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Misconceptions about California
It’s a weird feeling to discover your views have been warped all along.
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Dagen H
This was a major deal for millions of people at the time.
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The Consequences of This Pandemic
What can we learn from the aftermath of the Black Death?
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Traffic Lights. Who Knew?
Everything you ever wanted to know about traffic lights but were afraid to ask.
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On Being Good at Your Job When No One Is Watching
I was feeling proud and all in the zone…
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Because Why?
The things pranksters don’t ever seem to take into account are consequences.
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What Price Patriotism?
There are other ways we could celebrate that don’t come with such a high price tag.
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Weird Drawbridge Stuff
Every time I think I’ve seen it all as a bridgetender, something new and surprising happens.
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Bike-Share Stupidity
It happened again the other day. Some fool left a bike-share bike on the movable portion of my drawbridge. Fortunately, I’m used to looking out for this, because if I were to open the bridge with a bike on it, it could fall down and take out a pedestrian, or even worse, my parked car.…
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For All the Unsung Bridgetenders
For the first time in many, many years, I will not be ringing in the new year all alone at work. This is not because after 16 years as a bridgetender I’ve earned a certain level of seniority. No. It’s simply because this time around, the holiday just happened to fall on my regular day…