Opening a new bottle of mouthwash shouldn't require divine intervention, but here we are. Under the cap waits a tamper-resistant foil seal with a pull tab so tiny a gnat couldn't land on it. Armed with tweezers, a flashlight, and a pair of uncooperative progressive glasses, I go to war.

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This isn't the Musing I planned to share this week. Something came up. Or, more exactly, went down. It rained. Not a gully-washer or a frog-strangler, but a gentle, all-evening, rocking-chair rain, the kind I'd been waiting for all summer.

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Meta One: Facebook now charges me to post links for you. Two a month are free, eight will run me $600 a year, and unlimited costs a cool $6,000. What a bargain. Since Meta clearly needs the money, I have a few better fee ideas — starting with weather hypesters, vaguebookers, and anyone who hijacks a potato salad recipe.

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