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The Hoosierist Offers A Few Tips On Buying Fireworks

The Hoosierist has purchased and used nearly every form of firework known to man, from the tiniest firecracker to devices only slightly less powerful than the ones carried under the wings of Air Force drones. And he still has all his fingers.

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The Hoosierist Talks Gambling, TV News Subtitles & More

Back in the ’80s, you couldn’t shuffle a deck of cards in the Hoosier State without someone looking at you sideways. But today, the only things beyond the pale are dog racing, cockfighting, sports betting, and anything Internet-based.

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The Hoosierist: Dogs in Restaurants & More

Canines at dinner, lifeguard credentials, and cricket mentors. Ask The Hoosierist.

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A Roundup of Indiana's Top Monsters

The new Godzilla movie hit theaters this month, but Indiana residents who crave monster thrills needn’t settle for a Japanese import. Per certain sources, our state is crawling (and slithering and flying) with home-grown horrors.

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The Hoosierist Tackles a Rumor With Legs

The Hoosierist would love to serve up a racy origin story for Kokomo’s Silk Stocking District, but the facts won’t cooperate.

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The Best Easter Egg Hunts in Indy

If you’d like to do something besides stand around smiling while the tykes feed their candy addictions, drag the family to these events.

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Fire Sale: A Few Oddities from Indy's FDIC Convention

This week’s Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) will draw just shy of 30,000 smoke-eaters to the Indiana Convention Center—along with hundreds of manufacturers selling everything from hoses to boots.

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The Hoosierist Talks Boho Neighborhoods, HandleBar Bikes & More

Why isn’t a rolling bar powered by tipsy people constantly teetering into the canal or plowing into pedestrians? Because a company employee known as “The Bar Handler” always steers.

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Milan Miracle That Inspired Hoosiers Film Turns 60

The Hoosiers film crew couldn’t get quite enough warm bodies to fill the stands at Hinkle Fieldhouse for the championship game scenes, so they fudged with creative camera angles.

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The Hoosierist: Overheard at Comic Con

“If you spill that on my costume, I’m leaving you here,” said a man in Halo armor to his friend wielding a slushy.

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The Hoosierist Talks Town Names, Lottery Winnings & Irish Bars

Our Irish friends constitute only 11 percent of the population, but you wouldn’t know it from the number of local bars with names like O’Hooligan’s and Hidey McCarkey’s.

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The Hoosierist: Five Romance Novels with Indiana Ties

Apparently, John Green’s bestselling novel about two star-crossed lovers is really, really good. The Hoosierist can only read a couple of pages before crying.

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The Hoosierist: On This Day in History, Feb. 10

Finally a new constitution—the same one we have now, minus a slew of wacky amendments (I’m looking at you HJR-3)—was hammered out.

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The Hoosierist: The Big Cover-Up

What’s with all the manhole covers here? Seriously, I’ve never been to another city with such an abundance.

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The Hoosierist: Spelled Out

The Hoosierist always figured television station call letters were burped out by a computer in the basement of the FCC’s headquarters. Boy, was he wrong.

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