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Also on today's calendar: "The Importance of Being Earnest" Fairfax Theatre Co. Sept. 18 - 26 and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Prep roundup: Vintage hands American Canyon first league loss in volleyball; Analy, Newman also win (pressdemocrat.com) — Novato High's volleyball team edged Santa Rosa 3-2 in a tight match, highlighted in a busy night of North Bay prep action. The roundup also tracks league races, with Vintage, Petaluma, Cardinal Newman and others jockeying for position in volleyball, golf and water polo, giving Novato fans a snapshot of how local rivals are stacking up.
• The Buck Institute's Eric Verdin, 69, on Race Cars, Self-Experimentation, and Why "Nothing Is Ever 'Too Late'" (ageist.com) — Novato's Buck Institute for Research on Aging takes center stage as its CEO, Eric Verdin, explains how his own racing and rigorous fitness routine inform the Institute's cutting-edge work on healthy longevity. He describes self-experimenting with many popular aging interventions, why he's skeptical of extreme lifespan claims, and how Buck scientists are preparing to gather data at the upcoming Super Age Games.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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