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Via Slacktivist, the story of the greatest practical joke in the history of baseball, twenty years ago yesterday.

Remind me to be sure a potato dish is on the menu every August 31 from now on :-)

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Bed, Bath & Beyond is dangerous.

We set out to buy new pillows for the family, since most of our old ones are shot. We got them.

We also acquired about two LARGE bags of other stuff, including a temporary and inadequate lid for the wok (the lid fits up to 12" pots, and it's 14", plus it's flat -- but it's still better than nothing); a variable measuring cup that maya_a's been coveting since the first time she saw Alton use one; new tumblers (glasses) (we have fairly strict standards, including that the bottom cannot be narrower than the top, which lets out 80% of what we find these days); new bath towels (two of which are VERY purple :-) ; and assorted other stuff.

Not that we won't use it, mind you. But the place is seductive. :-)