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February 23, 2019

High School Put-Down’s (Once Upon a Time): “Door Knob,” “Numb Nuts,” “Meat Cone” (“Meat Cone?!?”)

Two Kinds, “Mild” and “Spicy” “Meat cone” sounds like something you might overhear in a high school hallway or boys’ locker room — and it wouldn’t be a compliment. So, I’m not sure I love that as a snack name — in this case, at K’nack’s food stall, located inside the Keg and Case Food...
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Book Review: “Educated,” by Tara Westover

Who’ll Play the Lead in the Movie? The most memorable excerpt from Tara Westover’s harrowing memoir of growing up, off-the-grid, in rural Idaho isn’t from the book. It appears in The New York Times’ book review: “Educated” is, among other things, a catalog of job-site horrors: fingers lost, legs gashed, bodies horribly burned. No pointy-headed bureaucrat could...
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