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150. Parasaurolophus: Sexy, Trombone Head
Parasaurolophus is a mouthful, even for Elmo, but today’s random object brought that duck-billed dinosaur front and center.
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149. Cowrie Shell: Like Me, Their Beauty Is Their Curse
This morning’s sketch from the Random Object Randomogrifier turned out to be a cowrie shell… except it wasn’t just a shell.
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148. A Pig: Romance and Bacon
This morning’s random object was a pig, which carries a bit of family history for me.
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147. Anubis: Jackal-Headed Guide of the Dead
Today’s random object was a figurine of Anubis, the Egyptian soul guide of the afterlife. Anubis first shows up in Egyptian writing about 4,500 years ago, in the Pyramid Texts around 2400 BC. Back then he was considered the god of the dead, not the god of the underworld. His original Egyptian name was probably…
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146 Cannonballs and Powder Kegs: From Fireworks to the Battlefield
This morning’s random object out of the Random Object Randomogrifier was a set of powder kegs and cannonballs, complete with a rope.
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145. Zombie Bombshell: From Sirens to CGI
This morning’s Random Object was a Zombie Bombshell. Just as sexy as you can be after death and decay…