Picture Sunday: Amazon’s “Rasta Imposta” Squirrel Costume

...els be so confused that they’d leave my fruit trees alone? From the Amazon reviews: it even comes with nuts By squirrelman When I first saw this squirrel costume, I went a little nuts (pun intended đŸ™‚ ). I starting buying one for everyone I knew. My wife, kids, lawyer, dentist, family practitioner, our local barista, and even my boss. Needless to say, we all suited up for halloween and went out as a dray (for those of you not as into squirrels as I...

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Running Shoes: the worst idea ever

...not be a stiff arch support that prevents the natural movement of the arch of the foot. And here’s a thought for an enterprising publisher: how about a running magazine modeled after Lucky Peach? In other words, a running magazine with integrity made up of honest reviews, research-based injury advice and thoughtful essays. Resources: An interesting article on Plantar fasciitis (thanks to Kathy Turk for the link) The Skeletal Biology Lab at Harvard...

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097 Mill Your Own Flour with a Mock Mill

...o the Garden Fork Podcast and YouTube channel. Please leave Eric some good reviews too! As for Kelly, she’s doing better and I hope to have her on the next episode of the podcast to talk about her aortic dissection adventure. On this special live episode of the Root Simple podcast I interview Paul Lebeau, who came all the way from Germany to demonstrate an interesting new home flour mill called the Mock Mill. The Mock Mill was designed by Wolfgang...

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Saturday Tweets: Labor Day Weekend Edition

...Tub https://t.co/JqTlCil58F — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 Books Into Stool https://t.co/Aby04AzOqH — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 Technology Alone Won’t Make You Better at What You Do: https://t.co/6CWezHj4Gn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 National Park Visitors Who Complain About Wi-Fi Should Be Thrown Into Old Faithful https://t.co/ubppSqCKiP — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 1, 2016 Scientist r...

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