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"I got a piece of advice: Wait until there haven't been any front-page headlines about the stock market for at least two weeks if you want to buy in while it's cheap. That's when things are likely to have stabilized at the bottom...." [
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What's au courant in DS homebrew in June 2007?
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Cheap eats in Vegas?
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"Geckos use Vanderwaal forces (that is, the same forces that hold molecules together) to stick to walls. (They essentially have atomic-scale cilia.)" [
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"Generic relationship-fixing advice: Every night, after the kids are abed, or are at least sufficiently sequestered to not need more than a moment's attention down the road, crack open a bottle of wine with her and try to drink at least half of it,..." [
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Making Zelda toys for a 3-year-old
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"I haven't been in this situation and don't know anyone who has. I don't entirely know what foreign service entails. And I would hate to pick up and leave in the middle of a degree that I was pursuing.
That said: c'mon. A litigator and immigration..." [
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8 months ago
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"The Zelda birthday party was a big hit. Foam swords and cardboard shields for everyone, and the pre-party was everyone chasing everyone else around, and fun was had by all. I had a two-tiered Easter egg hunt (eggs with little plastic bugs in them for..." [
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"Matthew 5:33-37 (KJV)
33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's..." [
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"I don't know what medium your wife works in, but have her draw/paint/scult/decoupage two eyes looking out at you. Then get a quality digital repro of them and make the following business card/website front page:
< .> < .>
kirstin
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"This is all great stuff, guys -- if there's more, keep it coming.
As a response to everyone who's strongly in favor of the idea, here's why I feel compelled to do it: We were geocaching at Interstate Park in Taylor Falls, Minn., which has a lot of..." [
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""Here are five principles of storytelling that [are] crucial to most Hollywood films.
1. Goal orientation.
The primary characters, protagonist and antagonist, both want something, or several somethings. The story progression is driven by..." [
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"KEYSER SOZE MANUFACTURES ROSEBUD-BRAND TOBOGGANS! AND IS ACTUALLY A GHOST!" [
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"It's also value to consider the case of Pixar, which pushes itself technically primarily by choosing subjects that nudge them over the next finish line. The plastic sheen of toys translates directly to the carapace of bugs, but then they added grass..." [
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"Well, OK, my parent is kicking to say that a party where the high school's homecoming king is having public, videotaped sex with multiple women is not at all cool.
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"I have played Lord of the Rings: The Boardgame (the Reiner Knizia one), Shadows Over Camelot, Betrayal at House on Haunted Hill, and Zombies, and could recommend any of those, although they're all very different games. (Well, OK, Shadows is not..." [
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"(I've printed out a fair number of full-color, two-sided playing cards in my day, and I can tell you that there's no easy way, especially if something like front/back alignment is important. There are other cheap business card services that do full..." [
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"You have got to hear Rebekah Del Rio's Spanish-language version Llorando. That's the a capella version, and there's also a less operatic one with accompaniment...." [
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Two years ago
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"Ethan Coen has a short story that opens with a Weights & Measures guy putting the hardboiled pinch on a fradulent gas station operator, which might offer you some visceral pleasure. The story is "Gates of Eden," from the book..." [
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