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What did you learn today?

I learned that Edgar Allen Poe was a star athlete when he was young.

I also learned that he never really was an Allen.

I also learned that Rufus Griswold was mainly responsible for depicting Poe in the dark light that most of us associate with him.
I saw that PBS show too, but I'm almost always watching PBS when watching TV.
 
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I've quit keeping up with just about all news. Last year a friend told me to give it a year and the news would be so vilified and beat down by insanity most of America would just quit keeping up at all. I actually scoffed when he said it. We already had fake news so I'm thinking I'd just keep reading three sources and keep picking up the common threads just to stay current on the narrative, and here I am one of the first to give up and lose most all interest in any kind of news.
I’m BEGGIN’ ya to get back up on that horse!
I swear, I’m afraid that the minute THEY think we’ve all just become numb to it, they’re gonna roll out the BIG wagon full of $#!te sammiches...and by then there will be nothing else to consume.
 
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I prefer the words of wisdom of Clark Griswold over Rufus Griswold.

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I’m BEGGIN’ ya to get back up on that horse!
I swear, I’m afraid that the minute THEY think we’ve all just become numb to it, they’re gonna roll out the BIG wagon full of $#!te sammiches...and by then there will be nothing else to consume.
I don’t doubt it for a minute, but based on the volume and regularity of fake news, it’s plain the ofal is coming whether anyone continues to try to follow the insanity or not.

In truth, i’d prefer to see the big reveal sooner than later.

The sooner it drops, the sooner we know what it’s going to take to return to normal.

I’ve been resigned to the fight for some time now, it’s the waiting that is wearing me down
 
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