30 November 2008
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no acorns this year. ok, this is terrifying - as if the trees don't think next spring is going to come.
Hope me, science fiction readers! I can't remember the titles or authors of two short stories:
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A question of major importance. What do you put on your hot dog? and where's your favorite place to get one? I like mine with chili, cheese, bacon, sauerkraut & mustard. My favorite stand is
here, closely followed by
here.
Today is the last day to signup for the Mecha Card Exchange! →Read more...
Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever I dunno, though; as someone who's just tried to revisit Bon Jovi's "New Jersey" album and lasted 1½ tracks, this has its merits.
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"I said, 'Sir, you just got hit by a train.' He says, 'No, I didn't.' I go, 'Yes, you did,' ... and he goes, 'Where's my teeth?' and his back was ripped, all the way down,"
Einstein On The Beach. My better half was gone today doing the Thanksgiving thing, and the weather was cold and rainy, so I stayed in
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29 November 2008
What it's like to be me right now. (warning: bummer.) →Read more...
Anyone in L.A. in the market for an amazing dog? →Read more...
28 November 2008
50,304 words in 28 days I won nanowrimo. YEAAAAAAAAHHHH.
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Turkey success! I was told more than once "this is the best turkey I've ever had!!"
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I hate working the day after Thanksgiving ... And I really hate the crappy radio station I am forced to listen to here. What the liveing HELL is this aural fungus that sounds like a complete note for note rip off of "Werewolves of London"???
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Thanksgiving is tomorrow! I've been cooking all week for this weekend's feast.
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I'm eating jell-o. →Read more...
Yesterday, this site and its associates made half the previous day. i thanked them for fixing the problem on my old computer with the old firefox and abreast
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Newest resident of Cootsville The calendar on the wall indicates that today I turned 50. As a teenager my father actually said he didn't think I'd live to be 21, so here's to you, Pops.
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Portland (OR) Bunnies present and past, I have a question. We are dropping Daughter off for her flight back to SF
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A comprehensive list of all Christmas specials in 2008 Just in the US, sorry. But they're all there! From a Garfield Christmas to Jack Frost to Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too!
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My home computer isn't working!!! My last post was about YouTube not working properly for me anymore. I uninstalled and reinstalled Flash, and then it worked. But the next time I turned my computer on, I had a new and much more serious problem.
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Cissy from Family Affair was Smoking Hot! Much →Read more...
Tragedy: The All Metal Tribute To The Bee Gees Awesomeness! I'll be seeing them in December as one of the supports to
The Wildhearts.
70s rock musicians in their family homes These are fab.
It was definitely the decade that taste forgot. The wallpaper in Elton John's mum's place is enough to trigger an epileptic fit. And Donovan's mum looks like Donovan in drag.
I don't think it's Bruce Lee, but is this faked?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Can you help me find this cell phone charger I saw today? →Read more...
Ask MeCha: Medical Edition: Why do my eyes sometimes move/shake back and forth, involuntarily?
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27 November 2008
My cat is limping. Tell me not to freak out, please. So we just spent a really stressful week giving our female cat,
Daeva, antibiotics for a fever and then she had two teeth extracted, and now we come home from Thanksgiving and our male cat,
Daksha, is limping.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Ameri-Bunnies. Did anybody else get Rick-Rolled watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
When our boy Astley came out of the float and started singing, we clapped and giggled as we explained to my in-laws why we found it so amusing.
OMG Bunnies! (very, very mildly NSFW.)
Hello I love love love love love love this.
Just saw Milk. Thumbs way up!
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Cranky filter (part II) -- OMG I'm so cranky So ... I've been cranky for about six weeks. Well, sometimes I've been enraged, sometimes cranky, sometimes just regular angry. WTF? This is not my normal state.
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Cranky filter (part I) -- What makes you cranky? →Read more...
Axl Rose vs. Dr. Pepper; 50 Cent vs. Taco Bell “The redemption scheme your company clumsily implemented for this offer was an unmitigated disaster which defrauded consumers and, in the eyes of vocal fans, ‘ruined’ the day of ’Chinese Democracy’s’ release,” Gutman wrote. “Now it is time to clean up the mess.”
26 November 2008
Love to eat the turkey like a good boy should Happy Turkey Day to you all. Here's hoping that the joy of your gathering exceeds the pain of your traveling this Thanksgiving. I am getting up at four AM to travel tomorrow. That gathering has very high expectations, which I am sure it will meet.
This year, more than most years, our exercise in assessing our blessings and giving thanks for them will be more important than ever. When times are tough it is good to remember how many blessings we still have. (just keep repeating this and it will all be ok, just keep....oh I hope so)
It's that time of year again. (This is a venting post) →Read more...
Some students left me a present today. →Read more...
This is my 65th Post! I'm so proud of myself!
Happy Thanksgiving Bunnies
If you're travelling today or tomorrow, have a safe journey. Enjoy the holiday, whether it's with friends and family or if you're just having a quiet time at home. Think of me getting up for work at 5.30 tomorrow morning and give thanks for your warm bed.
What kind of scam is this? →Read more...
ask mecha: Thanksgiving timeline What can I make in advance?
(also, bonus points for tips on how to cook a tofurkey for the vegetarians without needing an hour and a half in my oven)
This is not a deja vu ... but what is the phenomenon called?
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How do I get a graphic out of a flash object? I need to get the logo graphic out of that flash intro, for a teeny logo displayed on a menu card for an event for us they're sponsoring! warning site makes an annoying noise :)
25 November 2008
Everyone seems sad... Admire my
new earrings - they might cheer you all up! :)
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Only 5 days left to sign up for the Mecha Card Exchange Step inside to see who else has already joined the fun!
How do you define a "connection"? (Another sort-of dating question, sorry...)
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Cotton blend sheets and pillowcases and duvets, oh my! A friend of a friend in Japan would like to purchase some twin-sized flat sheets, king-sized pillowcases, and duvet covers. All of them must be cotton blend - e.g., 50% cotton, 50% polyester. Can anyone suggest a place outside Japan that sells them and could ship them for a reasonable price?
Thanks much for your help!
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This is My Milwaukee Hope it's not a double
Help me! I'm applying to grad school as we speak and I'm conflicted about recommendation letters! (long rant under the cut)
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ok i want this for christmas post what you want for christmas within!
Fish emblem tape/glue removal filter. I got a new (to me) car today and it had a chrome fish thing on it I didn't want.
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Truman Syndrome, "a delusion afflicting people who are convinced that their lives are secretly playing out on a reality TV show."
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Traced in Air [divshare] - I don't really give a shit about Chinese Democracy, but here's one I actually
have been waiting for fifteen years now
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40-Somethings On Facebook. "It is a cohort that is entirely comfortable with computers, but which also has a memory of the courtesies and languor of the pre-computer age. We read a lot online, but also have newspapers delivered to our homes. We write e-mail as if we were born with the skill to do so, yet we wrote letters by hand until we were well into our 30s."
What if a First Lady was accused of treason? I've been wondering about this. What would happen to a first lady who was accused of treason?
Would she have protection similar to the president?
Would she be forced to spend time in jail or be executed?
Any links to statutes or other helpful sources would be appreciated.
Ask MeCha Yet another one of those "Goddamn, there needs to be a website for this" questions...
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"Somebody was here the other day from BBC Radio. It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, 'I’ve been reading you all my life.' It makes you feel a slight chill."
Select quotes from a May Esquire interview with Gore Vidal.→Read more...
Ok guys so I have been waiting for this big political job I want, and I think I have got it!
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Trying to set up modem or router on a Mac, but installation software won't auto-run. →Read more...
Power Outage Report →Read more...
An idea for a halloween party theme recently came to me. But a) halloween is eleven months away, and b) I'm not the type to throw parties, so I'm putting this out there in the hope that someone else can use it.
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Funny. (if you're a computer programmer)
Can I touch them? Wow! Whoa! Ho! I don't like to touch them! Can I touch them? Saw this a couple of days ago, and watching the little guy swing back and forth from curiosity to trepidation and back again made me smile.
24 November 2008
grrr, life's little disappointments... →Read more...
Now this is neat Custom fabric! Make the image, upload it, and for $18 a yard they send it out to you. ($18 a yard is not unreasonable in fabric shopping land).
YouTube, MyTube, whatever, I just want it to work... I've been having a problem with YouTube the past four days or so. It keeps freezing up. I play a song, and it plays for a few seconds and stops for a few. I get the little spinny circle in the middle. If I grit my teeth and let the song stop and start all the way through once, it plays okay the second time provided I don't navigate away from the page. I've run a virus scan on my computer and it came up empty. I didn't change anything on my computer four days ago, and before that it was fine. Ideas?
Had to share - you've probably seen it.
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When the MeFi realm crosses over into work... I have to manually unsubscribe people from our mailing lists at work. I get all the emails asking to unsubscribe, search for them manually, and then have to click a few more times to delete someone.
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Book suggestions for someone in prison? And an appeal for anyone inclined to be a penpal with a prisoner.
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Jonmc defends the (semi) defensible. →Read more...
RugCareFilter. . . We got this nice Pottery Barn rugs similar to
this one.
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Happy birthday, halonine! Woo hoo!
What jewelry do you wear every day? I'll go first:
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No Mo' Ho Ho Ho Damn. Even Santa Claus is having a hard time finding work these days.
A brief history of Carrie Fisher I would very much like to be her friend and join her for lunch with Penny Marshall and have marvelous, sardonic conversations.
On the fragile beauty of Buffalo. The Times reports on the endangered history of a great vision of a democratic city.
Register as Alumni Need a new identity?
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Ask MeCha: YouSendIt alternatives? I'm trying to get a largish file (over 100MB) to Florida and it needs to be there today.
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Whuffles for kitten in need Hey folks. Whuffles needed here. Last night, my husband found a kitten while taking our dog for her nighttime walk.
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Really Bad Book Names. Have any you'd like to offer up?
Once-a-Day Bean Factoid. Can a bunny who knows Japanese tell us WTF this is all about?
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Possibly petty and minor gripe about flickr comments →Read more...
23 November 2008
My weekend and some observations on online dating. →Read more...
Do you like Elvis Costello? Or Feist? Or Willie Nelson? Or John Legend? Or John Stewart? Or Stephen Colbert? Do you HATE BEARS?
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Dear Craigslist shopper: Here are some helpful hints that will help keep well-intentioned sellers (like me) from GOING FUCKING INSANE.
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I need braising advice. I want to make this recipe for
North African Braised Lamb Shoulder with Harissa, but I'm confused about cooking times and methods.
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legit or scam? A friend asked me about this site. My natural inclination towards distrust was immediately triggered, especially with the tag line "entertainment shopping," but I thought I'd ask if any of you had any experience with swoopo.com so far and if it was on the up and up, or if my suspicions are correct and it's a scam?
In a ziplock bag, I have a 14 inch braid of hair... →Read more...
Another amazing dog walk today... Seriously magical. Like our own little bit of Myst, or something.
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What do you fear most in the world? →Read more...
Crafting for christmas (or otherwise)? →Read more...
Google search is allowing users to promote/remove search results now? Not sure I like it.
London Meetup? →Read more...
Postsecret.com - be warned this week. →Read more...
I have a very bad feeling I'll end up buying this. My nostalgia for the unremembered 90's has hit a fever pitch.
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22 November 2008
i r certain cat. i r certain u want 2
join us.
I need advice, bunnies: I'm questioning whether I should stick around at my current job and see if they'll pay for schooling or if I should continue with the 'leave in June to go backpacking' thing.
Thanks y'all.
I apologize if this isn't right for MeCha. If so, delete at will.
WORD SEARCH!!! HELP! Quick! What's a word for a situation where someone treats you dismissively?? Like, a noun for something that is condescendingly given to placate you. I am writing a term paper and need a word to describe how many doctors are using depression and hypochondria as the new "hysteria" to dismiss women's health concerns. (in other words "go take some Cymbalta and buy yourself a pretty new hat, you'll feel better). It's not a red herring or a bugaboo.... BAH! What word am I looking for????
There is something wrong with my heating system. There is heat in the rest of the house, but no heat in my bedroom. The bedroom is ice cold. The irony of this I really really don't need right now.
My horoscope tells me today is a good day for a party... →Read more...
Which book should I read first? I'm going to the Caribbean on holidays for a couple of weeks, and have picked the thickest books (that I won't read at home, as they make my work bag too heavy) from my to-be-read pile to take with me, but can't choose one to start with. Which would you read first of:
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Meet the new girls! (And help me name them.)
They had a spaghetti luncheon today, which
Chickpea actually
shared with them.
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So what do people *do* on Twitter? I just joined, now I'm feeling like an idiot. It looked fun until I realize that I don't know anyone on Twitter...
My SO says that my brain is just too highly tuned for this world (probably his way of saying I'm non compos mentis most of the time). So tell me folks -- what do you do on Twitter?
Gosh darn. I sure do like this photo I took. This is a photo I took this past summer of a surf fisherman at Rockaway beach. He's standing at the edge of the surf with a cruise ship in the background.
Here are some other beach shots.
Saturday night suggestions: Given that it's frickin' cold out, anyone got any good ideas for how to spend the evening?
Puppies! I'm sure it's been posted before, but I just happily lost 20 minutes watching them. Happy Saturday!
I need a haircut. →Read more...
THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!! Mashed potatoes - skin off or on?
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21 November 2008
The latest GF is FAIL. She preferred being an interfering mother-in-law even after her son asked her to butt out. Her reason for cancelling a date: "Christina isn't home yet and Ryan is too tired to deal with the kids." Sure, whatever you say.
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hey, someone want to test skype with me? . . .I just loaded it. . .if you wanna help me on this, email in my profile.
if not, well, another time. . .
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Florida bigots, feeling all flush after denying marriage to gay Floridians, now
want to make sure they can't get domestic partner benefits at work, either.
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Just when I thought things were looking up. →Read more...
Ask Mecha: What's the best (read, smallest, lightest, most durable, most reliable, easiest to operate when opening the second or third bottle of wine, etc.) wine-opening device (I probably mean 'corkscrew,' but maybe there's some weird gadget I'm not thinking of) that can be reasonably carried in a messenger bag? In a pocket? On a keyring?
When the cats are away... ...the mice here in this office are goofing off, slacking off, looking at supermodels on Facebook, and gossiping about what porn stores they live near or would like to visit.
And this is just
the women.
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GMAIL THEMES <3<3<3 →Read more...
The afternoon I've had, I needed a laugh. This was it.
The airlines? They suck. Let us gripe about them. →Read more...
tomorrow's tech designs :) for your friday distraction
Each hard vinyl unicorn is 3-3/4" tall with articulated joints for all sorts of dramatic poses.
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Daughter's Perspective on Twilight. . . Kids these days! Enclosed is a short chat.
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I am in tears of disappointment. →Read more...
True Colors: Björn Borg wedding (at the site pick your poison way of viewing the film. Maybe I should say something about proposition 8 to signal topic here. Done)
Still here; still preggers...hmmph!!! →Read more...
Whoever invented iTunes: your special circle of hell, let me show you it. (aka SHOUTING THREAD)
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Did Talk Radio Kill Conservatism? Interesting insight from the ever-awesome Nate Silver.
Sarah Palin goes to a Wasilla turkey farm to pardon a turkey before thanksgiving. Cute. She then proceeds to give a TV interview
while turkeys are being slaughtered in the background.
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20 November 2008
Do you have a secret embarrassing dream? I'm coming out of the closet with mine. I'm learning to be proud. PROUD I TELL YOU.
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Chinese Democracy is here. (MySpace link, streaming audio) After four hundred years and eleventy billion dollars, Axl Rose has given the world 14 bloated, infuriating, pretentious, narcissistic, and intermittently kinda great Guns'n'Roses songs. Chuck Klosterman reviews it for the
AV Club. I think much of it sucks, but DAMN are the guitars mixed right.
Pet peeve alert: →Read more...
Dear Jessamyn I have just realised that "super" has emigrated to my vocabulary alongside "awesome,"
and I think this is because of you.
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Metachat Holiday Card Exchange! Oh yea, we're doing it again this year
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So I wasn't quite geeky enough... I'm seriously thinking about getting involved with the local SCA group. Anyone ever belong? What am I in for?
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What's for lunch? →Read more...
Thursday 3-point update. →Read more...
Have i mentioned how much i love some of you just for existing?
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Vote early, vote often. An event I am involved in is in the running to be listed as one of the 150 must-do events in our state.
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Today I turn 50! →Read more...
Oh, yay, my second-ever panic attack. Well, that was roundly terrifying. Five hours long! I think I read every Web site on Earth about coping with panic attacks in the meantime. I feel for all of you who have to deal with those on anything approaching a regular basis... *sigh*
YAY YAY We got our wedding photos!!
19 November 2008
I'm flummoxed. →Read more...
More middle-aged moments. →Read more...
How Do You Decompress? In a period of overwork or other stress,
what do you do to decompress?
(Felt like rhyming. So there.)
Academic/existential crisis (not really, but yeah): How'd you figure out what you wanted to study? Did your studies translate into a career?
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Tonight I learned that the minor scale is more than just a lowered third, which is how I played for years, but also a lowered sixth and seventh. Wow, do I love this scale now. If this proper way is the natural minor, what is the name for my old way?
Which one is worse? - your ex gets a new love way hotter than you
- your ex gets a new love way un-hotter than you
- your ex ten years ago now procreates with someone who looks much like you did ten years ago
Local culture apparently dictates that is acceptable, indeed even mandatory, when making a telephone call, to ignore the other party's courteous salutation ("Hello, Wolfdog here!") and immediately interject with "HOOZISS?!" a very forcible interrogative expression with no fewer than eighteen syllables in it which my orthography may fail to fully capture.
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Wednesday Species Standoff: Puppy Vs. Lion. (Hopefully not a double. Have we OMG'd this before?)
If the bun ain't broke, don't fix it? →Read more...
Circle of Death →Read more...
Marching band music? →Read more...
Procrastinators Only! Don't open this thread unless you like to procrastinate all day.
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The Church of Beethoven: I love this idea. I'd attend if I lived in the area.
But damn, it is REFRESHING to have visibility into WTF is going on. My new favorite site. After this one, of course. What a freaking overdue change for the country.
Okee, what's in your bag? No lying. Inspired by
this metatalk comment, but it's about time for one of these threads, is it not?
Whatever bag you choose to share with us: handbag, messenger bag, backpack, lunchbox, fannypack... whevs - spit it out.
intentionally included "fannypack" to make Jan giggle
I need whuffles. (aka dementia update)
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18 November 2008
Late night snack! What are you having?
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A rant about the impending auto industry bailout. →Read more...
A funny thing happened on the way to city hall It has a happy ending (if getting jacked up for five C-notes is overlooked.)
*waves to everybody*
Seizing those moments that make us human Inspired by this article, what have you noticed recently that reminds you that we are gloriously, foible ridden humans?
let's play "3 spiffy things" - GO →Read more...
Ask MeCha: Kinda stupid wireless question →Read more...
Finished Flight last night Finished
Flight by Shermal Alexie last night. There was a lot of it that went right past me, but I definitely enjoyed what I got out of it. For example, a lot of it was inspired by Slaughterhouse Five, which I have yet to read, and I didn´t know a thing about Pine Ridge. I picked up a lot of background and filled in a lot of blanks from
this interview. Even without a good understanding of the issues, you can definitely appreciate the way Alexie puts you in the kid´s perspective, as well as the other perspectives that the kid encounters.
ONE AND A HALF MILLIMETERS! 1.5 lousy millimeters!!!
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Oh, how tired I am of anxiety about ordinary things. When I say I am doing better folks, it doesn't mean I am FEELING better, just DOING better.
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Bean Soup! Help me quick before I ruin more food! →Read more...
Product withdrawal blues: what food-items have recently disappeared from the shelves of your supermarket, corner shop or grocery store?
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Id Engager Of Montreal get exquisite-corpse and pansexual via animation
17 November 2008
I'm going to be in Florida for almost a month over the holidays, and I want to do something with my mail. The USPS can hold mail and forward mail. Which should I do?
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We call the grey one "Bitey" Why, my bunny did this happen? Overnight you go from the sweet mango eating Cute Overload candidate to this mom-biting, cord-chewing, blanket-tearing scary bunny!
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I just lost the game! Someone mentioned to me today that you can't almost forget something, you either forget it or you don't...
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The new James Bond movie: Quantum of Stupid. [spoiler] →Read more...
The Puppie family has expanded. →Read more...
I'd like to talk about product placement. Lately, brand names have been jumping out at me from books and movies and tv shows and video games and who knows what-all else. Do you notice product placement? Do you like it?
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Am I the only one not seeing a new comments count? →Read more...
I have similar feelings about nondairy creamer.
Jeez, when did Weeds get so racy? →Read more...
Songs I have had stuck in my head within the past few days →Read more...
16 November 2008
The - This really pisses me off! - Thread! Ok - so I've finally gotten myself organised and booked my flights to Brisbane
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Hey, California people, are you OK? Saw some of these photos of the wildfires and I felt concerned. Are y'all OK out there?
The gym I attend will loan all sorts of equipment. Towels, basketballs, rackets, and as I noticed yesterday, even swimsuits. Am I the only one who is a little grossed out at the thought of wearing a swimsuit shared by lots of other guys? I'm sure the swimsuit has been bathed in chlorine during most of its existence, and hopefully disinfected somehow between wearings, but it still seems yucky somehow.
It's beginning to look a lot like... wait what? It's Christmas, according to the places I shop at...
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What's been the highlight of your weekend? Mine was today.
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Live&Die&Gone. . . . Just saw
Annabelle Chvostek tonight.
Highly highly recommended.
Prop 8 Filter Anyone rally today? I was at SF City Hall for about 3 hours.
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long, navel-gazey GYOFB-y content within →Read more...
15 November 2008
Bookstore Madness Update. →Read more...
I was just sent a pornographic text by someone I don't know (NSFW) →Read more...
all the life has been leached out of barack obama's oratory. i am in support of almost everything in this speech, and i am in huge support of his graphic designers, but omg, the beautiful oratory of barack obama has turned ... presidential. some committee wrote this :(
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Christmas Music! I just rechecked all my Christmas/winter/holiday music in iTunes. I held off for as long as I could.
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Anyone written widgets and/or Facebook apps before? →Read more...
14 November 2008
The Wizard of Oz is playing now on TBS (in the USA). I swear that one of the lollipop guild is
Jonmc in disguise.
Recovering from wisdom tooth extraction. Also, books I have read recently. I got two wisdom teeth out today. I got the IV sedation, so I didn´t feel it much then, but it´s getting a little uncomfortable now. I´ve got percocet, benzocaine lozenges, and a ton of vitamin water, though, so I should be okay. I´ve got 3 days of SIQ and 2 days of LLD to recover.
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I am dithering, and I need outside help and perspective. →Read more...
Lightbox/fluorescent light question. I want to get a lightbox for this winter. Most of the ones I'm seeing, however, are fluorescent (presumably because that's the most efficient way of getting
reeeeeaally bright lighting) and I have some sort of completely irrational aversion -- like, anxiety bordering on hatred -- to normal fluorescent lights (including CFLs).
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Photo Friday: Photos that you think should/could be paintings.
Friday 3-point happy/sad update. I'll start.
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Behold the power of comics! "Here's a guy who had to flee his country because of death threats against him as a Western collaborator, who had been speaking about the resentment Iraqis feel towards Americans, who hasn't seen his family in months, and cannot go and visit them because he will be denied reentry to the US if he leaves.
And he was excited to be doing a comic [for DC]." [LJ Filter]
Goodbye, Sadie. Thanks to all of you who sent the good vibes to my cat. They had power, but we had to let her go today.
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Farding? Am I the only person who has NEVER heard of this term before?
Please Never Talk About that Bad Boy Again. My office mate, whenever an object is referred to
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Soup Wars Attack Ads →Read more...
My wii fit says I have the body of a 20 year old! So how is everyone else going with their exercise/fitness plans lately?
Santa Barbara is burning Specifically, in the hills about four miles from my home.
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**warning girly content within** PENCIL BUN SUCCESS AT LAST!!! →Read more...
13 November 2008
On the way home, I stopped at the corner store to buy a pack of cigarettes. The guy behind the counter said that each pack of Camels (my brand) came with a free pack of
SNU's. Isn't this a bit like giving away AA literature with every six-pack or a Bible with every copy of
Hustler?
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Huh, where did the comment counts go on the front page?
Eating McDonald's french fries leads to a question... →Read more...
this is just to say i have a f-ing awesome FLAMING SWORD in fallout 3. It is so awesome that I run in like a crazy berserker at super mutants while they shoot at me so I can whack-em with my FIRE SWORD!!!
Wanda Sykes talks to Ellen Degeneres and it's freakin' hilarious. I love Wanda.
(This is from Halloween, pre-election and pre-Proposition 8, but worth watching anyway. Also, Wanda's costume is awesome.)
First Pictures Taken Of Extrasolar Planets (I know that I already posted this on the Blue but I'm repeating it here because this is just too good to keep to myself.)
I love the simplicity of this fall leaf votive project Oooh, and an even easier looking
leaf mobile. Okay, and to continue the autumnal theme
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A few pictures of my cruise to Europe last April. You can bypass DivShare's slideshow by clickiing on the "View Images" link.
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What's your favorite web-based blog aggregator? I hear good things about the Google Reader but I'm growing more google-resistant over time. Its been quite a while since I used an aggregator and the last one was a desktop app -- probably the primary reason I stopped using it.
So I'd like to find a really good web-based aggregator that isn't Google Reader. I found a list of RSS readers but it is merely a list with no rankings.
What do you use and why do you like it?
Angebunnies, or Bunnilenos, whatever. . . . Did anyone down there take part? Was it good for you?
Shuffle-a-gogo anyone? 10 songs in a row on shuffle on the music delivery device of your choice.
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ALL-PURPOSE SHOUTING THREAD!!!! →Read more...
Think you're pretty awesome? Are you as awesome as this? I'm skeptical.
Attention Cookery Lovers. Thekitchn.com is a great website for recipes and food related articles.
Perogies are made with yum.
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12 November 2008
Bunny! OMG!
Behold! My baby Alice the bun!
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I just checked my email and got my hopes up I had 17 new emails in my inbox. Comments on my website.
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What song makes you want to stab your eardrums with a fork? (I'll go first: Sting, Fields of Gold. Heard tonight in HOME DEPOT.)
A man lost his dog, so he put an ad in the paper. It said:
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Yahoo Answers: Iron Maiden VS Tokio Hotel? Scroll down to my buddy Jim's answer. It is rather awesome.
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Got new cell phone! I got the Razr V9. Love it so far.
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Como Se Dice "Those Kicks Were Fast As Lightning" En Espanol? (Bronx grandfather unleashes his karate skillz on some young punks and PWNS! them.)
Does everything have to be a lesson? So, the gift giving season is upon us and I'm running into a dilemma.
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In these tough economic times ... →Read more...
Recipes... it seems to be a recipe week for meta,
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Bunny! OMG! That better not be Twinkie!
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Rip Van Meta I have been busy. What did I miss?
Should I get a flu shot? I
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What song is stuck in your head at the moment? (warning: my present earworm has copious f-bombs in it)
"Up" It looks like Pixar's next movie is going to have a Terry Gilliam-type vibe to it.
Cute Kid This made me smile
Check out hermitosis' Halloween costume! Short (42 second) flickr video of him speaking at Frankenstein Night.
I have $65.69 in Ikea vouchers. What should I do with them? If I had a car I might go back to Ikea but since I don't, it will cost me that much to get back. I was going to sell them on Craigslist or EBay, but I'm surprised there aren't already some on sale. Does this mean people just always use them themselves? Or that Ikea shuts down the sale somehow? Their web site explicitly says these vouchers are transferable, although it doesn't discuss selling them.
11 November 2008
Your really good xmas turkey stuffing recipes please! →Read more...
Keith Olbermann pleads with America to accept same-sex marriage I thought this was interesting and moving, even though I normally find him totally obnoxious. Enjoy.
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Meatbomb's 20 Minute Spaghetti Sauce First time in print!
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Ow! I am an eejit. Stupid cooking stories solicited. Making chile today, and decided to roast a shwack of peppers for it. Normally I oil my hands to handle chiles, which has two benefits: it keeps the burn away, and ensures that I'll wash my hands before touching anything. Since roasted peppers are enough of a PIA to handle without adding oily hands to the mix, I thought, "Meh. How bad can it be?"
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Posted just because it's just another bit of evidence of the awesomeness of dogs
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OMG baby penguin! #4. I want one. Going to Antarctica is on my list of things to do before I die.
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Is this strange? My health insurance is changing how visits to the gyn are billed for 2009. Something seems... wrong.
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The wonders of social networking AKA: Why it can be good to be multi-contactable
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retail marketers suck? don't be sending me email every 3 days!!
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Bunny! OMG! Get back here!
Am I the only one who loved poring over albums trying to decipher lyrics when they weren't printed in the liner notes?
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10 November 2008
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Mixtape ideas? I was sitting, staring at the music on my computer, wanting to make a mix last night. But I was bereft of ideas and overwhelmed by choice. Perhaps some of you can think of short phrases or images? If I make a playlist, I'll upload the songs as a zip here. (And if it's an image that sparked the idea, then you'll already have cover art!)
This is the next print to be hung in my baby's bedroom. We are making a nerd, here. Hopefully.
I can haz comix! A new comic book store has opened next to my neighborhood supermarket, and I have already spent way too much money there. After I catch up on Joss Whedon's X-men run and the Civil War story arc, what should I order for my pull box?
I love a man in uniform and if I can surround myself with them at 90 I might look as happy as this gal.
(I used to have a poster of the photo in question in my dorm room)
Angry? Here's a
little playlist full of violence for you [divshare].
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This is a mini-tantrum thread. I can't decide which cell phone to buy!
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Knit Wit On Saturday night, when I was at Value Village, I found a Knit Wit tool kit. By which I mean one of
these. Have you ever seen the commercial for those? They used to be on TV when I was little, and I lusted after them. The commercials showed a woman and her little girl happily making afghans. Which, in retrospect, were freaking hideous. But the kit was $5, I thought the tool could be used to make something good, and I do have lots odd balls of yarn I’d like to use up. So once I got home and got some supper cooking in the oven, I went on the net to look for some design ideas.
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The Thread in which We Discuss Rachel Getting Married. . .Spoilers. . . We went to see this on saturday
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Puns I want for Xmas. (Lets list punny items we all might enjoy as stocking stuffers and get a headstart on the gift-thing)
"Jewish inmates of the Yanov labor camp in occupied Poland defied their Nazi guards secretly conducting religious services inside their darkened barracks. To observe their ritual, the Jews had cut religious scrolls into sections, bound the parchment pieces around their bodies and walked them through Yanov's front gate. They hid the fragments wherever they could". Now that Torah has been restored and is in Los Angeles.
Happy Birthday, eamondaly That's pretty much it. Have a good one!
What does revenge taste like? →Read more...
Books, books, books! What are you reading now? Tell, tell!
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Freeze Frame Photography. Photographing people mid-fall. I think these are amazing.
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Can one of you smart people explain this joke to me? I've come up with a few possibilities but they don't seem very funny. Can someone explain it to me? I know it won't seem as funny if it has to be explained, but I'd like to know! Thanks
09 November 2008
What's your favorite James Bond song? Besides Goldfinger, of course.
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I just ordered my first pair of reading glasses. Hopefully they won't look too ridiculous. And I'll be able to read the menu now.
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Cool heads prevail A guy decided to masturbate while watching me work in the yard today.
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Bumping a fascinating askme question random old-school iraqi outpost on the island of mauritius.. wtf?
Bunny! OMG! This is
Bun Bun, quite probably the cutest bunny on the internet.
See her looking
sweet,
scary,
not wanting to take her medicine, and dressed as a
bee.
Ray of Gob: Madonna + the Sex Pistols. I've had this mashup in my MP3 player for so long that when I listen to
"Never Mind The Bollocks..." like I've done a lot this weekend, I find myself almost disappointed that this song isn't on it.
Politics at the barbershop. I got my hair cut today. When I walked in there was a 30'ish Greek Orthodox priest in the chair,
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08 November 2008
Today at work, a woman cut in the line to sell books. My boss told her to get in line. She didn't move. My boss told her again, louder. She barked back at him, "I was thinking of something else, in my mind!" Good place to be thinking of stuff, lady.
Quantum of Solace (spoilers, I guess, kinda? No, not really.)
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Separated at birth - I'll start, post images inside.
i just laid a truth bomb on my boss said look boss we are gonna fail it unless u do x y or z
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Roast cooking question .... What beer to use?
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What have you dreamed of lately? →Read more...
I have an almost-dead chicken. :( →Read more...
Public Service Announcement: A blow-torch may not be the safest way to clear cobwebs from the rafters
Unexpected. →Read more...
Get Your War On takes on the election. (Animated!)
Up and at 'em! This is a thread to encourage productivity.
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SHOUTING THREAD!!! (warning: all about mortgages, boring and whiny) →Read more...
MeCha survey: Leatherman or
Gerber?
Best Dog Walk Route Ever! Yesterday evening we took Sky for a walk to the Acropolis, specifically to Areios Pagos, the "Rock of Ares".
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Ave Maria. To me, this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and this is the rendition of it that made me a fan, unbeliever that I am.
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High point / low point! What's your high point / low point of the day?
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07 November 2008
I love you guys. That is all.
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AskMeCha: Rock Tees for Fat Guys? All I want is a Blind Guardian t-shirt in XXL. Preferably with the winged reaper, but I'll settle for anything. But everything maxes out at XL! And I'm NOT dieting just to fit into a t-shirt advertising German power metal. No love via Amazon or Planet Caravan. Hope me! Also, discuss your newfound love for music you used to sneer at.
Encyclopedia Dramatica has seen fit to include a link
their Ievan Polkka article to my remake on YouTube. I'm not sure whether this should be a point of pride.
Hope me! There seems to be a black hole living in my computer, eating any files that come near it. I've run antivirus scans and more, but still can't figure out what the hell's going on.
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completely shallow fashion-related Friday post, come inside for girly-talk! →Read more...
AskMeCha: Can you hyperlink to a part of a Flash website? AKA: Why real estate websites piss me off!
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I feel like hot fetid ass on a stick. ON a STICK, PEOPLE!
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OMG Bunny In The House (not in a good way) →Read more...
OMG! NINJA KITTIES! (yeah, it's a QT commercial but dammit that was funny)
Wiring your facial muscles up to electronica Weird. And a little freaky. I'd like to see him try this with it hooked up to some Slayer!
06 November 2008
I am now mobile-webitized with a browser phone. unlimited data and various video sources. A helluva lot cheaper than a new laptop, TV, phone, phoneline, cable and everything else it replaces. I may never come down from this mountain.
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i have a very very bad cold and i need to stop sneezing so i can sleep. what drug can i take to help please?
This is Sadie. She is in the hospital. Please send good vibes to Sadie!
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I'm a sap no doubt but I teared up at the latest from 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper.
Friday Status Updates! Have as many as you want. Not limited to two or three today...
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IMHO.... "Duet" is the best "Whose Line" segment EVAR... Except maybe for Tony Slattery's reading the credits as a drunken Austrialian soap star.
Jump to 6:55.
So I was talking with my Mom on the phone last night . . . My Mom is single. She went to an older singles dance just before Halloween.
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NC is blue, baby. AP news reports there weren't enough outstanding provisional ballots for McCain to close the 13,693 vote deficit to Obama.
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Staging a Google Street View event. Last spring, some artists staged a little parade/art event in a tiny alley-way in my neighborhood in co-ordination with Google so that it shows up in street-view.
Here's a list of the different staged scenes.
Obama identifies the main reason he didn't choose Hillary as his VP.
Brownies so good they’ll make your friends puke. Perhaps not the best brownie recipe ever, but amusing - and I think most of us can relate. (And I like the blog name.) Anyway...
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What's your new favourite thing? Mine is ONION SALT. Yum yum yum.
While preparing dinner tonight I realized that the three nice, large zucchinis I bought
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05 November 2008
YAY! (Although I would trade a lot of races for 8 going down)
The Gute is loose. NYC Mefites beware!!!
I'm Not Done With The Drama! I Want More Obama! →Read more...
Happy Birthday chewatadistance! →Read more...
So, Prop 8 seems to have passed. ... but- that doesn't mean we have to dress repressively now. I was inspired, I hope you like 'em.
I have now experienced the best bad-for-you food of my life.
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Fred Armisen and his Giant Megapixel Touch Map of the US
(Some pre-election SNL goodness you might have missed the first time around.)
Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job See, it just goes to show you . . .
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Good online high end camera retailer? Anyone have experience with a good online camera retailer? I'm looking to buy a new lens and some accessories and would like other options besides my local NYC joints of B&H and JR.
Last-minute question Any Coheed & Cambria fans in the LA area who don't have plans for tonight?
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As if there wasn't enough to be happy about! →Read more...
Remember, remember the fifth of November ... →Read more...
Advice for broken laptop monitor? So in a fit of sorrow and rage over prop 8 last night, I threw my mouse at the news article I was reading. Needless to say, the screen was way more fragile than I'd realized.
Any advice on getting it fixed? Or is the laptop just a brick now?
Anyone find it suspicious that Obama's speech ended with this theme? Did anyone else notice this?
Does anyone else think that someone in the campaign picked that score just to screw with paranoid Republicans? ... not that I'd ever do something like that... *shifty*
04 November 2008
This is where we wring our hands about Prop 8.
um... is it really true? ... because i'm still worried.
Did you see Brit Hume's face? He looks like Godzilla just stomped all over his nuts, then incenerated them. It's so over. Big props to President-Elect Obama, I'm going to bed.
Whatcha eating this election night?
Something completely different to freak out about...! →Read more...
I'm so nervous I just might go into labor!!! Hi everyone!!
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Obama or McCain. I think we need a dance off.
And you know that I'm gonna be the one who'll be there when you need someone to depend upon,
when tomorrow comes.
A great song for election night.
Here's a gorgeous, gorgeous cover of Roky Erickson's "You Don't Love Me Yet."
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Ballot questions. We all know about Prop 8 in California. What important ballot questions are happening where you are?
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Election Returns and Chatter Thread (complete with election zombie bunnyboy). Post updates and your thoughts and observations!
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VOTE! If you're eligible to vote in the US, and haven't already done so, get out there and make some change! And if you're in a non-battleground state, vote
third party! Given the focus of debate in this country the last few weeks, I'm
considering voting socialist.
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Help! Help! I'm teaching a business writing course,
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03 November 2008
Emptied my desk into boxes and was escorted out of the building today. →Read more...
ELECTION HALP! It occured to me today that I am going to be called upon to vote for Washington State Supreme court justices tomorrow... and I know nothing about the candidates!
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I started a new (temp) job today, and it was great! →Read more...
Joe the Hero says to vote for Obama "The world has become anarchistic in the totalitarian eye, but escapes its tread, and grows stronger without us. We cannot hold fast to that path. We must seek rebirth." [LJ-filter]
Google adwords serving yes on prop 8 ads You might want to check your own sites in case you support No on Prop 8 but the ads on your sites are supporting Yes on Prop 8.
Breaking News: Gov. Palin Cleared of Ethics Charges
David Byrne sent me an email! →Read more...
We're on the eve of (crosses fingers) electing the first black President in this country's history. This does a lot for my faith in this country. I also find myself thinking of older black people I've met, people who've endured things I can't even imagine, and how gratifying it will be for them, so tonight I'm listening to
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions. I wish he'd lived to see it.
Elevator physics Situation: you and two strangers step into an empty elevator. Where do you prefer to stand?
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Please think about my children when you vote. →Read more...
Cookies! Please tell me what cookies to bake. I made a cinnamon peanut butter chocolate chip cookie this weekend that was disappointing in every way. But I have an urge to bake lots of cookies. I have lots of cookies in my cookie-making-stash, but I'd like something new. What's your favorite cookie? Why should I bake it?
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What pointless and/or borderline-unethical tasks are on your to-do list today? →Read more...
Look at what I can do! (bad vanity post, plz ignore) Yay! Two hours, low tacky contact paper, scissors and the renter's nightmare of a fridge
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It's been a stressful morning, and I'm glad it's over! →Read more...
OMG! Sacha Baron Cohen undercover at Prop 8 Rally yesterday! And I
missed him! (I can't tell from the article if it happened before I got there, or after I left.)
Bird-Like Dinosaur Sported Bizarre Tail Feathers: A pigeon-sized dinosaur that lived more than 100 million years ago sported four ribbon-like tail feathers that likely helped the creature balance on tree branches.
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Have any of y'all been reading The Daily Beast, Tina Brown's website/zine/blog? If so, what do you think of it?
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Perhaps some biologists out there will agree that
this is an unfortunate name.
Our autumny, juicy, puppy-lovey, & election-y sidebar art comes from sil, NinaZer0, and LoriFla, top to bottom on the left, and Marxchivist on the right. Happy November, everyone!. :)
So my (same-sex) partner and I were going to get married tomorrow. Now we're not, and I'm really sad about it.
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02 November 2008
Unable to sleep! Too excited! Eeeeeeeee! Really really really stoked about the next ten days:
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RAGE!!!!!!! RAGE!!!!! ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!! →Read more...
I feel sewy. →Read more...
Happy Birthday, hellojed!!!!! →Read more...
Yesterday, this song echoed through the store. Turns out it was some guys ringtone. For a few fleeting moments I had a vision of some badass emerging from a cloud of dust to wreak vengeance on a store that didn't stock the book he wanted. Still one of the greatest peices of movie music ever.
I've got the funk, and not the good kind. →Read more...
OMG Voting freakout! I just got married so the name I registered with is no longer my name! What to do?? I'm in Illinois.
Three point status update - sunday edition I have been canvassing all day in Methil; there was a traveller's camp with really pretty red chickens and fluffed-up duckies!
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Happy birthday, rainbaby! It's a hungover shout-out from Atlanta!
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This is a frugal food thread: →Read more...
Was this election cycle dirtier or worse than in 2004? →Read more...
01 November 2008
I've hurt someone I care deeply about Oh bunnies,
I have made just the worst relationship mistake I can remember in well over a decade. You know how you see people have crazy drama and you think, "boy, glad I'm not that person".
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Bunnies in Atlanta! We're just about to head out to dinner and then go downtown for the Drive-By Truckers, but I wanted to share a quick pic from the backyard deck.
Internet badmouthing: Advice? Experiences? →Read more...
Yuengling made it to GA, finally! No more need to make crazy road trips to Texarkana every weekend when the boys are thirsty in Atlanta.
Starling improvs to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here Noisy at first, but eventually gets into it, about when the vocals start.
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