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odd: cheese rolling in gloucestershire.

In Gloucestershire, during the month of May, cheese chasers risk serious injury for the chance of winning a muddied cheese at the bottom of a slippery hill. A bizarre tradition indeed, but I suppose it’s no less odd than stuffing our faces w/ turkey in November. Also? Cheese is yummy. I’d say that’s a fair

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Miscellaneous

the chess set gets a makeover.

Remember ‘The Art of Chess’ exhibition from 2005? It’s back and heading to Milan, chocked full of ten outstanding contemporary artists and their re-imagined chess sets. Field trip, perhaps? Speaking of chess, I’m sort of aching for these chess pieces (although I have no idea how to play the game!). p.s. Want to sponsor Design

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let’s go hazmat.

I’ll be totally honest: I had no idea what a Hazmat suit was before embarking on this house project, but eh — I’m teachable. When we first purchased our home, we had found that the previous owners bolted three years prior, leaving the house abandoned, vacant — and with a leak. Needless to say, there

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