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MeFi post: Beetle love
Along the same lines is: http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Tatianas-Sex-Advice-All-Creation/dp/0099283751


(does anyone know why firefox broke my ability to post links in form fields?)
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 2:27 PM on November 10, 2007

MeFi post: Pedants
Miss Lynnster: "...but it only eases my pain slightly" should be "...but it eases my pain only slightly." :)
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 9:44 AM on October 1, 2007

MeFi post: A . In Time
I got stoned with Madeleine L'Engle. I mean, she wasn't actually in the room with me, and I was about 12, but a Wrinkle in Time stoned me pretty good.


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posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 12:26 PM on September 7, 2007

MeFi post: >>>>>PASS THIS ON! (emails from the right)
Wow, what a neat idea. Thanks for the post, wash.
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 5:30 PM on August 15, 2007

MeFi post: The N-word is dead
I've always wanted to have a band called "The Renegers." I don't have the guts.

(But still considering "The Lady Di's")
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 2:49 PM on July 10, 2007

MeFi post: "If I Did It, Here's How It Happened."
I saw him being interviewed at home by some British personality, and as they walked thru his kitchen, he picked up a banana and pretended to stab her with it from behind. This was not very long after the aquittal, and it was then I realized how truly crazed the man is. He knows he did it, he just doesn't think it was wrong.
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 5:36 AM on November 15, 2006

MeFi post: The end of cursive?
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the male/female aspect of this. In my experience, girls tend to generally have better handwriting and stick with cursive longer. OTOH, many a boy I've known has been unfairly docked in school due to handwriting alone. I predicted the death of cursive several years ago, and I'm glad to see it go. I think it is among the many reasons that perfectly smart young men get completely disillusioned with the American school system. Often, it is not the child that... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 11:18 AM on October 11, 2006

MeFi post: Shine On You Crazy Diamond
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posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 3:44 PM on July 11, 2006

MeFi post: Tony Snow doesn't even last one day...
I'm with dvdgee on this.

Did no one hear the context of this?

Damn, CBS older reporter lady (I shamefully cannot remember your name), give him hell!
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 11:35 PM on May 16, 2006

MeFi post: Project Dribble
Ah, the Tatum salt dome detonations. Haven't affected me a bit. (Typing this in Hattiesburg with my three hands.)
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 9:14 PM on April 17, 2006

MeFi post: Books that never were
I read The Princess Bride in Junior High (nearly got sent home because the back blurb described Prince Humperdinck as a "son of a bitch"), and even then I thought the conceit of a book-within-a-book was the best part of what continues to be one of my favorite reads.
posted to MetaFilter by thebrokedown at 8:14 AM on March 16, 2006