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October 24, 2008 10:55 AM
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October 14, 2008 10:57 PM
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October 14, 2008 8:45 PM
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October 14, 2008 8:44 PM
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October 14, 2008 4:36 PM
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October 14, 2008 11:58 AM
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favorited by dowcrag on
October 14, 2008 11:27 AM
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"-Get enough sleep and learn how to manage stress.
-Don't smoke. Someone above mentioned those lines around the mouth smokers get. Indeedy. They will stay even after you quit.
-Drink enough water.
-Eat well balanced meals and get enough exercise...." [
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October 2, 2008 10:34 PM
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"When I was in my late teens, this regimen made all the difference. Sounds fanatical, but really, once you have the stuff in place, it's simpler than using 3 step toner-washer-moisturizer regimens and actually costs quite a bit less.
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favorited by streetdreams on
October 2, 2008 11:08 AM
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"I made Ina Garten a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa's Orzo with Roasted Vegetables a while back and it was fantastic. You can add way more eggplant than just 1 too; I think I did 3. This is what I wrote about it in my recipe notebook afterwards:
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October 2, 2008 9:48 AM
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"Before you go, and when you're sketching our your meal plan for the week, read the ads in the paper. Coupon clipping is a pain in the ass, but making note of what's on sale and working around that for meals is easier. My mom did both this and..." [
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favorited by thebrokedown on
September 30, 2008 4:51 PM
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"meerkatty's right. i know a lot of people wrinkle their nose at doing eggs in the microwave, but if you pam spray a glass measuring cup or other glass bowl, crack 2 eggs, whisk lightly, and season, it's pretty decent and insanely quick. i usually..." [
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September 30, 2008 4:36 PM
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"-Get enough sleep and learn how to manage stress.
-Don't smoke. Someone above mentioned those lines around the mouth smokers get. Indeedy. They will stay even after you quit.
-Drink enough water.
-Eat well balanced meals and get enough exercise...." [
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September 30, 2008 9:53 AM
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"This place is probably for smaller-chested women than you, but I love lulalu. It is really hard to find pretty, sexy bras in non-matronly colors if you're small chested. So this place was a godsend for me.
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favorited by scody on
September 30, 2008 8:51 AM
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"First of all--the fact you worry about this means you're not some jerk. Don't beat yourself up over this.
I'm Korean, but only physically (was adopted by age 2, grew up in the States). I've wrestled a lot with this "Asian chicks are..." [
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favorited by sardonicsmile on
September 14, 2008 9:07 AM
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"Pretty much everything Stan Chin has ever said (someone cited his response to scarabic's "how to destroy evidence of a dead body" comment, and it's a pitch perfect example), plus Pastabagel's reaction to the nerdy boob grabbing convention..." [
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favorited by divabat on
August 20, 2008 3:13 PM
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"Pretty much everything Stan Chin has ever said (someone cited his response to scarabic's "how to destroy evidence of a dead body" comment, and it's a pitch perfect example), plus Pastabagel's reaction to the nerdy boob grabbing convention..." [
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favorited by JHarris on
August 19, 2008 6:26 PM
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"Pretty much everything Stan Chin has ever said (someone cited his response to scarabic's "how to destroy evidence of a dead body" comment, and it's a pitch perfect example), plus Pastabagel's reaction to the nerdy boob grabbing convention..." [
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August 18, 2008 5:22 PM
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"Pretty much everything Stan Chin has ever said (someone cited his response to scarabic's "how to destroy evidence of a dead body" comment, and it's a pitch perfect example), plus Pastabagel's reaction to the nerdy boob grabbing convention..." [
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August 18, 2008 4:11 PM
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"First of all--the fact you worry about this means you're not some jerk. Don't beat yourself up over this.
I'm Korean, but only physically (was adopted by age 2, grew up in the States). I've wrestled a lot with this "Asian chicks are..." [
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favorited by lia on
August 11, 2008 1:27 AM
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"I never thought I'd side with the other guys on this one, mathowie! I think your confusion over people considering the worst case scenario would make sense if we were talking about, you know, buying an appliance or going on a road trip. But with..." [
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favorited by danOstuporStar on
August 4, 2008 6:14 AM
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".Boris Vian's Foam of the Daze and Heartsnatcher.
.Zoran Zivkovic. Hidden Camera deals with a guy who realizes someone is secretly filming him. It reminds me of Murakami, particularly A Wild Sheep Chase.
.Raymond Queneau or Georges Perec, maybe
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favorited by aeschenkarnos on
August 3, 2008 4:59 PM
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"I never thought I'd side with the other guys on this one, mathowie! I think your confusion over people considering the worst case scenario would make sense if we were talking about, you know, buying an appliance or going on a road trip. But with..." [
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favorited by fishfucker on
August 3, 2008 12:47 PM
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"I never thought I'd side with the other guys on this one, mathowie! I think your confusion over people considering the worst case scenario would make sense if we were talking about, you know, buying an appliance or going on a road trip. But with..." [
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favorited by onlyconnect on
August 3, 2008 12:18 PM
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"Grant Morrison is (my) king for darker, more psychologically and sociologically complicated action comics--best example off hand is The Filth. Plus, he's more openly unusual (at least in my girly opinion) than some of the other obvious answers...." [
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favorited by citron on
July 24, 2008 6:46 PM
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"This might not work for most people, but when I hit a wall with my boyfriend after about a year (we've always had great chemistry though, from the beginning....it was so great though that it was starting to seem boring "on paper" so I was..." [
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favorited by nadawi on
July 18, 2008 12:03 AM
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"oldtimey, a couple of times i've actually been called out for my active-listening, ask-a-lot-of-questions, keep-the-focus-away-from-me tactic (a very cool guy who i eventually befriended, the night we met, actually said straight up to me at one point..." [
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July 10, 2008 3:07 PM
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""So, do you, uh...like...stuff?" -Ralph Wiggum
Word on the whole barrage-of-interrogative-back-and-forth-about-where-you-make-your-money thing being tiresome and irritating. And yet listening and responding as if what's been said has..." [
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July 10, 2008 3:05 PM
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"Don't promise things you know immediately you cannot deliver. On the other side of that, be tactful and have some finesse when you explain you can't--explain briefly but solidly why it isn't feasible, and then either offer compromises or suggestions..." [
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favorited by elisynn on
June 30, 2008 11:17 AM
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"meerkatty's right. i know a lot of people wrinkle their nose at doing eggs in the microwave, but if you pam spray a glass measuring cup or other glass bowl, crack 2 eggs, whisk lightly, and season, it's pretty decent and insanely quick. i usually..." [
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favorited by chicainthecity on
April 19, 2008 9:30 PM
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"Deathalicious is correct. If you're interested in the economic theory behind this stuff, this article from The New Yorker on microfinancing is excellent. And I can't believe no one has mentioned Amartya Sen yet; he's the go-to guy when it comes to..." [
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March 20, 2008 8:37 PM
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"SO true about the "love your body and mind now" thing. When you're 55, you will regret that you didn't cherish how amazing and "new" you are right now. Seriously, wake up every morning thinking something like, "damn, it..." [
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March 14, 2008 4:26 PM
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"i dunno. i won't be surprised if there's a pile on (even though people have implied you need work, or it's you or something), and i'm seriously not a generally gleeful "size matters!" sort of queen girl, but for uh...at a certain point,..." [
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March 5, 2008 8:40 PM
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"Deathalicious is correct. If you're interested in the economic theory behind this stuff, this article from The New Yorker on microfinancing is excellent. And I can't believe no one has mentioned Amartya Sen yet; he's the go-to guy when it comes to..." [
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favorited by surenoproblem on
March 3, 2008 4:47 AM
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"Deathalicious is correct. If you're interested in the economic theory behind this stuff, this article from The New Yorker on microfinancing is excellent. And I can't believe no one has mentioned Amartya Sen yet; he's the go-to guy when it comes to..." [
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favorited by hadjiboy on
March 1, 2008 8:09 PM
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"Hamlet, Swann's Way, Tristessa, everything I've read by Faulkner James Forster Wharton McCullers O'Connor. Truth and Method by Hans Georg Gadamer. Kant's writings on morals/ethics. Toni Morrison. Gerald Stern. Kafka's letters and notebooks and..." [
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February 13, 2008 2:49 AM
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"Hamlet, Swann's Way, Tristessa, everything I've read by Faulkner James Forster Wharton McCullers O'Connor. Truth and Method by Hans Georg Gadamer. Kant's writings on morals/ethics. Toni Morrison. Gerald Stern. Kafka's letters and notebooks and..." [
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January 26, 2008 3:02 AM
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"-A hamper. Dirty clothes/towels on the floor, yick.
-Nthing a decent bedding set up. You don't need to get frou frou (I wouldn't want you to!), but have a comfortable standard (ie non inflated) bed with clean sheets and a comforter that doesn't..." [
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favorited by melorama on
January 17, 2008 11:05 PM
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"like grumblebee. discovering adults could be and were wrong sometimes--and on various levels; wrong factually as well as capable of behaving improperly/having prejudices/being deceitful--was like being punched in the stomach. i'm not certain i've..." [
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December 25, 2007 9:28 AM
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"like grumblebee. discovering adults could be and were wrong sometimes--and on various levels; wrong factually as well as capable of behaving improperly/having prejudices/being deceitful--was like being punched in the stomach. i'm not certain i've..." [
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December 10, 2007 3:04 PM
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"A mentor told me when I graduated from high school that one of the things he wished he had done more at my age was to hold on to the people he cared about. Very understandable sentiment but still hard to actually follow through on, with..." [
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May 28, 2007 8:31 AM
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"whenever i try to live with a small handbag, it doesn't work, regardless of how organized i am about it. i think this is 'cause i have to have a book with me at all times, as well as my ipod, and whenever i haven't been using a bag that accommodates..." [
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December 2, 2006 8:58 PM
