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		<title>Hendrick&#8217;s Presents the School for Scoundrels, Lesson 1: Thief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gentleman, do not be caught out by unwed ladies casting a proposal of  marriage in your direction! Take heed of this sound advice.

The Hendrick&#8217;s School for Scoundrels and the Ladies School of Nuptial Conquest are now open for registration, touring our green and pleasant land! Our esteemed professors from the Hendrick&#8217;s Curiositorium are on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Adventurists and Hendrick&#8217;s Gin Announce Victory, Today, in the Afternoon Tea Revolution</title>
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After a three-year international series of tea and ginneous gatherings, the Afternoon Tea with Legends of Adventure has reached its victorious end.
The humble tea leaf has long been synonymous with adventure. Columbus, Magellan, Cooke, Heyerdahl, Mallory . . . they all loved a good cup of tea as they pored over maps and plotted their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hendrick&#8217;s Presents a Most Vital Leap Year Address to the Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take heed! Hendrick’s Commander of Special Operations, Mr. David Piper, presents a most vital leap year address to the nation&#8230;

Each leap year on the 29th of February, the normal rules of courtship are reversed, and a lady may freely propose to a gentlemen!
Public knowledge of advanced courtship techniques and the means of their rebuffal are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unusualtimes.net/hendricks-presents-a-most-vital-leap-year-address-to-the-nation/</link>
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		<title>Questions for Curate-A-Box Artist Catherine Ryan, And Still More Chances to Win Her Unusual Prize</title>
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Good afternoon, Ms. Ryan! Would you mind first telling us more about who you are and what you do? 
My name is Catherine Ryan. I am an artist living in Oakland, CA, and I make paintings and drawings.
What did you have for dinner last night? Did you enjoy it? 
I had vegetable tempura and poki [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unusualtimes.net/a-few-questions-for-curate-a-box-artist-catherine-ryan-and-still-more-chances-to-win-her/</link>
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		<title>The Unusual Times 10 Questions with Taxidermist Extraordinaire, Beth Beverly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(photo by David Maialetti)
Might you begin by explaining who you are and what you do?
My name is Beth Beverly, and I&#8217;m a licensed taxidermist living and working in Philadelphia, USA. My company is called Diamond Tooth Taxidermy, and while I do trophy mounts for hunters, I consider myself a rogue taxidermist, meaning that I specialize [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unusualtimes.net/the-unusual-times-10-questions-with-taxidermist-extraordinaire-beth-beverly/</link>
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		<title>Art in the Oddest Setting</title>
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It&#8217;s a mark of an artist &#8212; one with a great, unyielding imagination &#8212; to be able to so easily take what is regularly around us and transform it into something we&#8217;ve yet to see. And without being too blunt, I think it&#8217;s safe to assume that we all use our fair share of bathroom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unusualtimes.net/art-in-the-oddest-setting/</link>
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		<title>Behold, the Hendrick&#8217;s Gin &#8220;Gold Rush Tea&#8221; Tipple</title>
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Ingredients:
30ml (1oz) Hendrick’s Gin
2 one-inch cubes of ripe mango
50ml (1 2/3oz) pre-made mango tea
15ml (1/2ox) St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
Preparation:
Shake all ingredients together and finely strain. Serve in a teacup, or suitable glass drinking vessel with ice. Garnish with a cucumber wheel.&#160;
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To help celebrate Australia Day, Hendrick’s Gin Ambassador, Jamie  Terrell, has created the &#8220;Gold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Catherine Ryan Artist Box Giveaway, and More!</title>
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Today, we are delighted to announce our next Curate-A-Box artist and reveal her one-of-a-kind creation. In fact, this is the ninth in our series of inspired artist&#8217;s box collaborations, which seeks to employ the talents of some rather innovative individuals, putting their genius into your hands &#8212; and in the form of a box, no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unusualtimes.net/announcing-the-catherine-ryan-artist-box-giveaway-and-more/</link>
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		<title>A Vision of a New, Suspended Society from 1879 by Inventor Extraordinaire, Mr. Thomas Edison</title>
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There was once a time, in the late 19th century, when it was seen that Thomas Edison could do just about anything &#8212; and to a certain extent, it was largely true. In fact, at the time the above news clippings were printed in 1879, Mr. Edison, who was just 32, had already invented the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unusualtimes.net/a-vision-of-a-new-suspended-society-by-inventor-extraordinaire-mr-thomas-edison-in-1879/</link>
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		<title>Warm Up this Winter with the Hendrick&#8217;s Gin Blazer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As coldest months of winter weather begin to head our way (well, at least for those of us that  reside north of the equator,) we exert extra effort in keeping warm. May  I humbly suggest mixing the following libation and setting it alight:  it does the trick quite nicely. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 1/2oz (40ml) [...]]]></description>
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