Monthly Archives: July 2011

High Noon Urchins

Posted on 31 July 2011 by

We sure were out of cahoots this week! Geo Ninja Dave Sarah & Beth Margaret & Super Happy Fun Time Deluxe Recorder UMail us with your photo for next week’s theme: I’ve made a huge mistake.

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That’s What He Said

Posted on 30 July 2011 by

American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.  -Dave Barry

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The New York City Reader

Posted on 29 July 2011 by

by Geo Ong Before I made the move to New York, I planned to prepare myself the only way I knew how: by reading. So I made up my very own NYC reading list, by no means comprehensive, but I … Continue reading →

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Follow Up: Activist Sentenced to 2 Years, $10,000 Fine

Posted on 28 July 2011 by

By Sarah Jost Tuesday, Tim DeChristopher was sentended to 2 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, and 3 years of probation for driving up the bidding of an auction for oil and gas drilling leases by hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading →

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Food in the Yard and Other Calamities

Posted on 27 July 2011 by

By Margaret Hedderman I have something called “blossom-end rot.” And, yes, it’s as bad as it sounds. I thank you for your concern – seven of my backyard tomato plants are producing giant, beautiful fruit with black, inedible bottoms. It’s … Continue reading →

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Environmental Activist Faces 10 Years in Prison

Posted on 26 July 2011 by

By Sarah Jost In 2008, 27-year-old University of Utah economics student Tim DeChristopher attended an auction of oil and gas drilling leases and drove up the bidding by hundreds of thousands of dollars. DeChristopher and other activists were protesting the … Continue reading →

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The Urchin Travel Wish List

Posted on 25 July 2011 by

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? Anywhere and everywhere? You typical Urchin, you! If you’re anything like us, a travel wish list is more of a to-do list than anything else and we’re just … Continue reading →

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High Noon Urchins

Posted on 24 July 2011 by

Uh oh. It looks like we got a little carried away. Sarah Margaret Geo  Ninja Dave Next week’s theme: Out of cahoots! Show us what got you frazzled this week!

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That’s What He Said

Posted on 23 July 2011 by

[The taipan] is the most poisonous snake on earth, with a lunge so swift and a venom so potent that your last mortal utterance is likely to be: “I say, is that a sn——.” -Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country

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Girl? Boy? Ask the Stork

Posted on 22 July 2011 by

Kathy Witterick and David Stocker, a married couple from Toronto, are raising a genderless child. After giving birth to their third child, whom they named Storm, Witterick and Stocker sent out this e-mail to their friends and family: We’ve decided … Continue reading →

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