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  • Fortunately for her and for Santa, the problem was obviated by one of the most extraordinary events in the record of this admittedly extraordinary chronicle: The Invasion of the Hard-boiled Eggs. The Origins of the DylanThomassist Insurrection

    Part the Eighth: The Meaning of Christmas « Unknowing 2009

  • The Little Rabbi, after he had roused the ire of the Hard-boiled Eggs of Alcantarillicon, had flourished the rolled comic book at them in a fit of rash bravado in order to save Pete the yak.

    Part the Eighth: The Meaning of Christmas « Unknowing 2009

  • The neutralizing effects of ketchup are generally well known, but are not known to be sufficient to stop a determined and Hard-boiled Egg on the warpath.

    Part the Eighth: The Meaning of Christmas « Unknowing 2009

  • The machinery for injecting ketchup into the eggs had just been installed, and the formation of the Hard-boiled Eggs was such that they were all neatly treated.

    Part the Eighth: The Meaning of Christmas « Unknowing 2009

  • Hard-boiled and hyperstylized films by cult directors like Takashi Nomura and Koreyoshi Kurahara have begun to enjoy the same plaudits that cinephiles once heaped upon the studios' art-house canon titles, like Kon Ichikawa's transcendental World War II saga "The Burmese Harp."

    The Sun Rises on Nikkatsu Steve Dollar 2011

  • When the feather fell the Hard-boiled Eggs were paralyzed.

    Part the Eighth: The Meaning of Christmas « Unknowing 2009

  • Hard-boiled eggs are a very portable weight-loss snack.

    LIVESTRONG.COM: Best Snacks for Weight Loss LIVESTRONG.COM 2010

  • Hard-boiled egg yolk can be an entertaining food—especially outdoors, since it can be made into a three-foot-wide radius of mess for great, tactile, exploratory baby-feeding fun.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Hard-boiled egg yolk can be an entertaining food—especially outdoors, since it can be made into a three-foot-wide radius of mess for great, tactile, exploratory baby-feeding fun.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Hard-boiled egg yolk can be an entertaining food—especially outdoors, since it can be made into a three-foot-wide radius of mess for great, tactile, exploratory baby-feeding fun.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

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