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Mark Pahlow
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"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong.
The amount of work is the same." — Carlos Castaneda

Popular culture is not for the faint of heart.

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Extra eye for you.
April 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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New item! Capybara in a Peanut!
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A toy peanut car driven by a capybara with an orange on its head.
May 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Jyorin-chan, a flying fig, is the mascot for Joyo City in Kyoto.
A pink fig mascot with white wings and yellow boots stands in a crowded field.
July 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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New items! Liquid Cats! Kitty looks solid, but can be liquid under some circumstances.
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Three cat figures squished into bowls. They are collectible toys. The text says "Liquid Cats"
July 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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“You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away — a man is not a piece of fruit!”

— Willy Loman, 1949.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Apply to the forehead.
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.”

--Seneca
October 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

— Arnold J. Toynbee
October 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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W. C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty.
October 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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“I long for a kind of quiet where I can just drift and dream.”

— David Lynch
September 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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"Love for canine pets in particular was one of the most attractive features of the ancient Roman character.”

-Arnold Toynbee
September 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The Beach Boys loved KFC fried chicken.
April 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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“I have altered the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”

-Darth Vader, MBA
September 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Minatan, a diver with a basket of seafood on her head, is the mascot of Minamiboso City, Chiba.
A mascot in an old-fashioned white diving outfit and with a bowl of seafood on her head stands on a red carpet.
August 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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A box of tiny city critters? We all know someone who needs this.
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A box labeled "Tiny Box of City Critters" contains four miniature animal figurines: a raccoon, a squirrel, an opossum, and a rat.
March 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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"We’re cooking regional Indian food with the world’s best Japanese knife, but asking Siri how much water to put in the rice."

--Samin Nosrat
August 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Uonumacchi, a shiny rice fairy, is the mascot of Uonuma City in Niigata Prefecture.
A six-foot grain of rice mascot stands in a building.
August 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"Oh, Tocqueville, you’re the man."

-Maira Kalman
August 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb, is the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company.
A yellow lightbulb mascot stands in a town square.
June 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Our pull-back Rat Racer drives a tiny pizza slice vehicle that can fit in the palm of your hand.
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A hand holding a small toy of a rat driving a slice of pizza. The rat is holding a steering wheel.
March 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Our new Corn Multi-Tool is the cob for the job!
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A corn-shaped multi-tool by Archie McPhee, featuring eight bits. The packaging states "Industrial Strength," and includes a drawing of a smiling corn cob wearing overalls. A real multi-tool in the shape of an ear of corn is shown in the foreground.
March 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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yes i am sure
tvos app text: Are you sure you want to exit HISTORY? Ok Cancel
June 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Ham the Astrochimp, launched into space aboard a Mercury Redstone rocket in 1961, and safely returned to Earth.
July 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Uesama, a hyperrealistic head on legs, promotes Sof’ ice cream.
A realistic stoic head with a samurai topknot stands in two legs in front of an ad for ice cream.
June 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Ad from 1945.
July 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM