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1. 11 minutes ago on Wrong Hands

   Fava beans contain small amounts of L-Dopa which increases dopamine and can give some people more vivid dreams. So that could explain the “souls of the dead” belief – could be enough people dreamt of dead relatives to believe they’d seen their spirits.

2. 21 minutes ago on Free Range

   Mary Shelley’s creature was actually quite articulate.

3. 1 day ago on Off the Mark

   I meant a bigger problem with your house, if a woodpecker is tapping on the siding.

4. 1 day ago on Loose Parts

   Date a Robertson. He’ll be a bit square, but he’ll hang in there.

5. 1 day ago on Breaking Cat News

   Wesley is a Man Of Cheese. So much cheese.

6. 2 days ago on Off the Mark

   Since they are after insects and grubs, they’re just the symptom of a much bigger problem.

7. 3 days ago on Speed Bump

   Just a treble maker.

8. 5 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I once worked on the top floor of a building (11 stories) in which small spiders would sometimes rappel down from the ceiling tiles. This freaked out an arachniphobic coworker.

   I thought he’d find it comforting to know that spiders are carnivores and he should be more worried about whatever it was they were finding to eat up there. Strangely, this information did not ease his fears. Go figure.

9. 5 days ago on Mike Luckovich

   As if you cared about women’s sports until recently.

10. 5 days ago on Mike Luckovich

    Women have always worked. Only rich women ever got to stay home.