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- This morning I did my weekly banking stuff. I checked my credit card online statement and noticed that I had... |
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- Enigma and suspense characterised this year's first prize winning play of the BBC African Performance Playwriting Competition in more ways... |
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- Happy 29th Birthday to me!!! Happy Birthday to Suzanne! Today was Robyn's baby shower, which went smashingly! No family conflicts, tons of good food and cookies (lovingly prepared by Andrea, Becky and myself). She walked away with heaps of wonderful gifts and everyone had a great time. |
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- Shorter Matthew Yglesias (Sorry, Matt. I just can't resist.) The most successful liberal programs give government money to people who... |
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- Better Living Through Libertarianism - Shit! Julian got mugged last night. Bad enough that: a) anyone should get mugged; b)... |
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- There and Back Again - Leon Sparx backpacked into and through Baghdad and back to Brooklyn over the summer. His... |
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- Look Over There! - Dan Scheltema's Dislogue has moved.... |
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- Faith, Hope and Above All Charity - The fine Canadian blogger Kevin Michael Grace of the Ambler is in serious... |
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Funny Money (Oct 26 2003 04:59 GMT) - Funny Money - Boy, if people read more than the headlines, they'd find considerable amusement value. Headline: Donors Promise Iraq... |
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- it wiene wol in soart typstra's op in klutsje der, mar wat in vage jonne... (al miste ik wol triedsjes om de pyk mei fuort te flossen) |
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- Knee Defender stops reclining seatbacks so your knees won't have to. Unique, patent pending Knee Defender gives you control when confronted by a faceless, determined seat recliner who doesn't care how long your legs are. This is not a question of whether it would be nice to have a bit more room. Rather, for those of us who have to squeeze ourselves into the limited legroom space of a coach seat offered by many airlines, a seat in front of us that is poised to recline is a... |
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- Panther is out and its pretty awesome, I love it and pretty much everyone is upgrading this weekend ;D Read all about the cool stuff in panther: http://www. apple. |
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- The largest protests in the United States since Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq were held today (Oct 25th, 2003). Organized by ANSWER and United For Peace And Justice |
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- "Scott was riding a bicycle in his neighborhood around 6:30 p.m. when he jumped a dirt mound with five of his friends, according to Bradenton Police Lt. Sam Campbell. |
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- "Here is some software that helps to surf the net through anonymous proxy servers. It's named Proxy Switcher. Basically It finds anonymous proxy servers and allows to switch among them from a system tray." -Infoanarchy.org |
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- "Today's so-called Republicans have established a mind-numbing record at polluting the environment; bloating government; appointing crony partisans; pushing the nation into debt to fund tax cuts for the rich; legislatively catering to the world's largest corporations; |
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- COLUMBUS, Ohio - A couple have been charged with operating a prostitution ring from an auto junkyard, where police said some women waited before being sent out when customers called."This is the first time we've found anything like this inside a junkyard. Most places will say it's a massage parlor or adult entertainment," police Sgt. Richard Curry said. I wonder if they trained them to fight in pits too.. |
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- "Why don't you just quit while you're ... not so far behind?" And then, with people... People freestyling Strongbad's techno... and then when I cussed according to "The Terrible Mister Grimshaw", people chimed in. |
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- I got my score back from my second Physics test and it’s a dismal 50! Fourtunately for me I was in the upper half of the class with regards to score. Hopefully that’ll help me out when it comes to the final grade. |
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ACT (Oct 26 2003 04:54 GMT) - I took the ACT this morning
this is my first time
. Terrible
. Terrible
. Somebody please kick my head
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- In honor of today's pro-Saddam"peace" rally in DC, I have lifted the following P.J. O'Rourke quote: "How come," I asked Andy, "whenever something upsets the Left, you see immediate marches and parades and rallies with signs already printed and rhyming slogans already composed, whereas whenever something upsets the Right, you... |
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- Are you a neocon? The Christian Science Monitor has a good quiz to find out if you are a neoconservative or, if not, what. Now, I am not American, but I gave it my best shot. The result: I am a realist. |
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- Are you a neocon? The Christian Science Monitor has a good quiz to find out if you are a neoconservative or, if not, what. Now, I am not American, but I gave it my best shot. The result: I am a realist. |
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Weird News (Oct 26 2003 04:53 GMT) - Check out this weird news from you state.... |
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- (US) He has seen plans for a county-wide drug court move along and expects it to be in place soon. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- (US) Emily's husband was a heavy drug user, and she tried many times to get him to stop using drugs. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $alcohol(50%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- to go to bed, but tonight is the night the clocks go back so if I go to bed now,... |
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- An anonymous reader writes "A few days ago (Oct21-23) the 7th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'03) took place in White Plains (N.Y., ... |
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- An anonymous reader writes "A few days ago (Oct21-23) the 7th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'03) took place in White Plains (N.Y., ... |
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- Got my Internet Programming project done, I was late but still.......It is cool. Check it out here... http://servlet. |
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- All good corporate underlings know that one of the ways to slipstream along behind the CEO is to adopt his/her particular brand of patter -- that semi-coherent stream of jargon and cliche that seems to be the lingua franca of... |
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- This pic is killing me!!! |
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