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I write these up for my Christmas cards, but I will start my draft list now.  
 
I write these up for my Christmas cards, but I will start my draft list now.  
  
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BEST OF 2021
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1. Pump action air rifles.
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<html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Crossman-air-rifle-scaled.jpg" alt="Crossman Air Rifle" width="120"  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-774" /> </html> 
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2. Goofspiel card game. 
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3. Spoons card game.
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4. Wikimedia formatting code.
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5. [https://www.courtlistener.com/  CourtListener.com]  An archive of court data including  opinions, oral arguments, judges, and federal filings.
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6. Internet Archive library for free book borrowing.
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BEST OF 2020.
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1.  The Leatherman Style CS multitool on a keychain, with scissors, blade, spike, bottle opener, and  tweezers.  <html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-07-04-00.38.01-225x300.jpg" alt="Leatherman Style CS penknife"  width="120"  align= right  class="size-medium wp-image-1431" /> </html>
 
   
 
   
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  1.  Knife on a keychain. The one with the scissors, blade, spike, bottle opener, tweezers.  <html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-07-04-00.38.01-225x300.jpg" alt="Leatherman Style CS penknife"  width="120"  align= right  class="size-medium wp-image-1431" /> </html>
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2. Chinese TV series <em>The Story of Yanxi Palace</em> (emperor  Qianlong's harem, 1700's) and <em>The Story of Hao Lan</em> (the Warring States,   200 BC)
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2. Chinese TV series's <em>The Story of Yanxi Palace</em> (KeenLung Emperor Harem in the 1700's) and <em>The Story of Hao Lan</em> (Warring States around 200BC)
 
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3. DBPOWER 800A 18000mAh Portable Car Jump Starter (up to 7.2L Gas, 5.5L Diesel Engine) Battery Booster with Smart Charging Port (Black/Red)<html><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BpqVQzVzL._SY180_.jpg"  width="120"  align= right  /> </html>
 
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3. The DBPOWER 800A 18000mAh Portable Car Jump Starter <html><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BpqVQzVzL._SY180_.jpg"  width="120"  align= right  /> </html>
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
4. Robert Klitgaard, <em>Tropical Gangsters</em>
 
4. Robert Klitgaard, <em>Tropical Gangsters</em>
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5. Pokeweed.  
 
5. Pokeweed.  
 
<html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pokeweed-before-cooking.jpg"  width="120"  align=right  size-full wp-image-142" /> </html>  
 
<html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pokeweed-before-cooking.jpg"  width="120"  align=right  size-full wp-image-142" /> </html>  
 
   
 
   
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6. Ultimate Ears portable speakers. Badly designed, but nice sound. <html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ultimate-ears-poordesign-scaled.jpg" alt=" Bluetooth Computer Speakers, Ultimate Ears"  width="120"  align= right class="size-full wp-image-782" /> </html>   
 
6. Ultimate Ears portable speakers. Badly designed, but nice sound. <html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ultimate-ears-poordesign-scaled.jpg" alt=" Bluetooth Computer Speakers, Ultimate Ears"  width="120"  align= right class="size-full wp-image-782" /> </html>   
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7. CGI coding.  
 
7. CGI coding.  
  
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<html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/platorug3kids2-scaled.jpg" alt="Plato on the Afghan Tribal"  width="120"  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-780" /> </html>  8. Reading Plato out loud with people.  
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<html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/platorug3kids2-scaled.jpg" alt="Plato on the Afghan Tribal"  width="120"  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-780" /> </html>   
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8. Reading Plato out loud with people.  
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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9. Daily gardening. To see how things develop.  
 
9. Daily gardening. To see how things develop.  
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10. Online seminars. Chat box.
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10. dfsdfds
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11. <em>Blue Bloods. </em> TV show.  
 
11. <em>Blue Bloods. </em> TV show.  
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12. Anthony Burgess's literary criticism.  
 
12. Anthony Burgess's literary criticism.  
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13. Sydney Powell legal briefs
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13. sfdf
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14. My new revolver.  
 
14. My new revolver.  
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15. The Weir Trail between Lake Griffy and the golf course.  
 
15. The Weir Trail between Lake Griffy and the golf course.  
  
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18. xxx
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19. Picaridin, the newer kind of insect repellant that doesn't smell bad like deet.
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<html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/picaridin-scaled.jpg" alt="Picaridin"  width="120"  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-777" /> </html>
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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17. Pump action air rifles.
 
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<html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Crossman-air-rifle-scaled.jpg" alt="Crossman Air Rifle" width="120"  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-774" /> </html> Crossman Air Rifle[/caption]
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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20. Diogenes Laertius.
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18. Joseph COnrad <em>Under Western Eyes.</em>
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22. The four-outlet car cigarette lighter USB splitter.
  
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19. Picaridin new insect repellant.
 
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<html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/picaridin-scaled.jpg" alt="Picaridin"  width="120"  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-777" /> </html> Picaridin[/caption]
 
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20. Diogenese Laertius.
 
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21. <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CourtListener.com</a> – Our fully-searchable and accessible archive of court data including growing repositories of opinions, oral arguments, judges, and federal filings.
 
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22. Permathrin 1973 insecticide for clothing and tents.
 
 
23. That book on the history of Latin.  
 
23. That book on the history of Latin.  
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24. CP Snow's <em>The Light and the Dark</em> is a book about male friendship and depression that is very good while failing to touch either topic very well. It's virtue is in describing the relationship between civility and enmity.  
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24. C. P. Snow's <em>The Light and the Dark</em> is a book about male friendship and depression that is very good while failing to touch either topic very well. It's virtue is in describing the relationship between civility and enmity.  
  
 
25. Salted Psathyrella snacks.  
 
25. Salted Psathyrella snacks.  
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26. Sycamore Land Trust and Lake Monroe hiking areas.  
 
26. Sycamore Land Trust and Lake Monroe hiking areas.  
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27. The new style of bamboo pole.
 
  
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28.  Phone Handset, though maybe with cord is better.
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28.  Phone Handset, though maybe with cord is better.   <html>
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<img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/phone-receiver-scaled.jpg" alt=" Class Bell Phone Handset, Bluetoothed"  width="120"  align= left  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-781" /> </html>   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
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29. That brand of truffle salt I ordreed online.  
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29. The Sabatini brand of truffle salt.  
 
  <html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sabatino-truffle-salt-scaled.jpg" alt="Sabatino-truffle-salt"    width="120"  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-750" /> </html>   
 
  <html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sabatino-truffle-salt-scaled.jpg" alt="Sabatino-truffle-salt"    width="120"  align= left  class="size-full wp-image-750" /> </html>   
 
   
 
   
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30. Afghan tribal rugs.  
 
30. Afghan tribal rugs.  
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31. <strong> Gunhild Carling,</strong> Swedish musician (jazz, trumpet, bagpipes, impresario).
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32. Tolstoy's <em> Anna Karenina. </em>
 
32. Tolstoy's <em> Anna Karenina. </em>
  
 
33. Fishing at Lake Monroe.  
 
33. Fishing at Lake Monroe.  
 
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34. Minnows as pets.  
 
34. Minnows as pets.  
 
  <html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Golfish-bowl-minnow-scaled.jpg" alt="Minnows as Pets"  width="120"  align= left class="size-full wp-image-775" /> </html>   
 
  <html><img src="https://www.rasmusen.org/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Golfish-bowl-minnow-scaled.jpg" alt="Minnows as Pets"  width="120"  align= left class="size-full wp-image-775" /> </html>   
 
   
 
   
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35.  Collard Valley Cooks U-tube series.  
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35. The 3M 6500 series mask.
 
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37. Tacklife ACP1B Digital Tire Inflator (Portable Air Compressor)  <html><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41WVs%2B12TOL._SY180_.jpg"  width="120"  align= left  /> </html>
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37. TACKLIFE ACP1B Digital <strong>Tire Inflator </strong>Portable Air Compressor 150PSI, 12V Auto Tire Pump with Overheat Protection, LCD Display, Emergency Light, 3 Nozzles and Extra Fuse <html><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41WVs%2B12TOL._SY180_.jpg"  width="120"  align= left  /> </html>
 
 
38.<em> Monk </em>TV series.   
 
38.<em> Monk </em>TV series.   
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39. Spooky dill pickle Bloody Mary mix.
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39. ''Law and Liberty'', the Liberty Fund magazine.
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43.<strong> Gunhild Carling,</strong> Swedish musician (jazz, trumpet, bagpipes, impresario).
 

Latest revision as of 08:42, 11 January 2021

I write these up for my Christmas cards, but I will start my draft list now.

BEST OF 2021

1. Pump action air rifles. 

Crossman Air Rifle

2. Goofspiel card game.

3. Spoons card game.

4. Wikimedia formatting code.

5. CourtListener.com An archive of court data including opinions, oral arguments, judges, and federal filings.

6. Internet Archive library for free book borrowing.

BEST OF 2020.

1. The Leatherman Style CS multitool on a keychain, with scissors, blade, spike, bottle opener, and tweezers. Leatherman Style CS penknife

2. Chinese TV series The Story of Yanxi Palace (emperor Qianlong's harem, 1700's) and The Story of Hao Lan (the Warring States, 200 BC)

3. The DBPOWER 800A 18000mAh Portable Car Jump Starter


4. Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters

5. Pokeweed.


6. Ultimate Ears portable speakers. Badly designed, but nice sound. Bluetooth Computer Speakers, Ultimate Ears


7. CGI coding.

Plato on the Afghan Tribal

8. Reading Plato out loud with people.



9. Daily gardening. To see how things develop.

10. dfsdfds

11. Blue Bloods. TV show.

12. Anthony Burgess's literary criticism.

13. sfdf

14. My new revolver.

15. The Weir Trail between Lake Griffy and the golf course.

16. Dallas Lake and the Shipsewanna Amish Dallas Lake Dallas Lake[/caption]



18. xxx

19. Picaridin, the newer kind of insect repellant that doesn't smell bad like deet. 

Picaridin

20. Diogenes Laertius.


22. The four-outlet car cigarette lighter USB splitter.

23. That book on the history of Latin.

24. C. P. Snow's The Light and the Dark is a book about male friendship and depression that is very good while failing to touch either topic very well. It's virtue is in describing the relationship between civility and enmity.

25. Salted Psathyrella snacks. 

Drying Rack Garbage Can for Psathyrella with Salt and Pepper

26. Sycamore Land Trust and Lake Monroe hiking areas.

27. ssss

28. Phone Handset, though maybe with cord is better. Class Bell Phone Handset, Bluetoothed



29. The Sabatini brand of truffle salt. 

Sabatino-truffle-salt

30. Afghan tribal rugs.

31. Gunhild Carling, Swedish musician (jazz, trumpet, bagpipes, impresario).

32. Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

33. Fishing at Lake Monroe.

34. Minnows as pets. 

Minnows as Pets

35. Collard Valley Cooks U-tube series.


36. The new BBQ place downtown on the Courthouse square. 

New Courthouse BBQ Place

37. Tacklife ACP1B Digital Tire Inflator (Portable Air Compressor)

38. Monk TV series.

39. Law and Liberty, the Liberty Fund magazine.

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