February 2010
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British Motorist Fined And Given Penalty Notice... →
Michael Mancini had stopped his van in traffic and wiped his nose with a handkerchief. When he moved off, he was pulled over by police who told him he had not been in control of his vehicle. Mr Mancini, from Ayrshire, was handed a £60 fixed penalty and given three points on his driving licence.
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Putting Weird Things in Coffee →
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Argentine president: Eat pork, spice your sex life →
We have finally found the true reason behind the internet’s fascination with bacon.
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When is the test for Jeopardy! Left-Brained People...
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That sucked.
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Moscow's Stray Dogs Evolving Greater Intelligence,... →
But beggar dogs have evolved the most specialized behavior. Relying on scraps of food from commuters, the beggar dogs can not only recognize which humans are most likely to give them something to eat, but have evolved to ride the subway. Using scents, and the ability to recognize the train conductor’s names for different stops, they incorporate many stations into their territories.
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Scientologists 'heal' Haiti quake victims using... →
A group of Church of Scientology “volunteer ministers” is in Haiti to help heal victims of the earthquake using the power of touch.
Clad in yellow T-shirts emblazoned with the logo of the controversial US-based group, smiling volunteers fan out among the injured lying under makeshift shelters in the courtyard of Port-au-Prince’s General Hospital.
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“All the...
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Trouble
I'm upstairs with the baby and the two-year-old. There's the loud bang of the door downstairs indicating that my wife just got home with the five-year-old.
Me: Sounds like Mom's home.
Two: Here comes trouble.
I'm not sure if he was referring to his mother or brother.
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WatchYou work for a local television news station putting together a story on proposed legislation to create a new Do Not Call List for specifically for political robocalls.
Your task: Find 25 seconds of video footage of people using a telephone to air while the anchorwoman reads the story.
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Things I learned while watching one of those...
One of the names Boy George originally considered for Culture Club was Sex Gang Children.
When he passed on it, another group snatched it up.
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Lunch
A coworker comes into my office. He occasionally goes on kicks where he tries to watch what he eats. He's carrying a can of soup.
Coworker: For lunch today, I brought in a can of Healthy Choice Italian Wedding Soup.
Me: Yeah?
Coworker: Well, this and a tupperware full of shepherd's pie.
Me: *laughing*
Coworker: But the shepherd's pie is made with ground turkey instead of ground beef.
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kimalah:
Aching back, aching sinuses, and heartburn. Conclusion: no different than yesterday.
I gave myself the present of the next two days off, and today I get to cash in gift certificates for a massage and a manicure.
I really just want to sleep but carpe diem, blah blah blah, etc.
Happy Birthday Kim!
May your day be relaxing, fun, and full of smiles.
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People Are Stupid
Ted Kennedy held the office of Senator from Massachusetts for 46 years. He was often referred to as the “Liberal Lion of the Senate.” He worked his entire career for progressive causes, including, and significantly, health care reform. Kennedy was elected by the citizens of Massachusetts nine times, and typically by large margins. In the last two elections he received 72.7% and 69.3% of the vote....
I am so pissed off right now
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“You look about 65% asleep.”
– My coworker to me, just now.
I would have thought it was higher.
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Businessman sues British Airwars 'for treating men... →
From the Daily Mail:
A businessman is suing British Airways over a policy that bans male passengers from sitting next to children they don’t know - even if the child’s parents are on the same flight.
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In line with the policy, BA cabin crew patrol the aisles before take-off checking that youngsters travelling on their own or in a different row from their parents are not...
My wife is not happy with John Hamm's facial hair
Perhaps he might have won if he had shaved.
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redjeep asked: Now that you and the wife are getting to sleep through the night... has it made you more appreciative of snuggling and spooning and ...
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Thanks for nothing
Yesterday I gave a lunchtime presentation/lesson to a large group of coworkers showing them some ways to better use Microsoft Word. Because nobody knows how to use it properly.
This morning one of the Vice Presidents, who sat behind me during the presentation, told me that my presentation was very informative, and that he definitely was going to try doing some of the stuff that I showed him, and...
kimalah asked: Vanilla or chocolate? Defend your position.
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"Exfoliate My Ass" is my new favorite catchphrase →
This new feature on Deadspin had me in tears.
Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure
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Australians have the world's largest houses →
From the Courier-Mail:
Data commissioned by CommSec shows the Australian house has grown on average by 10 per cent in the past decade to a record high of 214sq m (2303 sq ft), three times the size of the average British house.
Homes are really big in New South Wales in particular:
NSW has the biggest houses in Australia and by a large margin. The size of the average new house built in NSW in...
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Why Pat Robertson Doesn't Make Any Sense
Well, just one of many reasons actually.
Typically in fiction (where such deals are normally made) deals with the Devil result in earthly riches being bestowed upon the dealmakers in exchange for spending the rest of eternity in Hell.
So if the Haitians made a deal, they really got the short end of the stick.
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“You have a culture where to act like you want to do well in school is considered...”
– Charleston Attorney Lawrence “Larry” Kobrovsky speaking about the $150,000 settlement between Williamsburg County (SC) schools and two students who claimed that the school district allowed an intra-racial hostile environment to exist.
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Woo Hoo!
The baby slept through the night last night for the first time!
The wife kept getting up to make sure she was still breathing. So really, the baby got the best sleep of everyone.
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Apparently the age at which children start hiding...
It was pointed out, however, that there was never a rule stating explicitly that such activity is prohibited.
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WatchSmugmug has updated their video player, so I’m testing it out by posting this video of a baby doing absolutely nothing.
Endangered species found in demilitarized zone... →
Just consider how many endangered species we could help save if we were to set up a demilitarized zone between the United States and Canada.
A list of fictional people I sometimes think about...
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Dr. Johnny Fever, WKRP in Cincinnati.
Alex Rieger & Elaine Nardo, Taxi.
Starsky and Hutch
Mr. Kotter
Jody and Tommy
Francis, Bill, Zoey and Lewis
Katherine, Mark, Jane and Martha
Jen and Kira from The Dark Crystal
Jack and Aliena from The Pillars of the Earth
Baby Godzilla
