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Fruit Salad, Yummy, Yummy!
List your top 5 favorite fruits. Nature’s candy! 😋 The original snack pack before Lunchables came along and ruined us with deli meat rectangles and Capri-Sun pouches you needed a spear gun to open.…
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Silhouettes of Desire
Tangled and entwined, they drift closer, drawn by twilight’s celestial symphony—silent lovers silhouetted in the golden hour’s hush…
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China’s Chengdu J-20S: Are Two Heads Better Than One?
China has thrown a curve ball in the stealth fighter arena with its latest iteration of the Chengdu J-20—the J-20S, which is a two-seat variant of China’s premiere fifth-generation fighter. In a world of…
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What Freedom Means to Me—Besides Wearing Pajama Pants to the Grocery Store
What does freedom mean to you? It boils down to three things: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And no, I didn’t just lift that from the Declaration of Independence—okay, maybe I did.…
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One Day, One Dream Job: Captain of the Boeing 314 Clipper—Preferably with Pizza!
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? Well, I wouldn’t pick CEO, astronaut, or even international man of mystery—although I do own a cool trench coat. No, I’d go…
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Happy Birthday, P-47 Thunderbolt!
On this day in history—May 6, 1941—a legend was born, and it sounded like 2,000 horses coughing thunder into the clouds. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt—nicknamed the Jug—made its first flight on this day, and…
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The Bumpy Road to Happiness: Confessions of a Jeep Addict
What are your favorite brands and why? Let me start by saying I love Jeeps. Not like a casual “I enjoy trail riding” kind of love—I mean a full-on, lifelong, slightly dysfunctional relationship with…
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Beneath Heaven’s Splendor
Draped in ivy’s embrace, the ole silo stands as a silent witness to the day’s tender farewell…
Crock’s Thoughts 