. The radio show he hosts, This American...
11. Truthiness You can't handle the Truthiness!
12. Public Radio Shows These are my favorite public radio shows. I became a big fan of public radio while I was living in Massachusetts. I had never listened to public radio before. Most of the time I listened to the radio in the car. Sometimes I sat in the car to listen t...
13. David Dye & World Cafe David Dye has been serving up tasty new music at the World Cafe since 1991. New artists and bands with new albums swing by and chat, play their songs, and talk about their own favorite music. Between live segments, Mr. Dye offers treats from across a...
14. an upROARious humor memoir If you enjoy books by Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris and lots of twisted things "old school," you'll love the sound of author VIQI FRENCH's roar! "Daddy's Gonna Buy That Baby A Jaguar: an upROARious life with a suspenseful bite&...
15. The Thistle & Shamrock -- Celtic Music @ NPR National Public Radio supports one of the most cost-effective news organizations in America today, and promotes diversity in musical programming, including a lot of instrumental music, which I find less distracting than earwig lyrics that comandeer t...
16. Orphan Groups @ Squidoo When somebody gets 50% of the revenue from an enterprise, they're not a "service," they're a partner. When they have more control over operations than you do, they're a senior partner. In web publishing, as in life choose your partners carefully. Did...
17. "Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program" by NPR's "space expert" Pat Duggins NPR's "space expert" Pat Duggins' new book is entitled "Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program. The Space Shuttle was once the cornerstone of the U.S. space program. However, each new flight brings us one step closer to the r...
18. Josh Ritter There's a lot of buzz about Josh Ritter. I first heard of him on the Letterman Show January 12, 2007, when he performed Girl in the War. I created this lens to introduce him to you if you haven't heard of him, and to feature Ritter for those of you wh...
19. Department of Distractions - Office of Things in General Here are some links that I thought you'd find invigorating.
20. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole the Bob Marley of Hawaii, the life and music of a legendary performer ================= Facing Future by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole     Back in the day, I began my morning by turning on the "Today" show. And, more mornings...