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The Perfect Meatloaf
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7 days ago
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"1.) About PIMSLEUR ... I would normally endorse it heartily, but their German tapes are really pretty bad. I'm not sure what it is.
2.) You SHOULD avail yourself to Deutsche-Welle's various offerings. In particular, Langsam Gesprochene..." [
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13 days ago
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""Today, I am a boy!"
(Henny Youngman at his belated bar-mitzvah)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
3 weeks ago
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"I'm voting for Obama because I don't want McCain to pick the SCOTUS.
The rest of the Democratic party can stew in their juices. When they dump Pelosi, I'll know they're serious about governing...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by manguero, theredpen, enn
3 weeks ago
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"Most every Republican I know -- from frothing wingnut to rational agree-to-disagree types -- knows full well that the McCain camp is campaigning on clumsy lies, manufactured outrage and self-induced delusion. So I'm not sure how pointing it out is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Deep Dish
3 weeks ago
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"Run a google search on: IMPOSSIBLE COCONUT PIE
Here's one example.
Bascially, it's a fall-down-silly-simple recipe that you mix in a bowl and pour into a pie tin. It separates during cooking, making it's own bottom "crust", crunching..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by librarianamy, tejolote
Last month
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"I've been by-passing the US sources; watching it directly on CCTV via UUSee, which is like a file-sharing version of Window's Media Player. It has like every friggin' TV show in China. Problem is -- it's a Chinese app, so good luck installing it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
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""By contrast, GWB can't find his ass with both hands and a flashlight."
... and an GPS-ready Ass-O-Meter®." [
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2 months ago
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""Inside the Third Reich". There are probably much better books, but Speer's made a pretty early and vivid impact on me." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cass
2 months ago
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"rtha: So my biologically and socially gendered female friends who have had hysterectomies are not "she"s?
I'm not sure why you imagine this analogy is so devastating. I don't think anyone is arguing that a canary that loses its wings..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Crabby Appleton, Brandon Blatcher
2 months ago
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"It sounds like you are asking people to define truth according to how it makes other people feel, rather than what they genuinely believe to be objective fact. I'm not sure that's a wise policy...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Crabby Appleton
2 months ago
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"Hmmm ... is everyone who rejects (or at least questions) the premises you consider self-evident a hate-spreading bigot? That's gonna be a mighty long list...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by essband
2 months ago
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"I'll probably get crushed for saying this, but I think Paula Poundstone is incredibly witty. It isn't the biting social commentary wit of a Bill Hicks by any means. It's not something you quote in a sig or even remember a day later. Indeed, it's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
2 months ago
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"Knappster: "With all due respect, I think Darryl's and Darryl's accents were dead on.
Well, Darryl's was spot-on, but Darryl kinda phoned it in...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by GaelFC, lizzicide
2 months ago
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"Boy, oh, boy ... if this were "Daily Kos", half you traitors would have your comments hidden in the name of freedom!
Seriously ... after his Jerusalem flip-flop, I pretty much wrote off Obama. I never fell for the Jedi mind tricks..." [
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2 months ago
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"Pierrot le Fou: I'm really skeptical that a signficant percentage of Entertainment Weekly readers will see this movie.
I thought it was sort of funny they included this too. You know what this reminds me of? Though I haven't seen a Playboy..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
2 months ago
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"tkchrist: Like it or not. NOT voting for Obama IS a vote for McCain.
I prefer to frame such scenarios as: "Candidate X has declined my support...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lord_wolf, oaf
2 months ago
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"I'll bet he died on the 3rd and the fudged it so they could say it was on the 4th." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mer2113
3 months ago
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""His point was that the communists in Hollywood really were doing many of the things that they were being accused of - they really did want to overthrow the government of the U.S. ... "
I'm trying to picture Howard Da Silva or Zero..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bunnytricks
3 months ago
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"I have a bottle of wine I'm saving for the debate where Obama pushes McSame's buttons to the point where we get a angry, sputtering "Vesuvius" moment of no return...." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by saturnine, Lizc, confusionball, box, 912 Greens, Nattie, Ludi, Mayor West, yoga, mecran01, lalochezia, clarahamster, bunnytricks
3 months ago
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"The whole idea BEHIND "getting them into office" is that they will protect us from the excesses of other party and prosecute their illegality. If they abrogate that implicit promise and responsibility what exactly are they running on?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chunking express, Sys Rq
3 months ago
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"Would love to see Mecca, but not really keen on converting." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cass
3 months ago
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"I'm in a quandary ... now that the issue is laid out on the table, if the Dems in the rarefied strata DON'T support it, then I will have no reason to support THEM or their candidates.
Can't advertise yourself at the as the bulwark against rabid..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by owhydididoit, quintessencesluglord
3 months ago
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"I count myself among those underwhelmed by Obama. I keep hearing people fawn over his "electrifying" speeches, but when I read them I can't find much substance. I keep having Dukakis flashbacks. (NOTE TO OBAMA CAMPAIGN: If a GOP General..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by cjets, Lou Stuells, loiseau, Kato, drjimmy11
4 months ago
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"As a general rule of thumb:
I like Obama, but tend to dislike his supporters.
I dislike Hillary, but tend to like her supporters.
The election is his to lose. Lets hope they don't prove it yet again...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ruelle
4 months ago
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"ceri richard:
/pedant alert:
The correct spelling is:
Répondez s'il vous plaît.
/end pedant alert.
/super pedant alert
The "plaît" spelling was sorta deprecated by back in the 90's. More precisely, it isn't obligatory...." [
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4 months ago
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"(Hope the submitter for forgive one more little sidebar, but the question has been pretty well answered.)
My sister has a hysterical sense of humor that borders on cruel. She and her husband hosted a French foreign exchange student (from Paris,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nasreddin, ceri richard
4 months ago
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"Mayhap the sewage rat canst bring to mind the welcome savor of pie from pumpkin, yea, I know not, as no such beast shall befoul my repast." [
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5 months ago
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"I'd like to be the first to propose that we boycott the London games in 2012, due to their oppressive imperialistic stranglehold on Ireland and Scotland. No more English Muffins! No more bangers & mash! No more spotted dick! I demand my..." [
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5 months ago
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"We're all familiar with earlier shifts in acting styles for a myriad of reasons, ranging from transplanted stage actors to trendy method theories (yet can find plenty of acting examples that holds up perfectly well today), so I'll confine my..." [
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6 months ago
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"And ... of course, I clipped off the part of the clue that gave the name as: Haunts of the Very Rich (1972) (TV)." [
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6 months ago
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"Not that I guess it particularly matters, or anything ... but today is MC Hammer's birthday." [
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6 months ago
