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"Do this everyday in this order:
* Eat a good breakfast as soon as you get up.
* Go for a short walk.
* When you get home, make a list of the 5 most important things to get done that day.
* Get ready for work.
* Work and get 5 things done.
* Go..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by regicide is good for you, Mapes, special-k, lostburner, InstantSanitizer, nasreddin, Baud, puckish, walla, djpyk
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"wait just to clarify ... doug hammond can post about his band the forget a bunch of times but i can't post about an interesting t-shirt site? tsssss
You clearly have no idea how this site works - those posts were made to MUSIC.metafilter.com - a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Deathalicious
Last month
MeFi post:
It's always right - two times a day.
favorited 28 times, recently by sentient, lhall, boomchicka, Orrorin, BobsterLobster, ooga_booga, chrismear, Songdog, farishta, Araucaria, bubukaba, subtle-t, striker, hot soup girl, Turtles all the way down, apdato, jeffburdges, blisterpack, springload, muckster, divabat, BrotherCaine, filmgeek, mike3k, spaceman_spiff, mewithoutyou, Richard Daly, regicide is good for you
Last month
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"But them thru a washer and dryer a few times. That should do it. BTW - don't ever open that old pillow that you have - you would not be happy with what your moldable mass really is. Use a pillow protector for your own sake...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by box
Last month
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"Download the trial of Adobe Acrobat (or use the school's copy) , import your image.
Go to print it, and set options as follows:
Print Range: Current Page
Copies: 1
Page Scaling: Tile all pages
Tile Scale: 450% (this will make an 8x11..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by horsemuth, cadge, mosk
2 months ago
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"Some non drug remedies are capsaicin (applied to skin) and a regimen of fish oil pills as the omega 3 has been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Soulbee
2 months ago
MeFi post:
This is a list of frogs.
favorited 13 times, recently by yoga, ronin21, robtf3, muymuy, Unicorn on the cob, MaryDellamorte, sir_rubixalot, owhydididoit, dazed_one, limon, fiestapais, eustatic, Citizen Premier
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I hate that links like this are laid out. I don't want to have to click thru 25 images to see the whole list. I want a list, with pictures beside it or linked - if pictures must be there. As far as I can tell the pictures add nothing to the story...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gum
2 months ago
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"There are quite a few programs that American High Schools participate in:
Army Junior ROTC
Air Force Junior ROTC
Navy Junior ROTC
USMC Junior ROTC
Coast Guard Junior ROTC
Civil Air Patrol
There are also rifle drill teams that aren't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ntartifex
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"On the subject of body language and sexual orientation - studies show that it is probable that some people can read others.
People can accurately judge the sexual orientation of others, but the cues they use have remained elusive. In 3 studies,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ladysin
2 months ago
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Give me your best book of taxonomies.
favorited 21 times, recently by generalist, swapspace, Vavuzi, MLIS, heyho, splendid animal, ikahime, gyusan, susiepie, Cucurbit, dragonsi55, box, trip and a half, apartment dweller, loosemouth, ROTFL, rongorongo, kelseyq, LobsterMitten, weston, jayder
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"The traditional country store lunch is a can of sardines with crackers, a Moon Pie, and an RC Cola." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
2 months ago
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"When you are tracking something, it has to be very specific to be useful. For example, "get up early every weekday" won't work, because early is could mean different things to you every morning that you wake up. So, "Get out of bed..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
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"Amby72: Why hasn't someone stood up and taken actions against the corporations that rule our country? How bad will the separation of wealth get before people start getting upset enough to act on it? These corporations are robbing you, why doesn't..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by decathecting, onepapertiger
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Plant something that stays low and can crowd out the weeds.
If you are going to go this route, might I suggest kudzu." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tejolote
3 months ago
MeFi post:
If you look really close, you can see people on the beach - doing stuff.
favorited 15 times, recently by kcafka, KAS, prambutan, madamjujujive, M.C. Lo-Carb!, infinitefloatingbrains, googly, steef, ewagoner, mumkin, hadjiboy, Rumple, jrb223, tellurian, [son] QUAALUDE
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"What can I realistically ask for at this point?
Realistically, all this means is that you are qualified for pretty much any enlisted job in the military for the ASVAB requirement. That is all it means. (There are some jobs that have requirements,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tachikaze
3 months ago
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"Yeah SVG won't be imported correctly into just about any GIS program. You would be better getting the state data in a SHP format ideally.
For free software - even easier than GRASS is a simple GIS called MapMaker. Even someone with very little..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gemmy
4 months ago
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"Sorry for all the silly bickering about raster vs. vector OP. Anyhow, here is how you do what you are asking - I am assuming you are in the US and using windows.
The program we are going to use for this is TaktukGIS Viewer.
The data that you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blindcarboncopy
4 months ago
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"Yeah, don't flush em. They are trash. At the sewage treatment plants, there is a filter that is used to filter out the trash before it is treated, but still - it's trash. You wanna know what they call the filter that catches that trash? - The bell..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kosher_jenny
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Opera has user javascript which is the same thing, but actually built by the people that make the browser. Every metafilter greasemonkey script that I've used in Opera that was meant for FF has worked fine in Opera...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, BrotherCaine
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"ia, you are hard beset.
Sir Valentine, your father's in good health:
What say you to a letter from your friends
Of much good news?
VALENTINE My lord, I will be thankful.
To any happy messenger from thence.
DUKEKnow ye Don..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sangermaine
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"orthogonality - you aren't the first person to notice that his writing is a little embellished.
Your prose style is like a slow-motion cumshot video compilation which has titillating intentionality but just ends up being funny. Like costume..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Tube, re.becca, spaceman_spiff, dawson, shinynewnick, booticon
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"You are the story you tell yourself. Start telling yourself a different story.
There are a few exercises you might try to get a handle on this. Have you heard of the emotional ABC's? It could help you in this situation. It's described in these two..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nooneyouknow
4 months ago
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"1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery...." [
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favorited 34 times, recently by TheWhiteSkull, John of Michigan, vytae, MythMaker, FlyingMonkey, pyrex, jb, sebastienbailard, olya, lupus_yonderboy, Joey Bagels, blueberry, hadjiboy, schyler523, deborah, AceRock, jokeefe, unixrat, grouse, scody, loiseau, ninthart, gsteff, EarBucket, toastchee, davey_darling, thewalrusispaul, flatluigi, allkindsoftime, b33j, ceri richard, Solomon, wfrgms, jtron
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"If you think that we should do away with comments and just poll - favorite this comment." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nowonmai
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"This is a silly feature request. Metafilter already has polls. It's called favorites.
If you think we should use favorites as a polling mechanism - favorite this comment...." [
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favorited 3 times
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"Rogert's Thesaurus - the original format
It has the words categorized by idea instead of alphabetically.
Take Care of Yourself: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Medical Self-Care
This book will save you tons of time. Instead of agonizing..." [
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favorited 1 time
5 months ago
