More egg standing silliness

Explore insights from my interview with KFTY Santa Rosa about the vernal equinox and my amusing run-in with a Playboy bunny.

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As a followup to my run-in with a Playboy bunny (oops, more googleness), I give you here a clip from an interview I did with my local news station, KFTY Santa Rosa, a couple of years ago on the vernal equinox.

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