Husband, father. STC Fellow. Technical writer, tabletop gamer, history buff, hiker, reader, and baker. Retired greyhound rescuer. No sleep.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined September 2015
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'Gaslight' comes from a play and movie of the same name in which a man attempts to trick his wife into believing that she is going insane.
We promise we're telling the truth.
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One of the biggest questions we get during #FatBearWeek is, “How do you weigh the bears?”
So, the volunteer who pulls the shortest stick is handed a bathroom scale...
ALT Bear 747, Fat Bear Week Champion 2022. Estimated weight: A lot.
Tim E. retweeted
When hiking, the early bird gets the face full of spider webs. Bring a tall friend and let them lead.
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One day you’re young and wild; the next, it’s Tuesday, and you’re dialing into a team's call.
ALT A brown bear staring intently while resting on a log at Katmai National Park & Preserve, Alaska.
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Yeah, I’m into fitness. Fitness whole salmon in my mouth.
ALT A bear with salmon tail hanging out of mouth
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🇺🇸 Noah Webster’s spelling reform was based on his combined vision of logic and aesthetics. Thankfully, the publick readily accepted many of these changes. 🇺🇸
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It is perfectly acceptable to begin a sentence with ‘and.’
And it’s equally acceptable to begin a sentence with ‘but’ or ‘or.’
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A herring is a fish.
When a herring is preserved by salting and smoking, it turns red and smells.
It's so pungent that it's a great diversion to distract hunting dogs from their trail.
Now, a ‘red herring’ refers to anything that diverts attention from the issue at hand.
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On June 5, 1985, Ferris Bueller took the day off.
On April 15, 1874, the first impressionist exhibition opened in Paris.
The two were always bound to meet.
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The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
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