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10/30/2023

You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween

It's almost Halloween, and we're giving out brain candy at the Cranial Insertion offices, so join us in this week's frighteningly educational issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(10/30/2023)
You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
By Carsten Haese
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04/17/2023

My M.O.M. Always Said Life Is Like a Box of Phyrexians...

It's time to review rules for a new set! Let's see what new rules questions we have for March of the Machine.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(04/17/2023)
My M.O.M. Always Said Life Is Like a Box of Phyrexians...
By Justin Hovdenes
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03/20/2023

Spring Has Arrived!

Spring is here and we're doing a spring cleaning of our inbox, so join us in this week's springy issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(03/20/2023)
Spring Has Arrived!
By Nathan Long
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01/16/2023

Dominaria Remembered

Dominaria Remastered is out now, so we're continuing our look at some of the cards in that set before we make a swift return to more recent cards. Join us in this week's time-travelling issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(01/16/2023)
Dominaria Remembered
By Nathan Long
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12/26/2022

A Look Back At 2022

As the year 2022 is entering its last week, we're taking a look back at some of the cards that the year has brought us, so join us in this week's retrospective issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(12/26/2022)
A Look Back At 2022
By Nathan Long
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10/24/2022

Welcome to Magic 30!

Nathan is preparing to go to Las Vegas for the big Magic 30 convention this weekend, but first here's another selection of Magic rules questions to answer, so join us in this week's celebratory issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(10/24/2022)
Welcome to Magic 30!
By Nathan Long
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09/12/2022

Total Karn-age

Karn is busy fighting off the Phyrexian invasion of Dominaria, and we're busy answering your questions about Dominaria United from our mailbox, so join us in this week's Karn-ivorous issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/12/2022)
Total Karn-age
By Nathan Long
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06/13/2022

Let's Get This Party Started

It's my party, and I'll scry if I want to! Come join us at the Cranial Inn where the party has gathered to answer all of your rules questions in this week's adventurous issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(06/13/2022)
Let's Get This Party Started
By Nathan Long
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05/09/2022

Rules and Gabigools

While celebrating Mother's Day at a local restaurant, Andrew encountered a mob boss and made him an offer he couldn't understand. Find out what happened next and join us in this week's exciting episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(05/09/2022)
Rules and Gabigools
By Andrew Villarrubia
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11/08/2021

Three Months of Halloween

Who does not love more Halloween? We are spending all of our efforts extending and expanding the evening of all hallows! So as we continue to hand out the ticks we have put together an extra special treat of an article for you this week! So join us for this week's hauntingly exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/08/2021)
Three Months of Halloween
By Nathan Long
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11/01/2021

November Rain

Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games! We got everything you want, all those rules questions and answers. So we jump on the nightrain to head down toward Paradise City where the grass is green. By now you have probably run out of patience for those answers and thus will need to read on, sweet child o' mine, in this week's edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(11/01/2021)
November Rain
By Carsten Haese
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06/28/2021

Summer Time Mail Bag

Time to get to basics, answering fan questions in a simple mail bag article.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(06/28/2021)
Summer Time Mail Bag
By Justin Hovdenes
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09/07/2020

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Football season is gearing up again and as the NFL teams prepare to start their season, we have prepared yet another fantastic article for you. So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/07/2020)
Are You Ready For Some Football?
By Nathan Long
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06/01/2020

June-ish

Times flies when you're having fun! We've zoomed past May and we're into June already, and the Cranial Insertion offices are heating up with all the burning questions you've sent in. So sit back, relax, enjoy a cool drink and join us for this week's refreshing edition of Cranial Insertion.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(06/01/2020)
June-ish
By Nathan Long
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05/25/2020

Akroma's Memorial Day Sale

or, Furiously Slashing Prices

Fire up the Improbability Drive! Break out those questions to life, the universe, and everything because we have the answers! 42 of course! Well, that is to Magic related rules we have all the answers! So join us for another improbably good edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(05/25/2020)
Akroma's Memorial Day Sale
or, Furiously Slashing Prices
By Carsten Haese
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05/11/2020

Neon Genesis Mutate a Lion

The monsters of Ikoria are roaming and we have consulted with the Dead Sea Scrolls, while Seele continues to plot and scheme. If only we had someone like the first child to call upon and save us, alas we are going to have to rely on our vast rules knowledge to answer these questions! So join us for this week's mega edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(05/11/2020)
Neon Genesis Mutate a Lion
By Andrew Villarrubia
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05/04/2020

The Real Monster

The monsters of Ikoria have been unleashed and are morphing and mutating all that surrounds them! That includes the rules of Magic! So you have brought on a new onslaught of rules questions that we need to answer! So join us this week for yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/04/2020)
The Real Monster
By Nathan Long
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03/23/2020

Welcome to the Isolation Zone

Staying inside and cozying up by the fire with one of your favorite online articles to read! That is right folks, it is that time of the week again, time for another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion. Hopefully the rest of the week is less exciting than this last one, Moko is getting a bit stir crazy from being locked inside all the time.

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(03/23/2020)
Welcome to the Isolation Zone
By Charlotte Sable
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03/09/2020

Catch Myth If You Can

Myths abound as we wade through the Plane of Theros where death can sometimes have no meaning! Planeswalkers and creatures are escaping the underworld onto the battlefield, oh my! Just like your rules questions are escaping from our inbox and into our article for this week! So join us for this week's otherworldly edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(03/09/2020)
Catch Myth If You Can
By Nathan Long
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02/17/2020

Dead Presidents

Presidents Day is here in the US and we are celebrating our past presidents and all of their great accomplishments! No, Moko was never a president of the US, despite what "proof" he might offer. So join us as we celebrate by giving you the executive answers to all of those questions your friends have been filibustering all this time! So read on in this week's administrative edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (3 Comments)
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(02/17/2020)
Dead Presidents
By Andrew Villarrubia
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02/10/2020

Just Another Valentine's Day

Ah, l'amour! St. Valentine is hanging around once again and we here at the Cranial Insertion offices know what you love! That is answers to those rules questions burning in your hearts! We have packed this article full of questions that you have had a burning desire for a response! Join us for this week's lovely edition of Cranial Insertion, now with more hearts! P.S.: No zombie monkey hearts were used in the making of this article, nor did we charge Moko with obtaining actual hearts.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/10/2020)
Just Another Valentine's Day
By Nathan Long
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02/03/2020

Groundhog Day, Again

It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/03/2020)
Groundhog Day, Again
By Carsten Haese
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01/27/2020

Cranial Insertion Bests the Mailbag

Digging in after the release weekend for Theros Beyond Death we find our mailboxes have been stuffed by all of those questions you are dying to have answers for! So we took out our crowbars and pried those letters out of the box! Head on inside and join us for this weeks jam packed edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (1 Comment)
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(01/27/2020)
Cranial Insertion Bests the Mailbag
By Charlotte Sable
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01/20/2020

Jailbreak!

Theros Beyond Death previews are out and the prerelease is in the books! Cards are escaping from graveyards all over the multiverse and we are breaking out the best rules questions you had to ask! To celebrate inside we have cooked up all the answers you will need on your journey through the Nyx and beyond! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(01/20/2020)
Jailbreak!
By Andrew Villarrubia
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01/06/2020

A Decadent Quiz

We are celebrating an anniversary this week, with Carsten having been with us for 10 years! So break out the party hats and piñatas! No put those back Moko, we do not need fireworks this time. Last time half the office was set on fire. So join us for a decathlon of quizzical inquiry in this week's base 10 edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/06/2020)
A Decadent Quiz
By Carsten Haese
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08/26/2019

Commander Christmas

'Tis the season for new Commander cards! To celebrate we are bringing you a giant sleigh full of the answers you needed to keep playing with all these awesome new cards! So join us for this week's jolly edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (4 Comments)
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(08/26/2019)
Commander Christmas
By Charlotte Sable
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05/20/2019

Zombie Hunting for Fun and Profit

This week we begin to wax philosophically regarding the ever present question of zombies and their feelings. Do they feel? What are they feeling? When are they feeling these things? Or we could just focus on a bunch of rules questions surrounding everyone's favorite MtG tribe! So join us for this week's everliving edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more bandages!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(05/20/2019)
Zombie Hunting for Fun and Profit
By Andrew Villarrubia
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03/05/2018

Winter Blast

Winter is coming, wait no it is still here... the recent blast of cold hitting the CI offices has us scrambling for warmer times. To that end we are firing up yet another article with all the question and answers you have come to know and love! So join us in this week’s exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (2 Comments)
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(03/05/2018)
Winter Blast
By Charlotte Sable
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07/04/2016

Red, White, and Blue

or, Happy Fourth of July

It's Independence Day in the United States of America! Light some fireworks, grab a burger and a cold beverage, and join us as we celebrate the United States' birthday in this star-spangled edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(07/04/2016)
Red, White, and Blue
or, Happy Fourth of July
By Carsten Haese
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04/25/2016

Weather Report

Spring is here again and the weather is bringing in the flowers! So we bring in this week's rules questions brought to us by none other than you! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(04/25/2016)
Weather Report
By Callum Milne
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04/18/2016

Let Me Tax You a Question

Tax season is coming to a close in the US, but that is not stopping us from hiking the rates on your favorite questions. Though you might want to consult a real tax professional if you have not already filed your taxes. Now all we need to do is figure out what Moko did with ours. Join us for this week's excise free edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(04/18/2016)
Let Me Tax You a Question
By James Bennett
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11/23/2015

Food Coloring

Time to give thanks here in the US for all of those things that we have this year and that includes some spectacular rules questions and answers for you! So cozy up to the fire and read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (7 Comments)
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(11/23/2015)
Food Coloring
By James Bennett
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08/17/2015

 

(08/17/2015)
Hurry Up and Relax!
By Callum Milne
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05/18/2015

Modern Remastered

Back at it again enjoying some of the old time classics revisiting them with the old and the new. So join us as we modernize your arsenal and set you up to master each rules question in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(05/18/2015)
Modern Remastered
By Carsten Haese
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02/09/2015

Leashing the Monster

We have been trying something new with Moko all this week, in keeping him on a leash; however, it has not been working out all that well. Beyond the expense of trying to keep a zombie monkey on a leash, he keeps breaking them. Good thing we can distract him with some shiny new rules questions and answers! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(02/09/2015)
Leashing the Monster
By Callum Milne
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08/11/2014

Sliver Hydra Salamander Stew

The hive has started brewing up some trouble and this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion is not out of its influence. So join us for some more multi-headed brain twisting rules question and answers in this weeks exciting edition!

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(08/11/2014)
Sliver Hydra Salamander Stew
By Carsten Haese
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07/21/2014

Kaboom!

Kaboom! Join us this week for this exploding edition of Cranial Insertion! Kaboom!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(07/21/2014)
Kaboom!
By Callum Milne
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01/13/2014

The Snow Pillars of Hercules

or, Monday the Thirteenth

Ice and snow have buried us in here at the Cranial Insertion offices. Join us in our twelve trials of answering rules questions!

By Eli Shiffrin (5 Comments)
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(01/13/2014)
The Snow Pillars of Hercules
or, Monday the Thirteenth
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/23/2013

Christmas Eve Eve

Almost...There...

Twas the night before the night before Christmas and only Moko was stirring in the offices. No, no, Moko put those down, join us again this week for another exciting holiday edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(12/23/2013)
Christmas Eve Eve
Almost...There...
By Callum Milne
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10/28/2013

Sugar Rush

Dressed up in our costumes and our energy is high, answering rules questions right before the crash. So join us for this weeks wired edition of Cranial Insertion. Someone please get Moko away from the sweets.

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(10/28/2013)
Sugar Rush
By Callum Milne
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09/30/2013

Three-Keyword Pile-Up

Theros is here and the questions just keep on coming! Join us as we navigate through our congested inbox in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(09/30/2013)
Three-Keyword Pile-Up
By Callum Milne
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08/19/2013

Agents of R.U.L.E.S.

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(08/19/2013)
Agents of R.U.L.E.S.
By Carsten Haese
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11/14/2011

There are Games Besides Magic?

Come take some time away from dragon slaying and read about some other creature types! It is time for Cranial Insertion with all the rules fun you can handle!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/14/2011)
There are Games Besides Magic?
By Brian Paskoff
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09/26/2011

The Monster Mash

or, A Graveyard Smash!

It's a graveyard smash!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(09/26/2011)
The Monster Mash
or, A Graveyard Smash!
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/18/2009

 

(05/18/2009)
Fun in the Sun
or, 6000°K in the Photosphere
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/30/2009

 

(03/30/2009)
Monkey Business
or, Pan Zombificus
By Moko
Translations: English 
03/10/2008

The Logical Song

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(03/10/2008)
The Logical Song
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
(01/21/2008)
Morningtide!
or, You Were Expecting a Bad Pun, Weren't You?
We Like to Stay Unpredictable
By Eli Shiffrin
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11/26/2007

 

(11/26/2007)
Flightless Birds
or, Turkey Never Stood a Chance
By Ted Dickinson
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10/08/2007

 

(10/08/2007)
Carpe Capram!
or, Errata Killed the Dinosaurs
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
08/13/2007

The Power of Vesuvan Skulls

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(08/13/2007)
The Power of Vesuvan Skulls
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
(06/04/2007)
Wee Madness!
or, I Suddenly Find Myself Needing
To Know the Plural of Ultimus
By Ted Dickinson
Translations: English 
 

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