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Q2 Playlist: Music To get Dirty To

Q2 Playlist: Music To get Dirty To

4 Big Monoclers. 10 songs each. 40 ways to get dirty in the Spring — whether that’s gardening, painting, or makin’ love 😘  AmyI’m in quarantine with my 10-year-old Virgo/Aries/Capricorn order-muppet son. In general he seeks precision and accuracy and routine and safety. I resist precision, measure recklessly, and hate doing the same thing every Q2 Playlist: Music To get Dirty To

Video killed the radio star…

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To all the Jeffreys out there, Happy Birthday!

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Hero Mom Chews Gum in the Car

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElKxCvEHITs”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Given how many songs were on the radio this saint of a mother drives her son around for at least an hour. But the real question is where is he going and why didn’t he drive himself? Maybe he has Hero Mom Chews Gum in the Car

Purple Doesn’t Exist?!

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPPYGJjKVco”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] This guy does an incredible job of explaining how we see color – and the fact that our brains actually invent the color magenta. He takes a look into the technicality behind it. Pretty dang cool![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Funniest if you know Matt Hoffman

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Night time, DAY TIME!

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ1HKCYJM5U”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Sometimes BBC puts voices to animals and it’s amazing.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

What’s inside a rattlesnake tail? We’ll never know.

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Cyclist has some serious skills

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnYp4srEooI”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]This guy’s drafting behind a truck at like 55pmph. I can’t even imagine how he would feel if he crashed. But hey, who cares?! He’s going SO fast![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

The superhumans are coming to Rio this year

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How do you eat your corn?

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