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Touring the Jelly Belly factory was fun. I like cinnamon and hate popcorn.

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Best jellies: pear (honorable mention to toasted marshmallow and cotton candy)

Worst jellies: popcorn or black licorice

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Something of low dollar value that did exactly what it was supposed to do, but ended up being not a very good purchase.

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Ex-UCLA MSOC coach Jorge Salcedo to plead guilty in college admissions scandal.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/college-admissions-scandal-ex-ucla-coach-plead-guilty-taking-200-n1189281

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A dish that you are now - under current circumstances - more frequently consuming

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What is your favorite non-English curse?

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Give the DBD some social distancing rules without traditional units of measurement

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The economy

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Today in the 'rona

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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PRO

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Virtual Cal campus ...

For Graduation, Cal Students Build ‘Blockeley University’ in Minecraft

https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879036/for-graduation-cal-students-build-blockeley-university-campus-in-minecraft

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30 picks in, the Pac-12 has had 3 players taken in the NFL draft. With 1 picks left, the SEC has had a record 13, surpassing their 3 time record of 12.

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Wyking Jones was in The Benchwarmers? No 3 was looking at the IMDB page for it and noticed his name. Apparently he's been in a few things. Looks like all bit parts. BTW I haven't watched The Benchwarmers.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429480/

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If you're looking to send a stress-relief gift, and your loved one likes vintage dresses, this might be an option: https://www.simplicity.com/simplicity-storefront-catalog/vintage-collectibles/simplicity-vintage-paint-by-number-kit/ (use code S15 for 15% off)

Other ideas include chocolate; Godiva has various sales going on, and I recently ordered the luxury self-care package from here, which arrived in NYC really quickly! https://formosachocolates.com/ (use code SHOPSMALL15 for 15% off)

Have you guys been doing care packages? What have you been sending?

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Top Dog update

apparently so many people tried to do mail in orders that they cant actually fulfil them.

they normally get 3-4 orders/mo. they got over 150 orders recently.

apparently they are "doing ok"

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Just heard an interesting tidbit on the news; today is the 15th anniversary of youtube videos. The first one ever was a guy at the elephant exhibit at the zoo (they showed a clip from it; looked interesting). Boy, did that take off.

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I love citrus flavors and passion fruit jellies. Dislike bubblegum

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Toasted Marshmallow or GTFO

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I remember touring the factory. My favorite is strawberry. I also remember the large, weird mosaic of jellybellies in the image of Ronald Reagan.

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My favorite is Peach, with Buttered Popcorn a close second. As for worst, I could have sworn there was a Blue Mint bean at one point, but all record of its existence has been scrubbed from the archives. I’ll go with Tutti-Frutti as worst, simply because it is so similar to Bubble Gum. This is an 18 given the current situation.

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Favorite is Coconut. Also in my top 5: Watermelon, Cappuccino, Licorice, and Cinnamon.

During normal life this is a 12 topic. Currently, it's an 18.

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