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"Vox is a good book that can be read in one sitting. Monica gave it to Bill." [
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2 months ago
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"Why would a place go to all the trouble of excluding the general public, but still allow a guy like you in? There are obviously all kinds of exclusive clubs in NYC, but a bar that is hard to get into does not a speakeasy make. It just seems to me..." [
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3 months ago
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"A good friend of mine is just like you--she loves the smell of coffee but hates the taste. Don't sweat it, you're not missing much.
Two points:
Have you tried just a shot of espresso with some sugar? I know you say you don't like the bitterness,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pointystick
3 months ago
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"The blogger Last Psychiatrist had an interesting insight into the fellow who refused to administer the shocks. Apparently his reason for refusing is often misunderstood:
Here's why he refused:
...[the professor] insisted that I continue..." [
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3 months ago
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"On a related note, "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro is a biography of Robert Moses that details, among other things, Moses' push for housing projects in NY and their strident opposition by those who had to be relocated. It's an excellent..." [
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3 months ago
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"My favorite late nite snack is vegetarian. Fig jam with goat cheese on whole wheat bread pan-toasted in butter. Add honey. For best results, warm everything up to room temperature. (This is also what I cut into finger-size pieces and sneak into movie..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity, The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew
5 months ago
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"Just another lazy NYC writer trying to come up with a buzzword & "hot trend" to pay rent this month. Like "metrosexual," "bromance," "man date," and "frenemies." Don't waste your time...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by loiseau, cazoo, tippiedog
6 months ago
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"Towards the end of Don Quixote:
"Alas," answered Sancho, sobbing, "dear sir, do not die; but take my counsel, and live many years; for the greatest madness a man can commit in this life is to suffer himself to die, without anybody's..." [
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6 months ago
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"nthing write "not at this address" on the envelope and drop it in the mailstream. As an urban dweller who rotates through apartments frequently, I had a stamp made for this purpose...." [
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7 months ago
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"Host a television show that tests popular myths via applied science and engineering, consulting experts in the field when appropriate, with a generous budget and pyrotechnic results...." [
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8 months ago
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"This link looks informative, and pretty recent.
Technically, the problem isn't that you can't visit Cuba, it's that you can't spend money on "travel-related transactions" involving Cuba. There are no travel restrictions imposed by the..." [
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9 months ago
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"In microbiology, a petri dish with too many bacterial colonies to count is described as Too Numerous To Count, or TNTC." [
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10 months ago
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"I'm cynical about corporate behavior when no-one's looking (imagine that) and wonder if anyone knows how this would play out in practice.
Apart from whatever maritime law requires, there is a great brotherhood-type relationship among those who..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nasreddin, timetoevolve
11 months ago
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"I once created a logo for a Cabinet-level agency, and I can tell you this kind of design stuff is the province of interns and other low-level personnel. And, any attempt at novelty or creativity will get picked apart and committeed to death, so..." [
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11 months ago
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"I don't have small ears, but I do have these Sennheiser earbuds, and they come with different sized inserts. Excellent sound for the price." [
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11 months ago
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"What the officer did is constitutionally OK under Terry v. Ohio. and Florida v. Bostick.
In the context of investigatory stops and detentions, here are a few important principles that should be remembered:
1. Police may stop you for any..." [
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"In high school I recall being assigned to read some ungodly collection of short fiction. One piece implied that there existed (at least according to this particular gay male author) some kind of a foot-tapping code in public restrooms. IE, tap your..." [
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"Kalustyan's has every Indian spice or condiment imaginable. It's on Lex." [
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How "real" is "Planet Earth"?
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"This is the best I've ever found. Note that they come in different sizes, make sure you get the right size for your frame." [
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"Well, it's easy to be aware of "the world outside your country" when you live in, say, Switzerland, being aware of Germany is as impressive as me being aware of Indiana. To be fair, you'd really have to see whether Europeans are more..." [
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"Years ago I read a little blurb in the Economist that really stuck with me. The King of Swaziland spent millions of dollars buying private airliners for his family, while at the same time requesting emergency food aid from the UN.
I think this is..." [
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"My favorite is The Origins and Development of the English Language, by Thomas Pyles. Well written, detailed, and approachable." [
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"I haven't used the D70, but I have used other Nikon DSLRs, and found that out-of-the-camera, the images are rather flat and lacking in contrast.
I found out, though, that this is by design. DSLR's don't do a lot of in-camera processing, leaving..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by soviet sleepover
Last year
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"Well, this thread has aged to the point where my original intent is irrelevant now, but what the hey.
Thank you to The Salaryman and suedehead, who got the point I was trying to make. I tried to condense my post into as few lines as possible so..." [
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"I think the best thing for a teacher in your position to do is, rather than respond with some list of ah-ha-you-didnt-know-this-did-you-kid non-European achievements that won't persuade him of anything, and that he probably already knows about and..." [
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Two years ago
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"Obviously, the solution is to get a USB-controlled Missile Launcher connected to a PC set up in the corner of your bedroom. You tape a condom onto each missile. Then you wire up a remote trigger button somewhere discreetly near your bed. When..." [
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Two years ago
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"I always took it to be a reference to LBJ's showing of his scar, ie, that LBJ had a weird interest in scars.
My brother thought it referred to LBJ being gay. My brother is an idiot who probably got LBJ confused with J. Edgar Hoover...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bristolcat
Two years ago
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"I'm going to make amends for my earlier near-derail by posting a substantive comment to which subsequent commenters can flame way, so here goes. I've got comments for both sides of this debate.
First, I don't think this provides any grist for..." [
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Two years ago
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"You've done all you can do. You can't tweak the settings in Firefox and still get every website to look as it should.
This goes to the heart of a philsophical divide between web designers and browser authors: web designers want to specify how..." [
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Two years ago
