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I found out last night

July 2, 2000 by Michael Boyle

that Patti Smith is playing tonight at Metropolis. I am completely and utterly fascinated, amazed, and impressed by Patti Smith. I’m trying to wrangle a free ticket as I write this.

I just remembered this

July 2, 2000 by Michael Boyle

story I read last weekend in Saturday Night about how to knit sweaters for penguins. You would want to knit a sweater for a penguin so that it doesn’t preen oil from an oil spill with its beak, cause it would ingest the goo and die. If/when a person cleans off such oil, they also get rid of natural feather oils, so the penguins would get cold. Hence, penguin sweaters.

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