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An unhealthy beginning. Athletic nudity; stylites. A pantheon of events.
Hussars! Future sports & the most absurd event ever.
Winners Declared. Fort and Forteana. Cryptozoology. Mystery apes & their rights. The gibbon: a primate on the cusp. Curative oils, open heart surgery.
Tour of the Unknown Cyclists. Albanian dictators and bikers; transgendering; oxen. Irredentism. Bears of all sorts. Albania redux: obscurity of national customs.
Tautologies. Portmanteaux. Textual controversies in the works of Lewis Carroll. CIA programs and the psychological torture gap. CONTEST #2!!!
Divine light, little bird. Boring athletic pursuits. Shaven straight men, gay hair radar, smooth Persians. Wind: dirty, hot, devilish. Dead pools & assassination markets.
A man, a plan, a peat bog. Come sail away (to the Great Pacific Gyre)! Pilchards. The Harrowing Fisherman.
Rewards for secret agents. Domestic devils, Italian devils. Pineys. The Tartar diaspora. Reclaiming Pluto.
Neoconservative accomplishments. Mars, Martians, Mars City. The ghettos of space. Flower growing societies, practical and emotional benefits of.
A Passage to Indonesia: Murtabak and other cuisine. Droit du Pidgeon. Strong-featured Breton women. Wild Geese.
