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A Little Bit of Awesome: 4/5/18 Edition

Admit it. Saxaphones are awesome, but not that portable. Lucky for you there’s a Kickstarter campaign for a pocket saxophone called the Saxmonica. They only wanted six grand and in two days they raised more than $54,000. (The name makes it sound like it’s part harmonica, but it works like a recorder with a saxophone reed and a mouthpiece.) So if you’re into that, you can check it out HERE.


Sometimes being wrong can turn out surprisingly right. A couple in Oregon Cassandra Warren and Jesse Jones, sent out a wedding invitation to the wrong address, and the person at the house sent it back with a cash gift and a handwritten note. They used the money to treat a friend for dinner, a soldier who can’t make the wedding because he’s deploying. See, a whole pile of awesome for everyone.

You can get more HERE.


Pro-Tip: How not to pass your driver’s test… And no, this wasn’t a teenager taking the test for the first time. Nope. She’s 46-year-old and managed to accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake and backed through a window where people were standing in line. Granted, this wouldn’t be that awesome for her, but everyone’s basically chill reaction to a car driving through a wall is pretty awesome. Besides, she now has a pretty awesome story for parties and whatnot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhH59XsFcwA


Everything awesome you need to know about Iowa.


I just discovered this channel, You Suck At Cooking, and it’s pretty awesome. It’s both entertaining and educational. Possibly some edited swearing, you’ve been warned. Check out how to make pesto.


SECRET LINK.

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