What Americans think about giving cash as holiday gifts, according to a new AP-NORC poll

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Long-term study reveals physical ability peaks at age 35

That would explain why I threw my back out sneezing the other day

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Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD

Tales From the Blue Line - The Engineer - On his first solo overnight shift at an old radio station, a young announcer is guided and mentored by the station’s kindly, veteran engineer, only to discover in the morning that the man who kept him company—and whose tools still sit on the console—died years ago in the locked transmitter room.

Tales From the Blue Line - The Engineer Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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Also Worth A Look…

• Hardware Sales In The US Just Had Worst Month In 30 Years - It turns out when people can’t afford groceries, they aren’t going to be buying many video game systems. That seems like a troubling sign for the economy

• Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever - They were digital, but they weren’t being immortalized on social media quite yet. Now fifty years from now your grandkids will know what you had for lunch on Wednesday

• Older Americans driving polarization, online conspiracy theories, study finds - Anyone actually surprised by this information?

• Woman injured after being kicked by real camel used in church’s Nativity performance: ‘This could’ve been deadly’ - Maybe you can tell the story of the birth of Christ without live animals

• Colorado neighbors fight HOA to keep 28-foot inflatable Santa - I’m going to side with an HOA for the first time ever

• Amazon driver caught on camera stealing cat after dropping off package - One day people will learn that there are cameras everywhere

• Puma populations are on the rise in Patagonia, now targeting penguins as prey - Puma population in Patagonia has a plethora of penguin prey

• Saturn’s moon Titan may not have a buried ocean as long suspected, new study suggests - Well that makes it a little less interesting to visit

• Swedish man teaches pet octopus to play piano - That’s just crazy enough to work

• Harvard Morgue Manager Sentenced to 8 Years for Selling Remains - Everyone has a side hustle these days