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NCCIL: Story Time in Abilene

Just thinking about The Velveteen Rabbit is enough to make me choke up and mumble something incoherent about stuffed toys being real. Although we – hopefully – read many books during the course of our lives, it is our first exposure to literature that stays with us.

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Who Cut The Cheese?

We drove along a narrow road, seventeen miles outside of Santa Fe. Flanked by rock formations, it was dark, save for the light pollution spilling out from casinos in the distance. Rancho Encantado felt isolated in the same way that cult compounds do – because obviously I’ve visited lots of those. Still, it seemed like the kind of place where people flocked in a quest to find themselves. Personally, I could care less about the state of my chakras. I was there for the cheese.

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Wyland Wildlife: The SPI Whaling Wall

What do one billion people do each year?

Perhaps they…

  • Hit ‘reply all’ by accident
  • Get injured while drunk
  • Share endless cat photos online

Okay, all of the above may be true, but it’s not the answer I’m looking for. Every year, about one billion people view a Wyland mural.

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