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Celebs aren't buying AirPods — they want those tacky EarPods that Apple doesn't even put in the box anymore. There's a strange phenomenon that I won't even begin to pretend to have an understanding of. I believe it's called "fashion," and it's something the young and hip people partake in. I'm neither young nor hip — as demonstrated by my use of the word "hip" here — so I don't really understand why the rich and famous are suddenly wearing wired headphones again. But they are. And it's all bizarre indeed. It's made all the more strange by the fact...

LOS ANGELES — This would have been Clayton Kershaw’s game. Or Dustin May’s. Or, if not for a series of unfortunate events, Trevor Bauer’s. Instead, the Dodgers will try to extend this season with a pitching plan that Manager Dave Roberts did not divulge Monday night, either because he didn’t know what this 1-0, Game 3 loss did to the original plan, or because he didn’t want to tell the San Francisco Giants that they would see Walker Buehler two nights before they were supposed to. They probably won’t be surprised. They never are. Buehler pitched in San Francisco on...

When we think of flaky, itchy, irritated skin, we usually think of the winter season. But unfortunately, some of us deal with this year-round. Your skin can still feel dry and tight even when you are outside in the summer and sweating up a storm. Also, as we get older, our hormones change, our skin cells are not being regenerated as quickly, and our bodies cannot produce as many natural oils as when we were younger. That’s why we are going to talk about what can cause dry skin, and then I’ll introduce you to some oils and other amazing...

We have understood how to do this for a long time.  It has just never been cheap and ultimately demands a metal rich single track that has to use a massive amount of metal.  Usually steel but could be anything cheap and able to be magnitized.  The train has to contain all the exotic goodies and all this in order to evade friction.There is a wonderful alternative that I could build today that does exactly the same thing.  We need to lay down a smooth flat surface between the present rail build out.  Marine plywood comes to mind.  Then we...

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