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Grubhub Holiday Party, 2024

I spent my time mostly at the craps table, learning the rules of the game. Had a fun time betting, and feel like I did pretty well. That is, up until I lost all my chips.

Craps seems like a seductive game. There’s a lot of momentum with it, and a more cooperative game that I”m used to (versus something like Blackjack or Poker).

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Daisy Leg

Daisy’s been struggling a bit more, lately. She’s had some trouble with arthritis, and tends to favor one leg over the other… but lately, she’s been having difficulty moving around. In a few instances, she’s fallen over and hasn’t been able to right herself.

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Something is Happening in an Old Blog Post from 2013, About Some Keys I Found in My House

In 2013, as we were cleaning up the basement, I found this old set of keys. Someone had left them on top of the existing duct work, and it took until then for us to discover it.

I made a post about it, citing the details on the keyring and the reference to the Reynolds Metal Company in McCook, Illinois.

And then I got a comment about it. And then another. And slowly, over time, people began stumbling across this post… and started to talk to one another.

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The Giving Tree

We all had a late dinner, and then ended up playing a cooperative murder mystery game at the dining room table.

This went on for a bit longer than we expected, and towards the end of the night… someone realized that the sewer line had started to back up into the first floor shower.

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