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“Dog Days and Poisons” – Collective Arts Brewing: Mash Up the Jam

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In the last several hundred years, this service has been performed by hops, but before their widespread adoption in medieval Europe, brewers relied on a compendium of botanical agents to bitter their beers – some of which contained psychoactive or mildly toxic substances. I’m glad that Collective Arts Brewing agrees.

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

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“Why can’t the kittens be adopted,” I asked in her comments section. I have a dog, cats (domestic and feral), birds raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, bunnies and mice…they all share the yard and the woods. “These kittens aren’t socialized or domesticated,” she said.

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Getting out of line

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The grackles might well be found here anyway as they like the wet habitat in Florida, but as an extra enticement, visitors feed the alligators with hot dogs and there is always a little something left over for a cheeky omnivore. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women.

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