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At least someone still gets to enjoy the backyard. For now.

Playrooms, Not Yards

. Sometimes you have to look at our culture like an anthropologist: What artifacts are precious to the people of today, what activities are protected? It is with those glasses on that we examine this nearehbrkd article in Acculturated, which quotes a real estate agent saying: “Buyers today — especially millennial buyers — want everyone to […]

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Curmudgeon Alert: This Ad Is Just TOO FAKE

Readers — One of you sent me this ad with a nice note about how Free-Range it is. So why is my finger lodged halfway down my throat? Because it reeks of fake. Because it screams “Faaaaaaaaaaaake!” Because it IS fake. It’s fake like the movies about the ’60s that show tie dyed shirts in way […]

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