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Trivia 067: Always read the label

Posted on2023-05-18Leave a comment

For many years, I have worked hard to be very attentive of my surroundings and to notice things. That is a very broad statement, but I am always on the lookout for various things. For example, noticing where fire extinguishers / AEDs / exits are in a building. If I’m at my home or place Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsadvice, cooking, food, newsletter, trivia

Trivia 066: 100% of people who do this die

Posted on2023-05-04Leave a comment

During my freshman year of college, I encountered many people and things which were quite alien and unfamiliar to me. this is when I first encountered people who would fill up an entire gallon jug of water and carry it around like a normal water bottle. I’m still rather unsure of the motivations behind this. Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsadvice, health, life, newsletter, trivia

Trivia 034: Vaccines from lizards

Posted on2022-09-07Leave a comment

When I was a child, my grandmother had a house in Santa Barbara. The house was close to a large grove of Eucalyptus trees that we would go walking in. One day when we got back to the house, I discovered something rather disconcerting. There was a small insect stuck to my chest drinking my Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsadvice, animals, nature, newsletter, outdoors, trivia

Trivia 028: It all piles up

Posted on2022-07-211 Comment

So today’s post was going to be about a mostly unrelated topic to this. Until I discovered that I couldn’t really find any references to what I wanted to talk about, but found this instead. I’m not going to reveal what I was originally going to talk about, because I might come back to it Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsadvice, hiking, nature, newsletter, outdoors, trivia

Trivia 012: The Most Dangerous Marshmallows

Posted on2022-03-242022-05-121 Comment

Well, it’s starting to feel like spring has sprung where I live. It finally got above 70 degrees yesterday. We are currently preparing for the large spring/summer influx of visitors to our state parks. And so, as the weather starts warming and people start going outside more, I figured this would be a good time Read More …

CategoriesTriviaTagsadvice, newsletter, outdoors, trivia

How to Make Friends with Card Games

Posted on2020-09-082020-09-08Leave a comment

When I was just starting college, I was terrified. I’m way more introverted than extroverted, and I worried that I wouldn’t be able to make friends or meet people easily. My first challenge came even before classes started – orientation. A whole weekend in an environment where I didn’t know a single soul. Luckily for Read More …

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