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"I was just in Vegas and I have a few probably idiosyncratic quick tips: 1) Be very aware that things on the Strip will be much farther apart than you think they will be. Each of those "blocks" on the handy maps you come across are like 1/4..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lalochezia, iamkimiam
Last month
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"The title of that first linked article is "Your Privacy Is An Illusion..."
Just last week at a staff meeting an eager and trendy young Gen Yer in our department was scandalized by the idea anyone might be googling job applicants and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Iamtherealme
2 months ago
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"The father is obviously an insane sadistic sociopath and there is no excuse for his crimes against his family: no one reading this WallowingInAwfulNewsFilter.FPP would disagree. But the thing I never understand in threads like this are the folks who..." [
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2 months ago
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"SNPP is probably wrong if they attribute it to Hamlet. Shakespeare would have been more likely to use "watch" as a noun (as in "stand the watch") than as a verb. Likely it's just some mock-Shakespeare cooked up by the show's..." [
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2 months ago
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"Indian and Thai food is essential for me during periods when I eat vegetarian and crave variety. Some of my favorite cookbooks are Maddhur Jaffrey's World of the East (she might have some other veg Indian cookbooks as well), Julie Sahni's classic,..." [
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3 months ago
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"Maybe you need to calm down and think in a bit more balanced way about things you can do that might make the kind of difference that would matter to you? I wonder if this sort of crisis is a function of age: some people get to a certain..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by domi_p
3 months ago
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"Given the four authors you originally cited, I would strongly suggest Jonathan Lethem, David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas and Ghostwritten), Geoff Ryman (particularly Was, Air, 334, and The Child Garden), Maureen McHugh's China Mountain Zhang, Christopher..." [
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3 months ago
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"I think this question, which pops up every few months here, merits a bit more thought than the common response, "X [often Dune or some Heinlein or Niven title] is a classic of the genre, make her read that."
Author and critic Samuel..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by suckerpunch, jjwiseman
3 months ago
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"Those interested in 20th c. British poetry and who don't require traditional meter or rhyme might also try out Basil Bunting, Tom Raworth, Geraldine Monk, Maggie O'Sullivan, Bob Cobbing, Bill Griffiths, Edwin Morgan, Denise Riley, Ken Edwards, Eavan..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dyoneo, whir
4 months ago
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"Also, for the people wondering about the Dalai Lama's comments about resigning, it's worth noting that he has, over the years of exile, already shifted most of the authority for running the "government in exile" in Dharamsala, India, away..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sculpin
4 months ago
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"David Mamet full of himself? Well, New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff told a great story (on NPR's Fresh Air, I think) a few years ago about Mamet: shortly after becoming cartoon editor, Mankoff got a smarmy letter from Mamet congratulating him on..." [
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4 months ago
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"If the cat used to leave them alone all night, and now wakes them at 4am, something somewhere has changed. If not a subtle health problem -- and this could be anything from constipation to a urinary tract infection (is the cat eating, peeing or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Arqa
5 months ago
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"Older generation:
- Ursula LeGuin (many classics like The Dispossed and Left Hand of Darkness; still prolific)
- Joanna Russ (70s angry feminist, brilliant but controversial; Female Man in particular)
- James Tiptree Jr (real name Alice Sheldon;..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Wilder, kosher_jenny, exceptinsects, thebrokedown, Wavelet
5 months ago
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"A lot of this varies by cat, honestly.
That said, cats, being incredibly flexible, tend in my experience to turn around tightly rather than back up; not sure I've seen the tumble and get back up move, but as I say behavior varies quite a bit...." [
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5 months ago
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"Also, assuming it's not just "Always Show Full Menus" turned off (see Tools, Customize), run a virus check asap (with a particular eye toward macro viruses). Over the years I've found that missing functions (particularly Edit functions) in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by foxy_hedgehog
6 months ago
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"Hogshead: Buddha, bizarrely, was kind of down on game-playing.
I'm not sure it's so bizarre. The foundation of Buddhism is the presumption that the basic nature of existence is suffering and attachment to behavior that leads to more suffering...." [
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7 months ago
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"Looking at your profile, your previous posts suggest you're not only new to Chicago, but also to urban life in general. Which makes me wonder if there might not be some kind of "urban survival" class you and your partner could take (content..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by BrotherCaine, mphuie, Happydaz, anildash
8 months ago
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"I don't mean this snarkily, honest -- but I wonder if you should think about your priorities. In your post you say you want to have produced a book by the time you die. I want to suggest in as friendly and gentle a way as I can that it might be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Happy Dave
8 months ago
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"I don't know about teh hip-hop, but the most amazing theremin playing I have ever seen was by Pamela Kurstin with Bela Fleck's band a few years ago.
Many with interest in the theremin probably already know about this, but in case not, there's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last year
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"Is there a way that normal guys like you and me can tap into this same desert strength? Are there other famous examples of such sudden transformations from a nobody to someone great?
You don't really need the desert and 40 days, any more than a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by RussHy
Last year
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"Well, Eraserhead early in my adult life and forever after damaged my interest in purchasing / eating cornish game hens.
And, now that I think about it, for having children too. Hm...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by brundlefly
Last year
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"Sincere efforts and politeness go a long way. I suggest learning (re-learning?) a few basic sentences to open conversations with.
Many people will recognize your atrocious American accent and pick up the conversation in English if they can, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by miss lynnster
Last year
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"I thought for a sec it might be Asimov's "Nightfall" (which I haven't read in about 30 years), but google tells me no.
I bet, however, someone in rec.arts.sf.written could ID this. Their term for this sort of request is YASID ("yet..." [
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