quirkster's eye Vox 2008-02-08T19:35:33Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398b9c5da0004/ Vox Hunt: Plans For The Weekend tag:vox.com,2008-02-08:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398daa9130003 2008-02-08T19:12:30Z 2008-02-08T19:35:33Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Show us what the weekend has in store for you. Being the troglodyte that I am, I expect to be spending a lot of time exploring a new world on my Wii: NiGHTs: Journey of Dreams is set in the dream world of Nightopia, which is under threat from...

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]]> Life QotD: On Composting tag:vox.com,2008-01-27:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d6866e0003 2008-01-27T15:14:49Z 2008-01-30T16:48:27Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

"Green" Compost Materials "Brown" Compost Materials

Have you ever tried composting? Any tips you can share? The biggest tip I've learned is that compost piles need both "green stuff" and "brown stuff" to stay healthy and active. Like green grass, "green stuff" in composting needs to be fresh veg...

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]]> QotD: My (not quite) 10 Things tag:vox.com,2008-01-25:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d619e80004 2008-01-25T20:47:36Z 2008-02-01T14:53:16Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What are 10 things you've done that other people probably haven't? Submitted by Janette. Watched from my bedroom window as beaver gathered bark from cherry trees Became friends with my now-husband nine years before we ever dated Sewed myse...

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]]> Culture QotD: Magazines Don't Count. tag:vox.com,2008-01-25:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d610560004 2008-01-25T19:46:16Z 2008-01-27T23:55:12Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom One in four American adults read NO books last year. How many did you read? Zero. Yep, I read no books last year. Just to confuse you, though, I finished at least 20 books. Huh? My husband and I listen to audiobooks at bedtime. After the brushin...

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]]> The Bull Mouse tag:vox.com,2008-01-24:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d579210004 2008-01-24T00:29:48Z 2008-01-28T00:10:33Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Early Velvet Cave Painting Warning Sign Fighting bulls

The bull mouse is popular among small-game hunters for its magnificent antlers. Antler size is determined by bull mouse age. In the oldest, they can stretch up to 4 to 5 inches across. Antlers start to grow in the early summer. When they first ap...

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]]> A few thoughts on fame tag:vox.com,2008-01-23:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d529ef0004 2008-01-23T02:19:52Z 2008-01-23T02:19:52Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The price of fame? Don't follow me! Teardrop

Would you want to be famous? Every so often, I wonder about fame. My cynical side wants to say that those who want fame and fortune don't really know what they're asking for. Would you want people interrupting you at restaurants, asking for con...

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]]> Ask Golden Age Wonder Woman tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d4bae40004 2008-01-21T20:14:24Z 2008-01-21T20:14:27Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ask Golden Age Wonder Woman Helpful Advice

Wonder Woman, how little we knew thee! Clipped from the original: Dear Golden Age Wonder Woman- I’ve known my best friend since second grade, but things have been strained between us ever since I got married. Carol has remained single, and I ...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Listen to the Lyrics tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d49e060001 2008-01-21T17:24:42Z 2008-01-21T17:26:21Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Audio: Share a song with powerful lyrics. Nexus by Dan Fogelberg Across the vein of night there cuts a path of searing light Burning like a beacon on the edges of our sight At the point of total darkness and the lights divine divide A soul can l...

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]]> Vox Hunt: My Karaoke Jam tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d49cb50002 2008-01-21T16:44:21Z 2008-01-21T16:51:07Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Audio: Share your karaoke song. Just about any camp song would do. The one that appeals this morning turns out to be by the Andrews Sisters, though before I did the web search, I would've thought it was purely a camp song. It sounds so sweet when...

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]]> News & Politics QotD: Let's Get Political tag:vox.com,2008-01-20:asset-6a00e398b9c5da000400e398d450c10001 2008-01-20T20:52:01Z 2008-01-20T20:53:23Z quirkster http://quirkster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom How do you usually react when people start talking politics? I like to listen and ask questions as long as the conversation remains a "discussion." I love learning facts, but I have a low tolerance for unsupported rhetoric and for arguments where...

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