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I love real-life internet stories. I'm good friends with the guys who answered the phone when you dialed "1-800-INTERNET." Doug Humphrey, the guy who started DIGEX (the company who invented... [
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Buzzfeed has some wonderful pictures here. The couple from picture 12 is also seen here. So many smiles and love! It's so wonderful.
I'm loving all the matching outfits. I would so wear the same dress as my partner if I were getting... [
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Well, I think at this point it has left the frame of "something my ex used to do to me" and is now instead, "this is what I like." I would bring it up en flagrante delecto. In my experience, men are really turned on when a woman... [
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Yeah... those guys really look too much alike for me to be able to tell what was going on. At least they could have done warm colors vs. cool colors. [
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Would you count Stealing Beauty? Beautiful Italy, and fantastic movie. [
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Last year
*sigh* the kids around here don't know their chicken fucking history. [
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Two years ago
I say head nod, either up or down, or if you are feeling punchy, "Morning, Sam" should suffice, and if your friend is cool, they will respond, "Morning, Ralph.... [
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Two years ago
I'd actually been thinking of proposing we have a contest or just a month where we post nothing on our hotbutton topics. No religion, no abortion, no rape, no politics... I'm tired of the same arguments, and I feel like a certain subset of daily... [
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Two years ago
Come to the one in Riverdale! The selection isn't really good until July, but they have real food, not just prepared. I've found the vendors to be really nice and friendly. Prices are cheaper than the grocery store for the plain food items.
You... [
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Two years ago
Q: I'm having trouble with my quidditch balls.
A: Have you tried calling QuaffleCare? [
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Two years ago
Ooh, I think that sounds delicious! I spent last winter teaching myself to make soup.
For 6-8 cups of corned beef water, I would use...
2 cups each of chopped carrots, onions, and celery - saute over medium heat in a pan with 2-3 tbsp butter... [
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Two years ago
Thanks, everyone! This was enough fodder to make a coherent case. I can be dismissive in arguments when it gets to a point of
because everyone knows that and I appreciate this influx of data I can point to and not be emotional. And yes,... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by montaigneisright, DevilsAdvocate
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Two years ago
Hi kitcat! Congratulations!
I did a natural birth, and I did not take any coaching lessons. It was actually the woman who used to own my house who gave me a piece of wisdom that helped me greatly through the whole process:
Pain has no memory.... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by muirne81
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Two years ago
I had to reread the word "Bentham" because my mind automatically replaced it with "prison." Maybe that could be prison work, transcribing philosophical transcripts. Prisons could be our new monastaries.... [
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Two years ago
Yeah, this is the kind of thing that the mods don't want to draw attention to because there are some people who would actually work quite hard to get the most deleted posts, which really sucks for mefi.... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by JoanArkham
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Two years ago
You know, on reddit they give you a little piece of birthday cake next to your user name on your member birthday. [
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Two years ago
Tavi Gevinson is my tween fashionista of choice. The New Yorker had a profile of her in September (abstract; full article for subscribers). There is a slideshow on the newyorker blog that can give you a taste of her awesomeness.... [
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I used to think I was such a tomboy, playing with my older brother's matchbox cars. Now when I reflect on it, I realize that I basically played out little dramas with them, personifying them like dolls.... [
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Two years ago
I wrote a rap song Friday afternoon and posted it to music. I am not a New Zealander, though. [
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Two years ago
I thought that the use of "unpleasant" was in keeping of the tone of the rally. [
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Two years ago
Congrats, you crazy kids! The bork is quite foon indeed. [
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Two years ago
I said this over at reddit, too, but I think this Truthiness rally is a terrible idea. I know there are a lot of folks to the left of the republican party - and even going slightly left these days can still leave you right of center - who are angry... [
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Two years ago
Oh, and it drives me NUTS how many Dallas fans there are in DC. Freakin' contrarians. Wearing a Redskins hat in DC is a sure way to find out who the Dallas fans are. They can't help but harrass.... [
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Two years ago
Man, calling Bieber a GIRL! What an insult!
Hey, look at that person, I don't like their singing style and high pubescent voice. They must have a VAGINA.... [
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Two years ago
I love in the lyrics how Slater gives a "Fuck you" to folks, but when it comes to the sexy sex, it's all "en flagrante delecto". [
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Two years ago
Who was funding the salaries? Do they have a police department?
My town publishes the budget in the town newspaper. Did the people of Bell just have no idea their money was going to this? What is the tax rate there? Was the state of CA... [
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Two years ago
Sorry, a bit trigger happy. The Widor is totally in the same vein as the Organ Symphony (it's an organ piece.) The toccata is also a bit of a "rite of passage" for organists; the piece is to the organ as the Tschaikovsky violin concerto is... [
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I learned the word "cisgender" today and I am unhappy about it. I get the point that if there is "trans," logically there would be "cis," and I get that it's a way to show solidarity to those who identify as... [
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Funny how we're not hearing about how hot is right now and how it is evidence of global warming, especially since that snowstorm in February was evidence against it.... [
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Spook Country might be Gibson's best novel to date. I've read through his entire oeuvre a few times now, and that latest one is tighter than the rest.... [
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Two years ago
GUYZERO is like a cross between "Guyana" and "Nonzero" [
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Two years ago
It's a little cheesy, but I've always loved Everything I Want to Be by Save Ferris. This is ska. [
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Two years ago
As for lasers, my cats totally know that it is make believe and they love it anyways. One of them has looked at the thing sitting on a table, then to me, and back, and jumped eagerly to the floor when I grab it and start pointing!... [
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Two years ago
Why can't the fact that there's no meat be a draw for the party? "GRILLED VEGGIEPALOOZA!!!11!!" would make a fine theme. Folks have pig roasts; I have a friend who has a samosa party.
Just take your idea and put a spin on it. It's... [
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Two years ago
Also want to add: I wish the rest of the band had half his energy. Imagine watching all those guys in gold blazers throwing themselves into the music.
Also, he's the only one who tried to make the music his own, instead of playing a straight... [
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Two years ago
He is really good, and doesn't miss a beat despite his theatrics. My guess is that he was in Drum Corp or something similar. [
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