Star Bright

And sometimes they're practical, too. As a judge commented while examining the fanciful, R. Crumb-ish, kitchen-themed mural that was a young brunette, "You gotta love a woman with a meat loaf recipe on her thigh." --Spencer Michlin

Dude, You Owe Us, Like, $304
When there's food or money up for grabs, you can bet we'll be there. Our latest obsession is found at www.window.state.tx.us, from which you can click on the Texas comptroller's unclaimed property database: a list of refunds, rebates, payments and other cash holdings that have never found the way to their owners (we've found $28,430 for our co-workers). And while we hesitate to tell our ex-boyfriend that we found $50 in his mother's name, we feel it would be a public service to let these 20 people and businesses know that the state is holding a li'l sumthin' sumthin' for them.

Mark Graham

And, eh, not so much.

"Colonel Braddock! We've found the POWs! But now your 17 hundy is missing in action!"

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