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"Make sure you tell them, at the end of the interview, that you want the job. Yes, it's obvious; you're interviewing, right?
They'll ask you if you have any questions. Whether you have more specific questions or not, always ask, "What's..." [
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September 27, 2008 4:59 PM
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"Too much suicide shit here recently. There's a difference between sad and depressing. Stuff like the Sand Creek post is sad; sadness leaves room for other feelings, like anger or guilt or even rejection of the sadness, and all these feelings are..." [
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August 23, 2008 5:02 AM
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"I'm a little late to this question, but I think I can help answer it, and it's important. Please forgive me if it's overly personal.
I lost two of my biggest reasons for living years ago, a couple weeks apart. My daughter died in her sleep..." [
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favorited by twirlypen on
August 23, 2008 4:56 AM
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"I was a math wizard in elementary school, praised and encouraged and sent up to my room to soldier through "homework" in math textbook after math textbook far above my grade level, textbooks my parents had arranged with my teachers for me..." [
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favorited by Caduceus on
August 21, 2008 11:50 AM
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"I gave up on love years ago.
That's not true; I gave up on dating and relationships years ago. A catastrophe destroyed the love I thought would last the rest of my life, and when I stopped being helplessly broken I found that I just couldn't..." [
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favorited by themaskedwonder on
August 17, 2008 10:06 PM
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"AskMeFi: I've been fucking Crickets for years, but Buddy has yet to look at me twice. What am I doing wrong?
Love,
Peggy Sue" [
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favorited by Reverend John on
August 5, 2008 2:09 PM
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"I gave up on love years ago.
That's not true; I gave up on dating and relationships years ago. A catastrophe destroyed the love I thought would last the rest of my life, and when I stopped being helplessly broken I found that I just couldn't..." [
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favorited by Jurate on
July 30, 2008 12:58 PM
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"There used to be an old guy playing the erhu on the 6 platform at Grand Central during late rush hour and into the evening for years. He looked a lot like Deng Xiaopeng, and was far and away the most skilled and nuanced erhu player I'd ever heard...." [
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favorited by grobstein on
June 30, 2008 9:46 AM
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"There used to be an old guy playing the erhu on the 6 platform at Grand Central during late rush hour and into the evening for years. He looked a lot like Deng Xiaopeng, and was far and away the most skilled and nuanced erhu player I'd ever heard...." [
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June 30, 2008 9:25 AM
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They'll ask you if you have any questions. Whether you have more specific questions or not, always ask, "What's..." [
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favorited by malapropist on
June 29, 2008 8:59 PM
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"This is interesting. Until last November, when heads, mine included, rolled at Citigroup, I worked in risk analysis for Citi's response to the Basel II accords, tracking data quality metrics assessing global preparation for the 2009 adoption of the..." [
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favorited by ruelle on
June 28, 2008 1:20 PM
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"I'm a little late to this question, but I think I can help answer it, and it's important. Please forgive me if it's overly personal.
I lost two of my biggest reasons for living years ago, a couple weeks apart. My daughter died in her sleep..." [
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favorited by divabat on
June 27, 2008 2:30 AM
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"I was a math wizard in elementary school, praised and encouraged and sent up to my room to soldier through "homework" in math textbook after math textbook far above my grade level, textbooks my parents had arranged with my teachers for me..." [
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favorited by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious on
June 2, 2008 11:12 PM
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"Danish novelist Peter Hoeg, in his horrifying autobiographical novel Borderliners, talks about the pitfalls of praise; his idea is that value judgments are artifacts of the adult world, that during childhood curiosity rules. There are so new things..." [
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favorited by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious on
June 2, 2008 9:59 PM
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"I'm a little late to this question, but I think I can help answer it, and it's important. Please forgive me if it's overly personal.
I lost two of my biggest reasons for living years ago, a couple weeks apart. My daughter died in her sleep..." [
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favorited by JDHarper on
May 12, 2008 11:11 PM
MeTa comment:
"Too much suicide shit here recently. There's a difference between sad and depressing. Stuff like the Sand Creek post is sad; sadness leaves room for other feelings, like anger or guilt or even rejection of the sadness, and all these feelings are..." [
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favorited by granted on
May 12, 2008 12:19 AM
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"I'm a little late to this question, but I think I can help answer it, and it's important. Please forgive me if it's overly personal.
I lost two of my biggest reasons for living years ago, a couple weeks apart. My daughter died in her sleep..." [
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favorited by granted on
May 12, 2008 12:15 AM
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"don't expect they'll get forensic attention
Like I said, it's not a debate.
You dig your grave, I'll dig mine. We'll meet dead in the middle." [
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favorited by eritain on
April 23, 2008 2:19 PM
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"I think it's inexcusable laziness to live in a country you don't speak the mother tongue of.
Lazy people don't work fourteen hours a day clipping hedges and mulching flowerbeds; those who do manual labor may not have the time or money to study..." [
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favorited by liquorice on
April 13, 2008 12:12 AM
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"There used to be an old guy playing the erhu on the 6 platform at Grand Central during late rush hour and into the evening for years. He looked a lot like Deng Xiaopeng, and was far and away the most skilled and nuanced erhu player I'd ever heard...." [
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favorited by tickingclock on
April 8, 2008 4:09 AM
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"Some people say "vitriol" when they mean "vehemence." But it's usually because they're in a tizzy or full of shit, or just don't know any better (or any worse, as the case may be). Poor saps.
I've heard people say "War..." [
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favorited by astrochimp on
April 6, 2008 8:55 PM
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"Believe it or not, this thread is not about what all male Mefites think about pubic hair.
No, it's about what some male and female Mefites think of pubic hair and those who value its removal: the little girls going through the motions trying to be..." [
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favorited by bunnytricks on
April 5, 2008 5:18 AM
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"Don't do it. You might find someone else you enjoy spending time with in the next couple weeks. Then you'll feel extra-bad about breaking it off with the second-stringer again; you might even decide not to break it off because you don't want to..." [
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favorited by crunch buttsteak on
April 4, 2008 2:03 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by allkindsoftime on
April 3, 2008 11:10 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by dosterm on
April 3, 2008 8:15 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by Richat on
April 3, 2008 6:20 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by dirigibleman on
April 3, 2008 5:25 PM
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"Try this:
1) Start by touching your toes. Slowly stand up straight, keeping your arms outstretched; your arms will gradually point from down to front to above your head, until you reach full height. Continue reaching for the sky by standing on..." [
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favorited by doppleradar on
April 3, 2008 4:50 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by LobsterMitten on
April 3, 2008 3:13 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by baphomet on
April 3, 2008 3:03 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by rocket88 on
April 3, 2008 1:12 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by Baby_Balrog on
April 3, 2008 1:11 PM
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"...and please don't take to heart the implication that those who do not click "disable" do not have lives." [
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favorited by flatluigi on
April 3, 2008 12:06 PM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by Marie Mon Dieu on
April 3, 2008 11:42 AM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by found missing on
April 3, 2008 11:38 AM
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"How long would it take for a monkey with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?" [
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favorited by malpractice on
April 3, 2008 11:36 AM
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"...and please don't take to heart the implication that those who do not click "disable" do not have lives." [
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favorited by Blazecock Pileon on
April 3, 2008 10:19 AM
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"Make sure you tell them, at the end of the interview, that you want the job. Yes, it's obvious; you're interviewing, right?
They'll ask you if you have any questions. Whether you have more specific questions or not, always ask, "What's..." [
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favorited by that possible maker of pork sausages on
April 3, 2008 9:56 AM
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"Make sure you tell them, at the end of the interview, that you want the job. Yes, it's obvious; you're interviewing, right?
They'll ask you if you have any questions. Whether you have more specific questions or not, always ask, "What's..." [
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favorited by acridrabbit on
April 3, 2008 9:35 AM
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"...and please don't take to heart the implication that those who do not click "disable" do not have lives." [
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favorited by Marie Mon Dieu on
April 3, 2008 9:28 AM
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"...and please don't take to heart the implication that those who do not click "disable" do not have lives." [
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favorited by shmegegge on
April 3, 2008 9:13 AM
MeFi comment:
"I had a violin teacher who breathed loudly through his nose. He'd play me some piece I was working on, and the music would fade into the background. I'd just hear rushes of air, in and out, through his forest of nostril hair.
He had exquisite..." [
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favorited by Brainy on
April 2, 2008 5:42 PM
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"Try this:
1) Start by touching your toes. Slowly stand up straight, keeping your arms outstretched; your arms will gradually point from down to front to above your head, until you reach full height. Continue reaching for the sky by standing on..." [
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favorited by Zippity Goombah on
April 2, 2008 11:10 AM
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"I dream the world down to a blade of grass every morning just before I awaken. While I go about my day, oblivious, the people arrive and break everything. I consume it all every night before bed, from a plate, along with a glass of milk. Mice take..." [
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favorited by lostburner on
April 1, 2008 7:02 PM
MeFi comment:
"I had a violin teacher who breathed loudly through his nose. He'd play me some piece I was working on, and the music would fade into the background. I'd just hear rushes of air, in and out, through his forest of nostril hair.
He had exquisite..." [
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favorited by Blazecock Pileon on
April 1, 2008 4:23 PM
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"Unlike, say, the img tag, snarky one-liners can't be turned off. That means discretion's involved in deciding which stay and which go. Deleting the bad ones is cool.
Too bad the same can't be done with images, but that's a different nut to pinch...." [
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favorited by russilwvong on
April 1, 2008 12:43 PM
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"I dream the world down to a blade of grass every morning just before I awaken. While I go about my day, oblivious, the people arrive and break everything. I consume it all every night before bed, from a plate, along with a glass of milk. Mice take..." [
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favorited by hippugeek on
March 31, 2008 8:56 PM
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"I dream the world down to a blade of grass every morning just before I awaken. While I go about my day, oblivious, the people arrive and break everything. I consume it all every night before bed, from a plate, along with a glass of milk. Mice take..." [
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March 31, 2008 8:06 PM
