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The Lottery Hackers
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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An intriguing long read in the Huffington Post about a Michigan couple that found a loophole in the State Lottery that allowed them to make approximately $7.5 Million US.
Inspirational: http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/
"...There is a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything)
That's how the light gets in"
The Kootenay Cleanse
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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Another unique local custom here is the "Kootenay Cleanse". There are any number of variations, the point being to "Detox" and to prove to friends that you're not an addict.
Usually it involves giving up solid food, cigarettes, alcohol, Cocaine, LSD and MDMA for a week. But oddly enough you're still allowed to smoke weed, because, well, it's the Kootenays after all.
If you're thinking of trying it, try and get as many of your friends on board as possible, because, truthfully, it won't be possible if they're not...
My Second Last Wife...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Conversations
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Talking with the Chef, nothing important, and he refers to "My Second Last Wife...". Which struck me as a curious turn of phrase, I didn't ask how many there were all told, but it followed him telling me he'd changed his phone number to avoid bill collectors, who were calling him at a rate of 10 per day...
File this all under "Too Much Information".
Jaded
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Every day, an hour at least, on the internet, looking for something to inspire me, something of interest, anything...
The news. I've become a bit of a news junkie, the days headlines (condensed, as it were, to reduce the boredom):
Another schoolyard shooting, police cower outside behind their cars waiting for shooter to give himself up. President says he would have run in and subdue shooter with his bare hands.
And it's boring, just another fucking day, and then I reflect upon it, and all the other non-events that I've read about, and I realize that I'm becoming just a bit Jaded.
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