the truth is that for some time now she had been dimly aware of a darkness gnawing at the edge of her mind, a gathering blackness that she couldn't name, but she felt it as a hole, an emptiness into which something alien might step. it was a kind of hunger. - rebacca miller, personal velocity

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cracker jacks didn't always have a prize inside. the hit the market in 1872 and the prize wasn't added until 1912.

bummer, eh? kids in 1872 didn't get those funky water tatoo thingys.

despite historic hysteria, nonrabid wolves do not attack humans.

i'm happy i knew that before i saw the one on my nols trip.

the rich do not play. the evidence is clear. the more money you make, the less you play.

hence my job where i got to play with kids all day paying me $200 a week. i'm going back the end of february. guess i'd rather play than be rich.

the highest zipcode is not 99999. it's 99950 in ketchikan, alaska. which is in southern alaska. guess it doesn't need too many zip codes.

damn, you live all the way in alaska and you don't even get a cool zipcode. geez.

(can y'all tell i just bought '1001 more facts somebody screwed up'. fun stuff. i love the sale tables at barnes and noble.)