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Kickoff! 100 Great Things you can do with your DPPL card
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For the Veg-Curious Foodie
When I decided to go vegan, I wasn’t worried about not purchasing leather shoes or having to check the labels of personal care products. The lifestyle aspects I could handle. I was worried about what I’d eat!
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Cops and Criminals: A Broader View of Police Procedurals
They operate out of grimy stations in South London, or Minneapolis, or Venice, but they all have the same mission - to follow the evidence, catch the bad guy, and hopefully not bend the law too much. I like them because there is a reason they find bodies, unlike caterers or booksellers, who after the first couple of corpses should think about changing their line of work.
Crime and criminals are everywhere, and maybe in a few places you haven't thought of. If you're feeling in a rut with your police procedurals, consider what's new in copshops these days.
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Miss Buncle’s Big Comeback
08.08.14
Barnes & Noble offers a large selection of classics in the handsome format pictured above. But for most other formerly popular books there is not such an easy fix. It is sad but true, that when an author stops writing new books, the books he/she has already written may be forgotten. They will sit on library shelves for a while without being checked out. Gather some dust. And then be discarded to make room for new books being published. The author might have a sizeable body of work. Some of the books might be absolute gems. But it doesn’t matter, the books will fade from our memory.
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What Is My Dog Thinking?
08.01.14
In July, we celebrated the 10 year anniversary of Oscar's "Gotcha Day", when we brought our adorable, 10 week-old puppy home. Reminiscing, I fondly remember the months of sleepless nights, the razor sharp teeth, the non-stop chewing, and the teeny, tiniest bladder on the planet.