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June 30, 2008 2:47 AM
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"I knew a guy who was always categorizing people in terms of how smart they were.
On observation it turned out his criteria was how much they were willing to listen to his point of view and agree with him...." [
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June 29, 2008 11:41 PM
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June 19, 2008 6:24 PM
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"McCormick ground Chipotle Chile is your friend. It can be found in most grocery stores.
It is quite hot, but but adds nice flavor and heat AND doesn't require much cooking in time.
So, make a big batch of mildest chili then heat up a serving..." [
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March 1, 2008 8:40 PM
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"trippyredballs sometimes go green or dissapear." [
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February 24, 2008 8:08 PM
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"is "independant" a euphemism for "uptight control freak who allways gets her way and insists she is always right on every issue"?" [
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September 24, 2007 5:20 AM
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"is "independant" a euphemism for "uptight control freak who allways gets her way and insists she is always right on every issue"?" [
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September 23, 2007 8:16 PM
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"http://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=4799490 seems to work." [
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September 20, 2007 6:27 PM
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"If you want to use some sort of bean to thicken stews you should note that they can require a lot more cooking than the other ingredients.
I personally don't like quickly cooked beans because of their grainy texture. But if you cook them long..." [
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favorited by digitalis on
August 8, 2007 9:09 PM
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"Floydd: It's interesting that Steve Jobs still seems to think that a phone number is associated with a place.
Actually in American English, a phone number is conceived of as standing for the location of a telephone. In the US a number takes the..." [
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favorited by tehloki on
July 3, 2007 6:43 AM
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"Floydd: It's interesting that Steve Jobs still seems to think that a phone number is associated with a place.
Actually in American English, a phone number is conceived of as standing for the location of a telephone. In the US a number takes the..." [
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favorited by Floydd on
July 2, 2007 11:07 AM
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"Floydd: It's interesting that Steve Jobs still seems to think that a phone number is associated with a place.
Actually in American English, a phone number is conceived of as standing for the location of a telephone. In the US a number takes the..." [
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July 1, 2007 3:39 PM
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"The actual abstract of the paper says:Throught history and across cultures, humans have created music using pitch intervals that divide octaves into the 12 tones of the chromatic scale. Why these specific intervals in music are preferred, however, is..." [
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June 28, 2007 1:13 PM
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"The Church of the Subgenious is a for-profit religion and may be similar to what you are trying to achieve.
Praise Bob.
"The less you understand Slack the more it understands you!..." [
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favorited by Ambrosia Voyeur on
June 22, 2007 10:44 AM
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"Here is a still open Ask MeFi thread where it is never really resolved that the asker is infested with Trichomycosis Axillaris." [
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June 19, 2007 5:31 AM
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"While cats are not particularly bright, I think they have a built in Theory of Mind - if they see some animal interested in something, they think there may be some advantage to be interested in that too. I once knew an unaffectionate cat, that when..." [
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June 11, 2007 5:50 AM
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"Baked Cheese GritsPrepare grits on the thick side (less water), at least 6 servings worth. Add cheese and cheap canned mushroom bits while still hot and stir to melt and distribute. Spread 1/2" thick in pan and after cooled somewhat, refrigerate..." [
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May 31, 2007 3:46 PM
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"Here is a list of sardines from a Chow Hound tasteoff
Angelo Parodi Sardine Portoghesi allolio di olivo Portugal/Italy - $1.99
Albo Sardines in Olive oil Spain - $4.99
King Oscar Sardines Mediterranean style Norway, packed in Poland - $2...." [
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May 25, 2007 7:56 PM
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"From The Complete Cook...and, with General Directions for Making Wines. Sanderson, J. M., 186427. Bacon is good when the fat is almost transparent and of a delicate transparent pink tinge. The lean should adhere to the bone, be of a good colour, and..." [
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May 24, 2007 6:22 AM
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"I you have an infected root, then tapping on the tooth normallyl causes pain." [
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May 19, 2007 12:10 PM
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"alms says Drive-e-mocion.
I think devices like that (that display text to the driver behind you) are illegal because they can be a distraction to the following driver. (Just imagine flashing the message “Fuck you and the piece of shit you seem to..." [
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May 19, 2007 1:25 AM
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"tell her to pee in the sink. Pee doesn't need a toilet bowl full of water to help it go down the pipes." [
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favorited by stance on
May 4, 2007 9:29 AM
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"ertain - 10 lines could never give an intelligible overview of any of the more modern theories. As a general term they are sometimes referred to as Unification Grammars. I was going to point you to a good online linguistics paper that uses..." [
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favorited by eritain on
April 29, 2007 9:54 PM
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"I knew a guy who was always categorizing people in terms of how smart they were.
On observation it turned out his criteria was how much they were willing to listen to his point of view and agree with him...." [
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favorited by flibbertigibbet on
April 20, 2007 6:26 AM
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"I think it really doesn't matter if the program works or not.
As we are coming to see with many of the Right-Wing/Republican programs their point is not to achieve anything other than help Republicans win elections.
The message to the voters..." [
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April 14, 2007 12:48 AM
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"I think it really doesn't matter if the program works or not.
As we are coming to see with many of the Right-Wing/Republican programs their point is not to achieve anything other than help Republicans win elections.
The message to the voters..." [
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April 13, 2007 11:33 PM
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"I think it really doesn't matter if the program works or not.
As we are coming to see with many of the Right-Wing/Republican programs their point is not to achieve anything other than help Republicans win elections.
The message to the voters..." [
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favorited by zippy on
April 13, 2007 6:04 PM
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"I think it really doesn't matter if the program works or not.
As we are coming to see with many of the Right-Wing/Republican programs their point is not to achieve anything other than help Republicans win elections.
The message to the voters..." [
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favorited by interrobang on
April 13, 2007 4:26 PM
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"get like a 10" ring (or loop of heavy wire) and stretch a stocking (or 1 leg of a panty hose over it).
Use that to trawl through pond water. You will concentrate your collection of small bugs/crustaceans that way...." [
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April 9, 2007 6:15 AM
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"3 pdf pages of testicles" [
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April 8, 2007 11:35 AM
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"3 pdf pages of testicles" [
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April 8, 2007 10:23 AM
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"3 pdf pages of testicles" [
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April 7, 2007 2:54 PM
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"Spinach is high in oxalic acid. Do you get a similar reaction from any of these foods?Foods that are edible, but that still contain significant concentrations of oxalic acid include - in decreasing order - star fruit (carambola), black pepper,..." [
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April 7, 2007 1:07 PM
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"http://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=4799490 seems to work." [
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April 3, 2007 2:04 PM
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"Phd or MA.? I have a friend who started to get a MA in psych but then left the program. He said it was only training to give and score psych tests to school kids...." [
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favorited by man on the run on
March 22, 2007 11:13 AM
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"use this mantra: "The better is the enemy of the good".
This is for people who can do a good job at something but they prevent themselves from doing so because they think they can do an even better job...." [
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March 16, 2007 8:39 AM
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"Sure sounds like the accepted upper crust version of Tourette's which is generally referred to as "voluble and eccentric."
In milder versions every upper class family would have at least some relative that would spout off "what..." [
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March 16, 2007 8:24 AM
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"use this mantra: "The better is the enemy of the good".
This is for people who can do a good job at something but they prevent themselves from doing so because they think they can do an even better job...." [
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March 13, 2007 7:12 PM
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"Sure sounds like the accepted upper crust version of Tourette's which is generally referred to as "voluble and eccentric."
In milder versions every upper class family would have at least some relative that would spout off "what..." [
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March 7, 2007 3:52 AM
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favorited by Fuzzy Monster on
February 18, 2007 4:37 AM
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""How doth human language evolve?".
What a stupid question. "doth" is "Archaic. A third person singular present tense of do".
So this question really is "How does language evolve"?. Lots of mechanisms for..." [
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favorited by tehloki on
January 26, 2007 12:04 PM
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"MindHacks (PDF) claims that people's obsession with the coffee ritual (everything has to be done with the same things in the same order every day) is due to caffine's addictive properties and the addiction messing with your brain to make things seem..." [
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favorited by revgeorge on
January 23, 2007 6:31 AM
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"Another nasty invasive eat-everything frog is the African Clawed Frog. I've seen some in a fish tank that had eaten the eyes off much larger goldfish. In So-Cal there have been water reservoirs that had outlet grates so-clogged with their bodies that..." [
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January 13, 2007 8:29 PM
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"Also you should see sexy feet by region." [
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January 13, 2007 10:41 AM
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January 13, 2007 5:37 AM
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"This article seems like typical WSJ hand wringing by overblowing a story.
The Fairfax County Public Library system responds.
One should note that they have around 25 branches, so they might want to optimize what the space in individual branches..." [
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favorited by H-Bar on
January 5, 2007 12:09 AM
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"This might not turn out well. Say a hormonal patch is developed that is fairly effective at preventing male fetuses from turning out gay. I bet one effect on some of the treated would be that it hyper-masculinizes them. The grow up to be physically..." [
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January 1, 2007 12:38 PM
