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"I think you are depressed, and I think cognitive therapy could help you. Your post shows several areas of self-demeaning cognitive "errors" that you could learn to correct. A good place to start is Dr. David Burns's Feeling Good website and..." [
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5 days ago
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"What's been said above is good. As a jaded veteran of the good-neighborhood-gone-bad wars, absolutely call the cops every time you have a halfway decent excuse. (They may not want you to call 911 for a noise complaint, but they sure will for a fight.)..." [
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9 days ago
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"Portugal's nationalist ideology was pretty much blown to bits by the end of the monarchy, the Estado Novo fascist regime, and then the Carnation Revolution and decolonization. In general, European nationalism in the modern era is quite mild compared..." [
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11 days ago
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"I think you're looking at traveling by cargo ship. You can go what's called "working passage" and actually make some spending money for the time ashore, or on a select few freighters you can actually pay for a passenger berth.
Otherwise,..." [
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12 days ago
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"Press charges. As noted, you don't have a good kid who's made a few mistakes. You have a full-fledged klepto on your hands, one who doesn't seem to care about getting caught or any sort of consequences.
You have the honor of showing him some.
I..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"Helpful: an interactive map of the Berlin Wall as it once existed and as memorialized today. It's near the southeast corner of the Tiergarten, the large (green) central park just southwest of the middle of the map...." [
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3 weeks ago
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"This was, I believe, a topic I investigated in my blog a while back. Since it's offline right now I can't link to it.
My recollection is that I was able to find a photograph of a London newspaper boy in a sandwich board bearing the headline..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"I can't find the well-known TV critic who explained how CSI:Las Vegas has always been a true ensemble work and CSI:Miami has been victimized by Caruso's preening star turns, but I did find this relevant savaging:
[Caruso's] first meeting with TV..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"How Justice Sandra Day O'Connor handled her husband's post-dementia relationship." [
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"Well, I was quite surprised to learn that the South reached Washington.
Resupply was difficult in the Rockies, and they were triumphant at the Battle of Pocatello, but it was Bloody Coeur d'Alene that finally finished it for the South...." [
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"I have to say that there are many things (as a non-morning person) that I could tolerate before 10am, but a power saw in the driveway is not one of them. Albuquerque notwithstanding...." [
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"Sure, you can be cynical about this -- it changes very little in the short term. But I think it does establish a baseline of international consensus that like the land-mine treaty before it may inhibit their use by the countries that continue to..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by russilwvong, ooga_booga, Lentrohamsanin, homunculus
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"I suggested to someone that, for the cost of the TV advertising spent by the Kerry and Bush camps in that Presidential campaign, that polio could have been eradicated from the world in 18 months
This seems a very loose moral linkage. One could as..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by GuyZero, h00py
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"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!" [
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Last month
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"And yet, the same historic society in town who allowed this halted the constuction plans of a homeowner due to an old wall on his property that MIGHT have historical significance.
Generally, historic or landmark commissions (societies are the..." [
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2 months ago
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"Patton was visiting a field hospital when he came across a soldier who didn't appear to be wounded. When Patton asked what was wrong with him, the soldier responded, "It's my nerves." Patton blew up: "You cowardly bastard! You're going..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by lalochezia, claudius, Brainy, ao4047
2 months ago
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"I'm with the skeptics. It was a good animation, and it's interesting in its own way, but it's somewhat at odds with the very idea of cubism.
I would have liked it more, perhaps, if each part broken out had been used as a discussion point about the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gorgor_balabala
2 months ago
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"This reminded me, oddly, of By Rolls to Russia, by Simon Winchester^ -- also a Guardian columnist. The year was 1984, and he took a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit^ over the Iron Curtain all the way to Russia, with many surreal encounters along the way..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Monochrome, bonaldi
2 months ago
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"And what's up with the Triple-H of Humphrey in 68?
It was an era of triple-letter initialisms. We'd had FDR and HST, detoured for a round of golf with Ike, then had JFK vs. RMN. Fate intervened and elevated LBJ, with whom we went all the way, but..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by shoebox, Faint of Butt
2 months ago
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"Is no one bringing up the fact that this adult woman was making sexual advances on a 13-year-old girl on the internet? Isn't that enough to make this wrong?
No kidding. Can you imagine if every fact in this case were the same, except the adult..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lupus_yonderboy
2 months ago
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"I read these and I just think of all the times they've rolled into a venue somewhere and had crap soup, dirty towels, and soda pop with no fizz." [
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2 months ago
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"Wow. Somebody who insists you spend $1000 more just to be on the same plane? No wonder you're having second thoughts.
If you ask me, this trip should be about you and your boyfriend going where you want to go and when, and meet up with them when ....." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by hulahulagirl, Scram, zeph, CorporateHippy, hjo3, sperose, nasreddin, Solomon, waitangi, turgid dahlia
2 months ago
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"Well, I got a really bad feeling halfway through, during all the pontificating critics, that this was basically going to be a big deflating cliché to all their pretension.
For starters, I was fairly well annoyed that they showed you a couple of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by treepour, ornate insect
2 months ago
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"Heh. Okay, I have a hyena story here.
Er, no, wait. That was a cougar." [
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2 months ago
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"I don't care if Starbuck is female, but she damn well better be a cigar-smokin' ladies' woman." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cgc373
2 months ago
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""So you want to put another thought in his head. It turns out talking about family is what really makes a difference.” Slutkin didn’t take this notion to the interrupters; he learned it from them.
When a kid gets arrested for engaging in gang..." [
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2 months ago
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"If you lived in Australia, particularly Queensland, you wouldn't be asking this question. That continent has always gone through wet/dry cycles, but it's now in one of the most extended droughts in its history.
It depends on the source, of course...." [
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2 months ago
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"The day before, May 15, the Oakland Tribune ran this story (this is all I could get from NewspaperArchive):
LSD Found At Site of FORD SPEECH
CHICAGO (AP) The hallucinatory drug LSD was found in a COFFEE um brewing backstage at a theater where..." [
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2 months ago
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"At this time, Little Zheng emerged from the bedroom. Little Wang grabbed hold of Little Zheng
Oh, I see. PLA slash porn." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by homunculus
2 months ago
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"Mitrovarr, first of all, this is Dubai we're talking about -- not Sadr City. It's got money and good security and isn't likely to be invaded by anyone anytime soon. It's stability you can bank on, and indeed, it rivals other cities (NYC, London,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Non Prosequitur
2 months ago
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"Or maybe the gag is the kid being able to sing on despite the manhandling.
That's my take. It's sort of a Dutch Idol/X-Factor for kids, with de Leeuw's role being to somehow make the kid break his concentration.
I mean, I know how this looks..." [
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3 months ago
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"Well, Larry Niven has two talks he used to give that are somewhat related. In "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel" and "The Theory and Practice of Teleportation" he basically takes a scientific approach to things that are very..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by T.D. Strange, gjc
3 months ago
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"I've mentioned this before, but I'm reminded of it again and again. John Kenneth Galbraith wrote an essay decades ago where he pointed out that the advent of the home appliance had the dual effect of eliminating the economic independence of many..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BeReasonable, BrotherCaine
3 months ago
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"Along here, between the road and Devils Den Wood, there are a few houses, including the double-fronted and pebble-dashed Meadowview, which sports a silver London taxi in its large forecourt.
Well, I'll be damned if that isn't a silver London taxi..." [
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3 months ago
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"Surprised they didn't mention Steve Gilliard, who died within the last year and received a NYT obit and was given an end-of-year profile in the NYT Magazine.
Obviously even sedentary office work is, well, work, and karoshi is not a concept the..." [
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3 months ago
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"It's textbook creation of dramatic tension. This is the moment when even Mickey has lost faith that he can win. By having Mickey switch from cheerleader to protector, we really feel the sense of imminent defeat. By rising to his feet, Rocky surprises..." [
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3 months ago
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"to indicate "Let's put this on the table and talk about it!" instead of "Let's put this away for now."
The first is British/Canadian parliamentary usage; the second is American parliamentary usage. Table (verb)
Usually..." [
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3 months ago
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"Google has also attempted to mollify privacy concerns by allowing photographic subjects who are uncomfortable with their image on the database to request its removal. -- Stanford Daily
Go to Street View Help, then click Report Inappropriate Image...." [
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3 months ago
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"Tips on cheese storage from Missouri Extension.
How to make homemade cheddar.
Looks like aging in the fridge is one possible route, but you do have to seal it -- wax or (convenient) plastic. But any visible mold is a danger sign.
I suppose..." [
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3 months ago
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"I had a blessedly brief bedbug episode last year. They weren't nearly as tenacious as the ones the bedbug blogs and mailing lists deal with, yet I'm sure they're bedbugs. Anyway, what you want to do is buy a load of extra-large resealable plastic..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nomad
3 months ago
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"Advantage? But what's their qualification for the job? Who their parents were?
As verstegan has pointed out, the hereditary peers have been reduced to a pool of 92 under the House of Lords Act 1999, which explicitly states No-one shall be a member..." [
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3 months ago
