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"Your cat is still going to prefer scratching the sofa, and will continue to lay on your bed with his ass in your face at 6 AM. Even if you give him Crate and Barrel-flavored crap to use, your cat resents you a little bit...." [
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more than 12 hours ago
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"My grandmother had a 50's Art Deco copper cat statue in her mudroom that chilled me to the bone from when I was a toddler until I was about 6. It was kind of like the evil clown doll from Poltergeist to me. It's got an evil grin and just looks..." [
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favorited 23 times, recently by Merlyn, contessa, goodnewsfortheinsane, Augenblick, tiny crocodile, ekstasis23, flibbertigibbet, non-kneebiter, chronic sublime, arcticseal, RingerChopChop, Tapioca, jenne, Kikkoman, mynameisluka, macguffin, mothershock, Maias, bilabial, arcticwoman, MaxK, Elsa, ElectricBlue
3 days ago
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"I've read some great information on places to live, and i'm plotting either Jamaica Plain, Back Bay, or Somerville.
You should be considering just about anywhere in the Boston area then, because these three neighborhoods are all across the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by matteo
2 weeks ago
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"It's the newest for another 13 hours or so-- Heat, a look at global warming, premieres tonight at 9.
The best thing about working on The Choice site to me was the letters after it aired. Partisans from both sides wrote in to say the show was..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by JHarris, lunit, cavalier, designbot
3 weeks ago
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"Did you work on that, Mayor Curley, or did you only do the site for The Choice?
I'm a developer for the FRONTLINE site." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LobsterMitten
3 weeks ago
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"The Rays deserved to win. The Red Sox played inexcusably bad baseball for two of those games. And I don't buy the excuse that having Mike Lowell out of the lineup suddenly turns them into the Kansas City Royals.
So, good for you Rays. But I hope..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gladly
4 weeks ago
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"Documentary films are not made for free. They take massive funding from grants and, in the case of PBS productions, Federal tax dollars.
You're misguided about public broadcasting budgets. Everything worth watching on PBS is underwritten by..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LanTao
4 weeks ago
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"Start with a history of the socialist movement pre-Depression. Marguerite Young's Harp Song for a Radical is the definitive bio of Eugene V. Debs, who was the leader of the American Socialist party until his death in 1928.
The best book I've read..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cdmwebs
Last month
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"I think the post would have been okays of Migs hasn't also hissed "I can smell your cunt."
I see, Astro Zombie. I myself cannot. You use Right Guard deodorant, and sometimes you wear "Spirit by Antonio Banderas," but not today...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by middleclasstool, dirtdirt, scody
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"I object to the anthropomorphizing of animals, because it suggests that they have souls and that's very un-Christian. If God wanted squirrels to wear underpants, dance and talk, He would allow them into the Kingdom of Heaven. Yet he does not...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Green Eyed Monster
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"I worked at a tourist hotel in Europe, and I have seen firsthand that the fur from a procession of Mediterranean ball sacs will clog pool filters in a little over a day. Speedos retain more detritus...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by crysflame
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"It's eczema. If it has to do with eczema and hands, I've dealt with it. The skin shedding in spotty patches? Had it, it was eczema. The puffy cuticle and resultant deformed fingernail? Had it twice (eczema) and it takes for ever to grow out.
You..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by arcticseal, Jofus, buriednexttoyou, chiababe
Last month
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"When is this LOLCATS shit finally going to die? It's not funny anymore. Maybe it will finally be over if Newsweek does a story on it. There seems to be a causal relationship between Newsweek covering a fad and it being over. If some lazy journalist..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by koeselitz, matteo, benzenedream
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"I recently met a girl, and we hit it off and have seen each other a few times. When we were quite drunk, she kinda slipped and said something like "My daughter...I mean, my sisters child who stays with me". Then later after some more drinks,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Lou Stuells, idiomatika, blueberry, Ziggy Zaga
Last month
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"I somehow think that the others are right here, that it is understandable that one would not be open about the child from the start as it would scare most guys off.
Is it. What if she was lying about herpes? Or problems with rage? Of course she..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by idiomatika
Last month
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"Mayor Curley: What do you mean? She'll lie?
She already did. Character is fate. If she'll lie about being a parent, she'll lie about other things that she thinks will put you off. And if she'll do that, she'll lie about other stuff too.
I'm not..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by blueberry, davejay, Solomon, angiep
Last month
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"Russia needs a strong leader. Like Stalin. Except it occurs to me that they already have one, so there's probably nothing they can do." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by SeanMac, koeselitz
2 months ago
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"Was Adams cremated? He must have been, otherwise it would be much simpler for his publishers to physically rape his corpse. Instead, they have to do this...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Reverend John, waraw
2 months ago
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"She started talking about how different my ideology/outlook on life is than your typical East Coaster.
She's talking out her butt. I've lived in Boston on an adjoining city all of my post-college life, and I've known plenty of people who came..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by littlerobothead, yerfatma, raztaj
2 months ago
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"I work for a documentary show. The show buys works from documentarians. Specific in the contract are re-broadcast rights for a specific period of time and the right to allow the program to be downloaded from the Internet (it's a non-profit)...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by batgrlHG
2 months ago
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"What's fourteen inches long, has a purple head and makes women scream in the night?
Crib death." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by idiomatika
2 months ago
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"But I'm curious as to whether Mefites liked their time on it (or Match or eHarmony or fill in the blank).
I used Match back in 2003. I got married to someone I met from Match in 2005. We've been married two years and it's wicked awesome so far...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
2 months ago
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"There's a statue of former Boston mayor James Michael Curley at Quincy Market in Boston. I go out of my way to touch the statue's hand every time I pass by. My personal superstition is that by thanking Mayor Curley, the city that has nurtured my..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by rtha, Caduceus
2 months ago
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"My wife's at 24 weeks right now-- the fetus is the length of a big ear of corn. Which is doesn't account for that massive stomach. What else is she hiding in there?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by artifarce
2 months ago
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"I am from Maine, and I'm going to let you all in on a little secret because I love you all so much. Now, pay attention because after I spill the beans I will not be allowed back in the state, ever.
Lobster is a prank. Lobsters are disgusting bugs..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by jacobian
2 months ago
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"She's a writer, not a "windows environment developer" or whatever.
And not a good writer. Not that ever stops anyone from writing books that sell well. Actually, she's just mediocre and obvious enough that this book might be really..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Zambrano
3 months ago
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"can anyone point to a reason they think this is a fabrication?
Can you imagine anyone in your group at the university IT department posting the anecdotes to the web, with more than enough information to play "connect the dots" if you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lentrohamsanin
3 months ago
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"If you're not familiar with Boston, the MBTA is the worst example of corruption and lack of oversight. Every city machine has corruption, but rarely is it as brazen as the kind displayed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
It starts..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by tehloki, oaf, preparat, Kadin2048, xthlc, orthogonality
3 months ago
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"I was a linguistics major. The unfortunate answer is that this is an unanswerable question, largely because the definition of "language" isn't solid. The old cliche that a language is a dialect with an army is largely true. For example,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
3 months ago
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">Is there a single person on the planet with internet access who is not aware of the situation in Tibet?
This is the equivalent of Pauline Kael saying in 1972, "Nixon can't have won; no one I know voted for him."
Everyone who might..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bookish, Phalene
3 months ago
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"Vomiting for a human is typically no big deal, but for a cat if it is anything more than mucus/hairball, it can be a sign something is really wrong.
Oh, for fuck's sake. Cats vomit recreationally. If he seems fine otherwise, and its worth the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by gimonca, nasreddin
3 months ago
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"Regional humor is an odd thing. I listened to a couple of Clower's pieces and I found them annoying. The regional humor of my home state of Maine is pretty similar-- rural people are crafty except the few of them who are dumb, but they are still..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by yerfatma, Countess Elena, ZachsMind, Mblue, Optamystic
3 months ago
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"Every single one of those bars is better than a bar in any other city in the universe just by nature of it being in New York. I wish I had what it takes to live there, but I'm intimidated, frankly...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yerfatma
3 months ago
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"Just for the record, Mayor Curley, what do you think Obama would have written, you know, if he didn't let his PR people do all his talking for him?
I don't think he would have been doing it all if his handlers hadn't coordinated it. I think Mr...." [
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3 months ago
