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"Not to derail too much, but I gotta question that bears repeating in this somewhat related thread. I personally know no hardcore conservative republicans. I just don't. So when my mother in law, who does, mentioned yesterday that one of these crazies..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, bunnytricks
2 weeks ago
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"Brief anecdote: A good friend of mine took off for the wilds of Alaska upon completing her degree. All she wanted to do was hike and camp and commune with nature. Sadly, it did not last for very long. Not because she grew weary of the life she had..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by ifjuly, philosophistry, Solomon, elisynn
3 months ago
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"Damn you, Matt. How can I viciously envy your travel rich life when you *choke* make me cry?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
3 months ago
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"I am not very familiar with Carlin's work, but one thing he said really stuck with me. I'll paraphrase: "I am a pragmatist, when people ask me if the glass is half full or half empty, I reply by telling them the glass is twice as large as it..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jlbartosa, Iamtherealme
3 months ago
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"Okay, maybe it's just me, but this curiosity occurred to me: what about when the women were menstruating? Same deal?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
4 months ago
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I used to love a klezmer band that went by the name of Jewbacca.
favorited 18 times, recently by AngerBoy, lsemel, dreadpiratesully, streetdreams, calistasm, limeonaire, xotis, moss, winston, moonmilk, fire&wings, mimi, Salamandrous, aeighty, cog_nate, jammy, headnsouth, stefanie
4 months ago
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"When I was little, there was this old nun at our school, I can't even remember her name now, but she ran the cafeteria. When we would start to get rowdy and out of line, she would slam her wooden staff down on the ground and yell, "Quit being..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bonobo
6 months ago
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"I am disturbed by the fact that I still LOVE their hair as much as I did when I was a little kid. The girl? With that pony-tail to the left side? It's all long and shiny? The way she whips that around so dramatically when she dances? Oooooooh! I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dejah420
8 months ago
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"Well, CNN is now conceding the possibility that "Musharraf is responsible", based upon that Mark Siegal email. About damn time they got around to the theory of Musharraf culpability (or complicity) in her assassination. I hate Wolf Blitzer,..." [
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9 months ago
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"Why can't Metafilter be more like English Russia? They seem much cooler than we are. They do stuff. We just insult one another in increasingly clever ways, flame out, then drink too much at meetups. Why can't we have challenges? Staged photography?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by divabat
9 months ago
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"How funny is it that the fetish feet (with built in vagina!) are out of stock? Is it a popular stocking stuffer this time of year? Get it? Stocking stuffer?!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Locative, dtp
10 months ago
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"Lordy, I was unprepared for all the Hillary hating in this thread. You'd think that she came and personally shit on all your lawns, slept with all of your husbands (or wives, if the rumors are to be believed), and beat up your kids, for all the hate..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by tehloki, madamjujujive, tristeza, longdaysjourney
Last year
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"Ok, I am totally wrong. I listened to the wrong song initially. I just bought it, Cold Jubilee, by Tijuana Mon Amour, off of the Cold Jubilee (Of the Snowqueen) album. It is a lovely song, and I recommend it to everyone. Listen to this song, and your..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Herkimer
Last year
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"CNN should be ashamed of their barely concealed glee in their coverage of this tragedy. Wolf Blitzer and his ilk are all dickheads. Who watches this shit outside of the gym or the airport? CNN (in the US, the international version is marginally..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by poweredbybeard, EatTheWeak
Last year
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"First, believe me when I say I have met some crazy diplomatic corp-folk in my life, and the Israelis (and not suprisingly, the Aussies) have been some of the most insane I have come across.
That said, given the wallop taken by the Israelis with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Emardhi
Last year
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How do I productively read a manuscript?
favorited 10 times, recently by safetyfork, cass, drezdn, divabat, limeonaire, ROTFL, booksandlibretti, twirlypen, Phire, phatkitten
Last year
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"I think your best bet is talking to David's parents/guardian/caregiver. People like David have little capacity to understand when they are being inappropriate or overbearing. You are in no position to teach David that lesson yourself, since you make..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jamjam
Two years ago
