31 December 2008
"just look up" 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy.
Full screen HD in a dark room with a good set of headphones is even better. Happy 2009!
New Year's Eve Cams? →Read more...
Today's lesson is: Always Take Before Photos (caps for emphasis).
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short story audio [mp3]: These Zombies Are Not A Metaphor! (by jeff goldberg, from
The Apocalypse Reader)
HAY GUISE, IM POSTING THIS FROM THE FUTURE! HAPPY 2009!
... and the award for the best Bunny! OMG! of 2008 goes to ...
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CPSIA - Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
Could this
law spell doom for the
handmade toy and
independent children's retail (toys, clothes, books) industries?
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Do you like the Radio Experience? With all the hoopla over the
Zunepocalypse this morning, it brought up something I wondered about yesterday.
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Stand by Me Sung by artists across the world. For the New Year.
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Happy New Year's Eve, Everybunny... or Happy New Year, as the case may be, whenever you are!
30 December 2008
"The Codex of Alchemical Engineering" is a fantastic logic/sequencing/engineering puzzle game that has sucked up my afternoon, just with the first five levels. Read the
instructions given here, since the site itself has very few. Then,
try the game.
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Sometimes you just want to slam on the brakes and say "NPR is awesome." This story made me want to do that. The song is available free, too. This is
great radio and vastly improved my day. Part of a "story/song series" by
Long Haul Productions.
... the idiots forgot to duck. I survived the heart cath but I'm not well.
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Coatcat! OMG! This is the best thing I have seen all week.
Accidentally outing someone. So I was chatting with the spouse of an old friend I had discovered on Facebook, and recommended a book for him. His wife responded, "Oh, he hasn't read anything since college."
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Public Service Announcement: Shiner Hefeweizen tastes like ass.
Sparks!! (Some manic music for a depressive Tuesday.)
Bonus:
1 and
2
I need a wonderful new project.
Is it just me? Or does the new promo for
Damages (a TV show, incidentally, that had never registered on my radar screen until a million billboards suddenly went up EVERYWHERE) make Glenn Close look a little
Bride of Wildenstein?
29 December 2008
I have seen the Grandbun His mom and dad brought him over tonight.
He can say "bunny"!
Attack Of The Killer Earworms. This was in HEAVY rotation at my gym a couple of years ago; you could count on hearing it at least once or twice on a typical visit. It drove people crazy.
NYC MeChazens: Free Concert Tickets! Remember those Chuck Berry tickets me and pips bought for New Years eve? Well, with my injury, going would be difficult if not impossible, and it seems a shame to waste them, so if anyone wants them (free of charge) let me know. Thanks and enjoy.
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This is a whiny, exhausted thread. →Read more...
AskMecha DVDs has anyone used abundatrade.com? I have close to 400 dvds I never watch and think I will sell them. Is abundatrade a good place to sell them or would selling them as bulk on ebay be easier? They are not in the boxes, they are in plastic sleeves in big folders.
What do ya'll think?
Ask Mecha So, I'm writing to various people in charge to protest demolition of
St. Boniface here in Chicago, and I'm looking for an English word to replace
ding an sich, which is frankly too high falutin' for a letter to an alderman. Suggestions?
I got a new toy! So, iphone owners, what apps would you recommend so I'm really using this thing to its fullest potential?
The Age of Aquarius Three movies in one day. Three "Age of Aquarius" references.
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Unsubscribe from yellow pages! (USA) I really hope this works, because I hate all yellow/white page directory books.
What Happened to Michael Vick's Dogs I had no idea that the majority of them (the ones found alive, that is) had been rescued. A long but interesting story.
How-to-interview I have to start interviewing candidates for a web designer position in an hour. Quick, give some tips on what to ask / look for!
If you're like me... you're feeling a bit like this with all the festivities:
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28 December 2008
Tomorrow I have heart cath #7 or #8, I lost track years ago. I know already that I must make some extensive quality- vs quantity-of-life decisions, adding meaning to 'resolutions'. So, two guys walk into a bar... ;-P
It's 1944, with the summer off before starting a teaching career. What better way for a girl and her best friend to spend the summer than riding from Buffalo to New Orleans (and back) on bicycles?
The most beautiful phrase in the English language just might be "
pizza vending machine."
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Ask Mecha, version française: tips for a Saturday night in Lyon? →Read more...
MeCha House Hunters NYC (and its vicinity) Part II. →Read more...
Enter Sandman with kazoos.
This is not how I would have expected him to react... Penn of Penn and Teller...well, let him tell it in his own words.
A crutch is great for air guitar, in case you were
Sudden realization time! Okay, so I was on Digg.com when I realized that it's a more technowonky version of Metachat!
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The Joke's on Catwoman In memory of Eartha Kitt's passing.
27 December 2008
Attention All NY Mechazens.....I, LT, Have Finally Seen The Big Apple.... →Read more...
Action Image Exchange! My friend Ange and I, having spent our junior year of college together in England, may be the only people in America who A) know this sketch by heart, and B) find it as screamingly funny now as we did nearly 20 years ago (gulp).
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Yay! FICO likes me! →Read more...
Time for a Quiz! How well do you know the U.S. Presidents? Take this
quiz and find out.
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Analog Film Peeps →Read more...
Ask MeCha: Tell me how I should feel. (Warning: long and melodramatic.) →Read more...
Kitteh humiliation Fat, grumpy cat is made to wear a variety of costumes for a calendar shoot. The cat is Not Amused.
ZooBorns! OMG! This site promises to bring you the newest and cutest exotic animal babies from zoos and aquariums around the world.
It does not break that promise.
This is hilarious: Shoplifting dog. Supermarket surveillance video records rawhide-snatching husky. News video
here.
apologies to U.S. folk if this has been all over the news.
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26 December 2008
Ho. Ho. Ho... One of my fave creepy Santa pics. Happy Holidays, bunnyheads. I wish I'd've caught the card exchange, but I was sidetracked.
I found Cheerwine at my grocery store! This is awesome!
(It's a soda, not a wine...) I'm drinking one now, and it brings back memories of road trips when I was a kid, and we'd find Cheerwine being sold at little gas stations and diners around the southeast.
Identify this techno song #13322 Hi, I've heard this song plenty of times before, at sporting events, clubs, etc, but don't know the artist or title to it.
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25 December 2008
How strangely ironic... ...to lose Eartha Kitt today of all days.
That is all.
Handy Household Tip: A brisk rub with Bounce dryer sheets can keep your cast from stinking.
I'm making this plum cake that crush-onastick pointed out. I'm a little worried, though...
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24 December 2008
Dig me... but don't... bury me
Merry Christmas! I'm having a super nice Christmas.
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Wesołych Świąt!* Here's what you missed at Midnight Mass with my friend and her family this evening:
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This post does not exist. Nor will it ever exist.
does anybody have any good articles about religion and autism/aspergers people? also, any autistic or aspergers priests or ministers?
Something just occured to me. The Ex hasn't said "Bah Humbug" to me at all this year.
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My Whereabouts The Past Few Days. . . . Went down to SF and got Daughter. The trip down was easy,
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In case you missed it on MetaFilter... sierray posted a
great story that seems appropriate for Christmas Eve, no matter your particular faith or lack thereof. (To those bunnies who are the sentimental type: you may want to get your tissues handy. To those bunnies who are not: you may be surprised.)
Polar Bear and Sled Dog action sequence caught by photographer
Norbert Rosing.
The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his dogs when the polar bear wandered in ...
Have a very surreal Christmas! An excerpt (incl. the truly fantastic opening song) from "The Pee Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special."
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Googling weather zipcode is about the fastest and most accurate weather bookmark I've found. What have you got in the way of fast and informative?
Bunnies! OMG! They've found out you've been naughty, not nice. And they Do Not Approve.
One this Xmas Eve, I give you one of the finest rock and roll carols of all time:
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Happy Christmas All (Cos I'm first)
Gary Moore plays the blues. This is fabulous. There's a single note, 1:59 in, that's utterly sublime.
Sending whuffles and bunny hugs to mightshould today. →Read more...
I'm a great-uncle! →Read more...
23 December 2008
Wow, a fur baseball hat. I'd LOVE one of those... ah... okay
...
SOUTING THREAD PART II. →Read more...
Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli purse I find "must have" items I never knew I wanted on auctions. It even has a lamp inside! Lighter missing, lipstick and pen intact. Want!
Little, inexpensive ways to help your neighbors →Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
It's a Very Merry Notebook I'm currently typing on. As in, Woo! I got a cute-as-a-bug little Thinkpad for Christmas.
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Health/diet AskMeCha (kind of embarrassing) "Sassy water is an easy-to-make mixture of water with a lemon, a cucumber, grated ginger and spearmint leaves." This is supposed to help you stay more healthy and de-bloat (whatever, right?).
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what's botherin me so I just watched Breakfast at Tiffany's
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However-many Point Gratitude Thread. I'm currently thankful for:
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Oh, wow! You're a bigger fan than I, lady.
Two incredibly drunk German guys gamely
sing their way through an acoustic version of "Angie" by the Stones.
(Singing starts about at about 0:40).
FriendFace. It's the new social networking site all the kids are joining. You can find it
here.
This is a poor me I am sick post.... Let me say first that I love my brother but I am going to kill him because he gave me his cold. I am a snotty, sinus congested and hurting, running nose mess. OK, I just have to come in to work today and tomorrow and then I have the next 11 days off. I can do it! Yes I can! Ugh, I am going to drink some tea now.
I feel more holidayish now. Last night I gave a flock of geese, some chicks, some honey bees, and an extra $30 to Heifer International. It was in honor of my 3 older sisters and my late Mom & Dad. The holidays have felt way too commercial & superficial the older I get. Doing this warmed me up. :)
When are you supposed to call those Samaritans people? I have made a big screwup and am in a lot of trouble but I don't feel like killing myself. Have texted/emailed a few friends but everyone is busy and I'm too embarrassed to tell them how I am actually feeling.
This just hurts my heart The ash pond at the steam plant 2 miles from my parents house, where I grew up, "failed" last night sending ash and mud flooding nearly 250 acres.
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22 December 2008
"Like many in his generation, my grandfather believed in hard work, and disdained handouts... But he could never ignore the brutal reality of times when work was simply not to be had and self-reliance reached its limits. He sought no credit for acts of conscience. He saw them as the debt we owe one another and ourselves." A family mystery revealed, a bittersweet but encouraging tale.
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Bunny! OMG! Yes, the second BOMG! of the day.
Shock and Awe
A little shoe hurling for the rest of us.
I bought a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe guitar amp, 40 watts of pure tone bliss. With the clean channel turned halfway up, my knees turned to jelly. To hell with Social Security and the insurance company, I'll be dead before they get their acts together. A new laptop on Friday and the remainder goes into a savings account.
Pulidor? Labraduli? Hm. Rather cute, whatever you want to call her.
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Update on your favorite gimp. →Read more...
Is there a way to turn RealPLayer files into listenable mp3s that will play on an audio player? Asking for Santa.
My office is mostly a ghost town this morning. What about yours?
Holiday cheer you can eat! Recepie inside. →Read more...
midnight opentape extravaganza my friend Graham asked "what're you listening to?" and I figured this was easier than explaining.
Bellies and the bird. I sent this picture to a flicker contact and today, she posted
this one. I smell a meme!
Fifteen seconds is 5 bucks. I was doing a last second snipe bid on ebay tonight, and I forgot about the item. When I remembered and went back to it, there were 36 seconds, and no new bids. So I thought WTF, I'll just bid now instead of waiting the 15 seconds to when I'd normally bid. That gave the person bidding after me time to bid twice, costing me 5 bucks on a final price of 21 dollars. Sigh, at least I won.
21 December 2008
Song-blogging anyone? Introducing Ken Ficara, who is writing new songs as he travels across country from NYC to Arizona.
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Happy Chanukah everyone! I decided to celebrate Chanukah by making hummus. With extra olive oil. (It is traditional to celebrate with oil-containing foods, which are usually fried, but I think this is a good variation.)
Happiness is ... playing "Give A Little Bit" on an electric 12-string guitar.
Four point Karma update. - Find a hurt mouse on zebra crossing, Carry it to safety in bushes.
- Finally found and got that
bathing baby doll she
wanted. Can't afford tub as well.
- Walking home, we find a perfectly fine baby doll bathtub on sidewalk. ??
- Check bushes, mouse didn't survive. Poor thing.
The Best Musical Antidote For Enduring Winter Blizzards... →Read more...
Fatherly advice. (Warning: involves highly disrespectful discussion of a major religious figure.)
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"I'm Jennifer's husband, down the street? I'm locked out. Don't you recognize me?" I'm getting sick of my neighborhood.
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Bargain! OMG! →Read more...
I Get It. Finally. I'm trashed, and Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Under The Sea is blaring. I get it. I really do. I get it. It makes you want to harrow your cheeks, right? OK, I get it. It's SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL.
I guess. Sometimes I just wanna slap him.
20 December 2008
Gee, my hair smells terrific. →Read more...
I hate seeing people's christmas party pictures on facebook. Please, make your photos private if others in your circle of friends didn't get invited to your party.
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Facts of the day 1. Maybe I shouldn't have just watched Terms of Endearment. *wipes eyes*
2. Hungry
3. ............?
A relative of mine who works for a car rental place usually drives one of his store's cars as a company car. Yesterday he found a large amount of crack cocaine in the car he was using. How can he safely get rid of it?
Do ghosts smell? I just walked through a cloud of butterscotch scent in the dining room. We have nothing sweet in the house.
Happy Birthday miss-lapin!
My most played singles of 2008. What singles were on heavy rotation on your record player?
Happy birthday dame! →Read more...
FAMILY HOLIDAY DRAMA SHOUTING THREAD →Read more...
Rantity rant rant rant. →Read more...
nom nom nom Ultra low-cal chex party mix? Substitute a 7.5 oz box Kashi 7 Grain Puffs for the carbs and a 6 oz bag sliced almonds for size consistency ...
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19 December 2008
Richmond Spiders 2008 NCAA Division I Football Champions →Read more...
Unsolved Mysteries: One of the most surreal things I have ever seen.... →Read more...
Drawminos Set up, then knock down, virtual dominoes. Kind of cool.
work is trying to kill me. arrgg...
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Client Stories. I decided to start keeping them. Here are 2 so far.
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Minor rant inside... →Read more...
AskMeCha: how best to help my friend in the psychiatric unit? →Read more...
Did I just hear on NPR that Mental Illness Insurance Parity legislation just passed as part of a larger bailout bill?
Itching to burn the bridges. I am getting so frustrated with being stuck part-time in my old career while I try to accumulate enough schooling/supervision/experience to go into my new career full-time.
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Ex-boyfriend urge to kill....rising.... →Read more...
Christmas Music [divshare] →Read more...
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Do you read the morning newspaper? I've gotten the local newspaper delivered every morning for the last twenty years and I'm bummed that it might be going under. Does anyone else read the morning paper with their coffee or am I the only one left?
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Tech support for my friend! We have a Canon HV30 videocamera and a firewire cable, 4 pin, and a Vista laptop. She gets the plugged in noise and Vista finds the drivers, but she can't see the camera in Explorer or find a way to transfer out video. What gives?
Weather report! What's it doing by you? Here it's snow, snow, and more snow.
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What's the best payment in kind you ever got? I did some database work for a Green race and got paid in, erm, green..
Read in 2008. Here's my list (those I can remember, anyway). Do you keep track? Wanna share?
Will Ferrell & Dave Grohl do "Leather and Lace" I laughed. Out loud. While rolling on the floor, laughing.
18 December 2008
Bump! Sakura's 30th b-day party this Saturday, and location change for Karaoke!
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I know a lot of people here hate Britney Spears. But
this is still a pretty good cover by Lily Allen
Questions about Librarything: Does anyone here have an account there? I just started one today
here. So far I've added only the teeniest tiniest tip top of my huge library iceberg (completely randomly, and I've rated hardly anything, and added no tags so far), and I've reached my limit for the free account (200 books)...
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Customer Service Frustration. I have just had a very bad phone experience with Dell, involving many transfers, lengthy holds, and getting cut off. For the next time I buy a computer, is there anybody left out there who has GOOD customer service?
Something on your mind? Foot found in baby's brain.
Not for the Squeamish (SLYT) PredatorFilter. . .Golden Eagles taking Mountain Goats
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Today I learned why we do not use regular dish soap in the dishwasher. Bubbles! Bubbles! suds suds suds
Adventures in Bizarre Casting! Presenting 1966's
Sky West and Crooked, starring Hayley Mills...and Ian McShane.
Cat in a Fez! Thanks to
MonkeyButter, my cat now has a fez. Which he isn't thrilled about, but he'll learn.
Ask MeCha: Website developers edition! I'm trying to get a fair quote from a friend who's consulting with my boss...
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Question about museums. I stopped by the local art museum on my way to my Mom’s house last night and traipsed through the gift shop.
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Bringing some folks some xmas cards and sweets today. What sort of sweets should I bring? Default is those freshly made mixed cake-sweet things from the pakistani store
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Dean and Company have been making "family-friendly TV" on local cable in Birmingham, Alabama for thirty years or so, and they haven't gotten any better at it. Now they have a deeply weird and annoying website. Caution: do not visit The Time Warp. You have been warned. (Flash, intensely painful audio, forced jocularity, creepy family photographs, howlingly bad original music and choreography. May contain home-made hand puppets and Jean Harlow's stand-in.)
A thread for fibbing. →Read more...
17 December 2008
In the space of 15 minutes, I filleted the end of my index finger with an 8-inch chef's knife and my wife ripped the handle off our freezer door.
Foodmageddon is upon us.
I am posting this story about Jeremy Piven quitting "Speed the Plow" because
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I gave in I am on twitter now. add me?
Ask MeCha: bus stop etiquette edition. →Read more...
OK, I Know I'm worrying for nothing... →Read more...
Are there any other weirdos that like to eat pasta WITHOUT sauce?
Age-Maps "Two photographs of the same person, from different periods of time (child and adult) are spliced together. In this fusion a jump-of-time is established at the tear." (
via)
jrossi, do you have detachable earlobes? Because I had a dream last night that you had detachable earlobes. I was polite and all and decided not to say anything to you about them because you were *definitely* trying to hide them behind your hair. Then it turned out that they were part of a hearing aid system, and let me tell you, I sure was glad I didn't say anything. Because that would have been sooooo embarrassing if I'd made fun of your detachable earlobes and really they were related to a disability. Whew.
Should I eat this? I can't believe I actually have a "is it safe to eat" question but here goes:
I looked through the freezer for something to fix for dinner and found some frozen chicken breasts. Great! I put them in the sink to defrost and noticed that the sell-by date on the package was 9-1-07. So, that chicken has been in my freezer for more than a year.
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A craving for casserole I have to make dinner for one tonight, and I'm craving an old-school ground meat casserole like my mother used to make.
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A three-foot vertical jump is pretty damned good . . . but it's jaw-droppingly awesome when the jumper weighs 360 pounds.
Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy performed on bicycle parts.
does anyone know what happened to paulsc? I've sent him an email and no response.
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Darwin award candidate. So, friend and I go to a dining hall
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Do Not Open — if your feeling a tad peckish or feeling like a bit of a snack →Read more...
OMG Recall! ...or, the power of the intarwebz!
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Please to enjoy this enjoyable favorite J-drama (warning chick flick) When I get bored or unhappy, I like girlie Japanese or Korean soap operas which are more like mini-series to US audiences because they always have an ending.
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Sakura said yes! I am an engaged bunny!
16 December 2008
A thread about chocolate and apparently sweetened condensed milk
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I got accepted to the Art Institute of Portland! w00t! Also, it's my 30th Birthday. Glad I stuck around. :p
What were your favorite movies of 2008? Here are mine in no perticular order. NOTE: Some are from 2007 but did not play here so I had to see them on DVD.
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Crosspost from Askme I'm looking for a dayplanner for my sister, please help!
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Happy Birthday Frisbee Girl!
Any other Dexter fans among the bunnies? Possible spoilers. I really liked this season and Jimmy Smits had an amazing role as Miguel Prado.
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Let 'em hunt rodents Berlin politician proposes that the long-term unemployed should be put to work hunting rats.
Bunny! OMG! ♪ ♫ "Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-laaaa ..."
♪ ♫
In our MeCha Xmas pageant, guess who'll be great as Tiny Tim? Remember my
toe woe yesterday, and my
insole middle-aged moment a few weeks ago. Well, long story short, the pain got so bad yesterday that I went to the emergency room today and I learned that I've been gallavanting around on a stress fracture of the bone behind my third toe for a couple of weeks. My foot's all wrapped up and I have crutches, I haven't quite got the hang of, but I also get a week off and an oxcodone scrip. God bless us, every one!
No cake for you! The Rite Aid bakery department is a bunch of cake Nazis.
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Christmas Recipes. I would like some suggestions.
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Everything was quiet indoors, only the crack of the fire every so often, and the click-click of the knitting needles, and my sighs. My sighs, you say? Well, yes, my sighs. Because I wasn't happy. I'd fallen into remembering, and that's a bad habit for a woman of fifty. I'd got a warm fire, a roof over my head and a cooked dinner inside of me, but was I content? Not I. So there I sat sighing over my gray sock, while the rain kept coming. After a time I got up to fetch a slice of plum cake from the pantry, nice and mature, fed with brandy. Cheered me up no end. →Read more...
More yay = Pics of my beautiful sis and bro-to-be My sister's wedding photographer has finally posted some shots from their engagement sesssion on her blog!
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15 December 2008
Post Your Woes Here I am having a woeful Xmas this year, how about you?
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A little fun in a Subaru and the best use of a Segway ever.
Cross-posted from AskMe. (Need new dentist in L.A.)
Happy birthday to deborah! Have a wonderful day!
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Good news goes here -------> →Read more...
I had a date it went really well!
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An Unbelievably Graceful Gesture From the President-Elect... →Read more...
Pitysville, USA. Population: me. →Read more...
A brilliant idea to thwart phone solicitors I want to make an iphone app that allows you to hand off a phone call off to it.
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You know you really shouldn't but you still:
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Grump. Just got back from the dentist, again!
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Cats and Dogs (a little word game) →Read more...
Can I ask a really silly favor? As you may have seen in a previous shouting thread, I have a website for my events. It's really important that it work properly before our next ad campaign begins on 12/31.
I just need people to take a look in their preferred browser and screen size, and let me know if it looks ok.
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My receptionist didn't come in this morning. She had a domestic disput disupt the office last week, andni drove her to the courthouse for a restraining order. She may have left a message, but our voicemail is down. I'm really worried about her.
I just came across Jill Santopietro in the New York times, and I think she's adorable. (Plus the
Roquefort salad looks yummy.)
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Missing the point or hitting it on the head? Another discussion about a questionable ad....
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something new to me in human relations When I see effective people who are rivals or drive me up the wall, my first impulse lately is to try to bring them into the project. Before I'd try to avoid such people.
It's December 15, and it's 60 damn degrees out in NYC. The next person who tells me global warming is a myth gets a size 11 Chuck Taylor to the ass. (Not that I won't enjoy the nice day out on my porch, but jeez.)
14 December 2008
Speaking of Dogs Vice president elect Joe Biden selects a German Shepherd puppy to be Second Dog.
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SUNDAY SHOUTING THREAD OMFG →Read more...
Have you seen this Macy's website for their Christmas campaign, 'Believe?' The concept (a big brass belief-meter powered by your holiday spirit) strikes me as sort of steampunkish. Anyway, nice for an ad campaign.
The Standard Deviations Econ Stats class, we formed a team and conducted a survey on drinking habits.
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Know of a good place to mail-order prepared food? →Read more...
A guidebook to her heart ... ... or a whole list of dealbreakers?
Original Versions Of Songs You Didn't Know Were Covers. →Read more...
13 December 2008
I just got a phone call from my daughter... ...you know, the mother of the Grandbun.
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Creamed corn with bacon. I made a version of this tonight (I saw it being made on tv while I was at the gym, and tried to re-create it from memory based on "It looked like this much" measurements), and it was
awesome.
Discovering my inner sadist. →Read more...
What's your favorite Michael Jackson song? Inspired by
this AskMe.
The person upstairs is walking around with one lead foot. Step THUMP step THUMP step THUMP through the entire apartment. I hate my new neighbours, they create the strangest noises.
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I'm watching reruns of the Biggest Loser... →Read more...
OMG! White Stripes Cats! Featuring Stage Diving Kitteh in a supporting role.
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Name something you only ever eat from a salad bar. →Read more...
Holiday Party Guilt So, we're invited to a get-together tonight, and I don't want to go for a variety of reasons, to wit:
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What's for lunch? →Read more...
Can anyone suggest me a decent fleece slipper similar to
this but, oh, say, somewhere around half that price?
I spent last night in a motel. A weeklong argument with my husband reached the point where I felt I needed some space. I am really sad that it got to this point.
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When you can't remember a thing you want to remember... →Read more...
Three-point VACATION/HOLIDAY status report/advice! →Read more...
Do a Youtube search for Xuefei Yang, a rising star in classical guitar. Fey is the first guitarist to graduate from the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music and the first Chinese to study guitar in the West.
12 December 2008
Does anybody besides me (and just about every male friend I've asked) love
this commercial? Yeah, I know it's based in gender stereotypes and all that stuff, but it does it pretty hilariously.
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You know, when I have kids when I feed them, I will probably refer to this as 'nomming'. Because we definitely do with the cats.
Wheels -- A Dynamic Pushup Damn. This is like a clap pushup on steroids.
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"O Cannenbaum" OMG Xmas tree made from Mountain Dew Cans!!
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Bunny Cards! contains spoilers...
What's more fun than sorting a stack of medical records?
An uplifting backstory for all those who were distressed by the photo on
Faildogs.com that we saw yesterday.
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There is some serious Office Space behavior going on at work today and it's really upsetting me for some reason.
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R.I.P. Bettie Page. She died yesterday at age 85.
Sweet Polly Brown, enigma profound. I automatically seem to make stupid sounds, every time I'm round Polly Brown.
OMG! Laughing kitten! Lollo here is aiming to take over from
Bubees in the make you smile department.
11 December 2008
Ask MeCha: What should I draw into this scene?
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I am feeling grinchy. My family has shifted to a "Make me a shopping list, including internet links for each item, so that I can just click 'Buy' and be done with it" holiday gift thing, and I'm really just not feeling it.
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Today, I was tickled by a tranny. →Read more...
"6 to 8 Black Men" - David Sedaris For those who haven't heard it yet this year.
Life is cool sometimes. →Read more...
Mecha poll: Will gas break $1/gal? If so, when?
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Happy birthday mykescipark!
And the award for the Awesomest Use of Lard goes to ...
Searching for kitten image Many months ago, did somebody post on here a pic of a kitten shot in such a way that its feet looked really big? I wanted it for my desktop background.
In the meantime, I'm using essexjan's 3-kitten pic, which is *almost* as awsome.
Never mind "Beatles or Stones" -
Connections,
Cosmos, or
Life on Earth?
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Caroling (SF) Hey, FYI, I'm trying to drag together some carolers for this Saturday at my place (19th & Noe in SF). Eat, drink, practice, walk around the Castro caroling.
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In the MeFi Virgin Killer fpp, did anyone mention the Nirvana Nevermind baby?
I am not punctual In Catholic school they never told me that the late deserve to go to hell.
Behaviour survey: does anyone else do this? When I'm looking for the salt and pepper grinders in the kitchen I will mime the relevant grinding motion - I just noticed this at lunchtime and I guess I do it every time.
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Bug killer Heh, I just discovered that the laser printer is a good cockroach killer!
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Too much coffee! Help me find the photo of the lawyer with the intense stare
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what badges do you wear on a regular basis? I wear my party badge (it's really pretty), and occasionally Palestine and Stop the War badges. But the party badge nearly all the time.. we're in government and it's really interesting when you get Various Feedback from people!
Keitai Goddess vs SEO Comment Spammer My friend posts some eye-rolling worthy email correspondence between her and a blog comment spammer.
Made it to Vancouver. Got to see Denver (albeit briefly and from the air) and waved to you lfr. Did you see me? My luggage is enjoying the hospitality of San Francisco, so if any of you SF bunnies are free tonight, maybe you could show it around.
The responses to this tacky faildog post have restored some of my faith in people.
10 December 2008
I need a favor please... →Read more...
I need an adventure. To start after Christmas. Not too expensive, within North America. Bumming around is fine. Any ideas? Anybody want me to swing by and pick them up? Can you tell I'm bored?
This picture makes me happy and gives me a glimmer of hope.
Fave New Band! Annuals, from North Carolina! →Read more...
Stay Classy, NYPD Michael Mineo is accusing three NYPD officers of sexually assaulting him on a subway platform. During a courtroom appearance, a plainclothes officer taunted him with an anti-gay slur.
So I'm packing for a 1 month trip. I'll be carrying a messenger bag holding a camera and a laptop, a carry on bag containing a suit and I'm limited to only one checked bag that will max out at around 35 lbs. I'm gonna do laundry while away but does anyone have tips on how to maximize what I should bring?
three point update: 1. I am now an EMPLOYED BUNNY. I work at a local, very established, florist shop, behind the counter mostly (altho they do let me "process flowers" i.e., unpack em, clip em and get 'em ready for the floral designers)....I have been working there for just over a week and already I think I will be giving jonmc a run for his money with the stories.
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One-point ask MeCha. →Read more...
What a crappy xmas season for movies. Nothing but Reeves and Cruise. Did I miss anything?
Do not click on this link! Unless, of course, you in fact do want your head to asplode from teh kyoot.
"When you stopped worrying about the curliness of your fries... that’s when this country got on the wrong track."
Three-Point Ask MeCha Special! Today only!
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We're going to see Santa tonight. Got any requests you'd like me to pass on?
Newsflash: I have overcome my longtime fear of toggle bolts.
09 December 2008
Anyone got some whuffles to spare? I know I don't post here that often, but I need some positive energy.
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Today, just before I left work, one of the managers called an impromptu meeting.
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Name That Goon: Tony Soprano vs. Rod Blagojevich
Meetup Crosspost New Year's Eve. Durham, NC, USA. Come!
Five a Day for Happiness. Listened to
BBC Health Check yesterday, and they interviewed two researchers who study happiness. At the end,
Sam Thompson shared a simple "recipe" for happiness, based on the data showing what works - do these five things each day, and you're likely to be happier:
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MUTO An incredible animated short created with graffiti.
(My mind BOGGLES at the amount of work that went into this.)
The guys working on the roof have no idea I'm here. →Read more...
Charlie Brown Christmas + Wine = Nostalgia →Read more...
08 December 2008
So... any other Quebeckers around? →Read more...
If any of y'all are looking for new makeup... →Read more...
THIS IS A SHOUTING THREAD! →Read more...
We get to give a gift to some local seniors whose names we drew at the UU Church the other day for a community gift-giving. They are "Mr and Mrs. C" and they asked for blankets and "holiday treats and decorations." We're good on the blankets...what treats would you suggest - not too much $?
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Pips, you married a moron. →Read more...
Dance. I find it brings cheer.
I can haz anchovy flavour? So, Specklet and I aren't too fond of anchovies, but have heard that they're great as a flavour enhancer for things. BUT WHAT THINGS? Yr halp, plz. Thx.
AskMecha: How easy/hard is it to author a DVD? →Read more...
I was in Turin on Thursday watching them shoot the New Sony Bravia ad it's going to be rather neat, especially if you like zoetropes!
ad nerdery and quotes from people only famous in advertising under link, plus some pictures!→Read more...
Oh nom nom nom! AKA, Ambrosia Voyeur's MeFi post kept me up too late on a Sunday night watching youtube videos, and now I'm really hungry.
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A sliver of good news. I know some people here were very fond of Mother's Cookies.
Start of the Week Status Updates →Read more...
07 December 2008
This goddamn economy. I just read this and started crying.
PSA for the NYC monkeys: Make sure your brass monkey is in tonight. Brrr!
Get Behind Me, Santa! A Christmas song for ColdChef's little girl.
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I'm a space cadet. I spaced on sending the form back to the city parking authority and as of December 1, all of my parking passes have expired. So now it's illegal for me to park in front of my own house.
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Santa Worshipper Her spelling needs work, but you get the point.
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06 December 2008
Item Requests Company for his birthday—yours! Get to
#bunnies, forthwith!
Yummy New Beer Discovery! →Read more...
"Enjoy playing with your balls!" I was thinking about getting the big
neocube alpha for my cousin for Channukah. He's a total physics/science geek. He's also 21 and when I visited him last week all conversations eventually led to him making jokes or comments about balls. No idea why. Anyways,
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Ask MeCha: New desktop wallpaper to make me smile? Been having a craptacular week, and I need some desktop wallpaper that's going to make me laugh or smile every time I start up the computer. Suggestions?
Free 4AD sampler Twelve tracks from some great stuff that they've put out this year. Listen online or give 'em your email address and download them all for free.
does anyone know photoshop here... i need to make equilateral triangles. in fact a lot of them, and then stack them together.
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Teddynauts! This made me go "Heee!" this morning.
05 December 2008
What did you learn the hard way?
I can haz caption? This kitty is BEGGING to be made into a LOLcat, but I suck at captions. Surely y'all can come up with something.
Hey Portland Bunnies! My beloved, whom you know as
Sakura, is turning 30! Help us celebrate!
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Help me help my hair. →Read more...
ImInLikeWithYou It's another online Pictionary Clone!
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I'm such a web nerd, when I get drunk, I register domain names. So I was drinking with my Friend Dave last year and I ordered
imbeingattackedbyashark.com and that was hiiiiilarious.
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Got a great comic book quote? The editor of the Yale Book of Quotations would like your input. I already submitted "Stupid, stupid rat creatures!" (Bone)
Transit Buddies. →Read more...
Stop construction on La Sagrada Familia? A group of Spanish artists and architects
say yes.
Cool pics (Flickr) of Barcelona's most famous cathedral.
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Fashion faux pas: I'm wearing dark tights under my
peep-toed shoes today.
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Youtube's recommendation engine has got the idea that
this would be right up my alley for some reason. I'm going to attribute that to you people and your Britney Spears links. Thanks a lot.
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Today's Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day is The X-Files: Complete Collector's Edition (61 DVDs containing all nine seasons, the first movie, and extras) for $123.99.
stupid question about burning music cd in a mac Hi bunnies. Sorry if this is a dumb q - I've got tracks I need to burn to a cd and I am wondering if there is anything special I need to do to make sure it works on run of the mill cd players? The tracks are mp3s.
Having a Ball This made me smile...
04 December 2008
A Really Funny and Gross and Awful Story That I Starred In Today! →Read more...
My pal Jeff is probably going to be on 30 Rock tonight!
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things i didn't know last week: "rational" doesn't mean what i thought it meant
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I haz employment! Moving to Houston, need housing advice please.
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In related news, hordes of infants have been seen migrating, lemming-like,
into the ocean.
Got links for sites with good OSX tips? Christmas came early this year -- last night I got a new Macbook Pro, my first ever Mac. And may I say, holy shit I love this thing. But I'm a longtime Windows guy and still new to this -- are there any good Mac tips sites out there you'd recommend? What software am I not using but should be?
Adopt a koala! I'm thinking of doing this for my nephews for Christmas.
03 December 2008
Silly quirks →Read more...
Neurotic Cat Lady Post The Second So Limpy McPegLeg from my
prior post is
still limping.
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And the best man is.... a woman →Read more...
Recent Comments - a Rant (plz 2 ad yrs) →Read more...
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Why do people steal? Why do people NOT steal? →Read more...
I'm being ATTACKED by a shark! Just a little thing I made. In case you are being attacked by a shark. Please check out the
completed forms page as well!
Laptop recommendations? My girlfriend is in the market for a laptop.
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omg radscorpion not cute at all.
OMG! BABY WOLF! This is adorable. Anyone know what program it's from?
Hey, you laptop DJ kids. The age-old question: Traktor Scratch Pro + the controller of your choice (and which one), or Torq XPonent?
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Nostradamabunny II "We didn't light the fire" didn't get re-released. And there never was an iPod pico. But who wants to make some non-obvious predictions for the upcoming year?
Paging BP - Apartment Therapy likes your holiday decor. And so do I.
Tumblr, anyone? I notice that we've lists of
Mechazens who
Flickr and
Twitter, so why not those who
Tumblr? Surely, I am not the only one.
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Yesterday, I bought a car. I got tired of Social Security and my private disability insurance dicking around trying to decide what's what while my heart ticks away like a time bomb.
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Specklet is a fantastic cook! That is all.
02 December 2008
Long Songs [divshare] - six songs, averaging about 15:00 each.
Three point update! Subject: Time.
THIS IS A MOTHER-FUCKING SHOUTING THREAD WITH EXPLETIVES! Oh, and welcome back, Hugh Janus!
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Headed back to NYC after a couple weeks of travel.
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I'm going to talk about Britney Spears again. I hate to link to the daily mail, but this is pretty shocking to me. I'll keep neutral on opinions because I have a question: Is this level of control for extended periods common, and useful, in mental health recovery?
Happy birthday Specklet! Yay!
I Hate Whole Foods Whole Foods is bullying PDX's local market, New Seasons, for their financial records and expansion plans.
01 December 2008
How do you delete a website from the URL drop-down box on top of your screen?
Happy (early) birthday Specklet!!!
A first for MOFB. I don't think anyone has linked to my blog before. I feel like a
Somebody!
Attention those in the Mecha Card Exchange: I have sent the list!
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JUST BOOKED SOME TICKETS TO MOROCCO WHOOOOOOOOO! →Read more...
A Christmas Gift For You from BoringPostcards: a 21-song Christmas music mix, ranging from rockin' to traditional and back again. You can stream it or d/l the tracks
here, or download it in one big ZIP file from
here. Ho ho ho!
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Shatner is doing a talk show! He's already proved that he can't act in any role besides Kirk (to say nothing of his other media attempts, like singing), so what makes people think that this will work?
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Stray kitten update Hi everyone! I saw a question on one of my photos in flickr so I thought y'all might want a kitten update. (Long, sorry)
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How to build an igloo A great NFB video that shows how thoughtful and efficient the construction of an igloo can be.
I'm a (sort-of) aunt! →Read more...
Live feeds you're addicted to? Yes, we know about the cute puppies, but what are you watching right now?
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Is everyone watching Smart Girls at the Party? It's pretty good. Today's episode with Ruby is my favorite so far.
CanadianPoliticsfilter: What the hell?
My sister is expecting her third child on the 5th. My four-year-old neice thinks that if it's a boy, they should name it "Tyrone."
I always wanted to know how Tina Fey got her scar. Now I know and it freaks me out and makes me sad.
The sky is smiling down on me It's so cute! the moon makes a cheerfully inane and dopey smile, the eyes are twinkling at me. The whole impression is of one of kindness, benevolence, and a little of silliness. The sky looks a little dopey tonight.
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