Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 11, 2016

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Blam Leapin lizards Holy moley In 1942 wartime rationing forces citizens to make their own Roman candles by mixing moxie, odol, Jell-O, postum & victory brand flower substitute in a mason jar. Twenty-six years later a more stable form of this compound propels Apollo astronauts to the moon! Damn them! Nowadays every town, every neighborhood, has its own July 4th fireworks show. And recently, Pyro technicians have used Star Wars missile defense technology to develop fireworks that can seek and destroy those in a competing town!