January 2010
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Do you remember my friend has a Papua New Guinean...
Bear Grylls claims to have been in the reserve SAS and served in Africa, which is the subject of some dispute. Chuck Norris plays tough guys in crap movies. This guy - call him Akker - served eight tours in Bouganville while in the PNGDF. Bear Grylls can shine his shoes while Chuck Norris brings him lunch.
Anyway, because of him I have some great survival tips for you: How to take...
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Here's what I think Obama should have done to...
Taken a scalpel to the country, and cut it down the red state / blue state ’border.’ Then propose a health care reform trial, by which I mean all the blue states could have universal health care, and the red states could continue with the current system. This would make the GOP base think the blue states were simply shooting themselves in the foot while they were getting the better...
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“[…]a lot of you have gone to appear at ribbon cuttings for the same projects...”
– President Barack Obama
Think Progress » Obama calls out GOP hypocrisy for going to ‘ribbon cuttings for the same projects that you voted against.’
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“The notion that I would somehow resist doing something that cost half as much...”
– President Barack Obama
War Room - Salon.com
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I have plenty of ideas. Here are some.
Tasteful restaurants prepare delicious food and they present it magnificently, but sometimes the food and presentation are too sharp, too modern. They fail to evoke our emotions.
A restaurant that serves dishes with emotional connections, particularly if they connect to memories of our care-free childhoods. A simple desert example: Chocolate icing presented in a bowl with spoons or whisks...
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Why I have lost faith in American media:
herseaoflove:
Pregnancy Pact, Dear John, Secret Life of an American Teenager, The Last Song, When in Rome, Clash of the Titans, Bounty Hunter, Why Did I get Married, Too? (I’m not making that one up, even though I wish I was), an americanized Death at a Funeral adaption, and did anyone see the preview of Jake Gyllenhaal playing a Persian? Oh, and I won’t even get into the A-Team.
And the...
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U.S. judges admit to jailing children for money →
grindlebone: Why did I only find this on Reuters UK?
BRB, deciphering:
aimee-b-loved:
heisoneyearyoungerthanmeweduelatdawnaimee
He is one year younger than me weduelatdawn aimee.
weduelatdawn
we due latdawn
What?
That…
What?
IT HURTS!
Chances are you understand and I’m being stupid for even considering you may be stuck, but brain farts happen I guess:
‘we duel at dawn’
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Do you think I could buy an iPad from the US so I...
How would that work out?
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Think iBooks Looks Familiar? You're Not The Only... →
(via indefensible)
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!
…
Fucking spirit animal. Seriously.
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Hey diddle diddle,
the cat and the fiddle,
the cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
and the dish ran away with the spoon,
eventually taking first place in the county’s annual egg and spoon race.
The dish’s parents were very proud.
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The difference between being cool in school and...
When you’re in school, cool is about how well you can fit the accepted notion of cool. After school, cool is about defining it for yourself, and not giving a shit what anyone thinks.
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"Dive... DIVE" yelled the captain through the...
snackajawea:
I’m a terrible story teller, and I laugh like a Donkey. I tend to leave out major details. I want to get better, so I’ll just keep posting away, and maybe look for a writing class in my area.
I just wanted to make sure you knew that I know, and I’m also working on punctuation?
Learnin how to right good is prety much 1 of the best things bout tumblr. Just do it. You can cum back...
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Don't steal this idea before I do it.
I really want a townhouse tucked away in a (semi) dodgy part of a city, like Redfern. Then I’m gonna commission some graf artists to cover the building’s face with paint so the building looks neglected, but at the same time, is a work of art. Through the front door will be my modern home in all its majesty.
Gangstas and Home and Garden will be all like “Awww, sheet! That is one...
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We rocked tonight.
People were clearing the dancefloor for us, and some girls took their cameras out to film us dancing to Like a prayer.
Anyway, it’s almost 5am. See you later.
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The possum in the laundry.
I have a friend, Sarah, who lives in an apartment with a laundry on the balcony. It’s tucked away in a small enclave with a roller door to hide it when you want to. That description makes it sound like she lives in public housing, but trust me, it’s actually a decent studio apartment in a nice building in a good location.
Problem is, a certain possum quite likes the laundry too. Sarah...
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One of the most beautiful things about the...
…that there are millions of people who have set up blogs for projects / no particular reason / to discuss things with friends / to express themselves / etc.
And for each of those people, there are a few other people (sometimes dozens, sometimes more) who stumble across some of these sites and in a very real sense, immediately fall in love. The chances they will ever meet are extremely low,...
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I have a lot of great stories from today.
This is one:
Yesterday was my first day back at work.
Amongst others, I work with a couple of guys named Trent and Dave. First day back, Trent asked Dave if he could get a hand moving some of the things he inherited from his father. He just wanted a bit of extra help. Dave was happy to, and after work he showed up at Trent’s house. As Dave got out of the car, Trent joked about having to...
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Can we change the way we speak and write?
I have fixed many keys after my tea incident but three are stuffed. They are the characters:
after k,
after m, and
the key that erases mistakes.
As I’d prefer that I didn’t spend cash fixing this machine, I’d appreciate if the Internet backed this request. This means circumventing the keys I didn’t fix and disregarding typing mistrakes.
Thanks.
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An eventful week.
Monday
Call various companies to get some quotes. Company X tells me their sales rep will call me back soon. Am not called back by sales rep.
Shop for an iPod with a friend whose display has stopped displaying. On the way home, I drop my iPod. Display stops displaying.
Tuesday
Post a Facebook status update saying I would be in [location] the next day so call me on [mobile phone].
Am not...
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“Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying...”
– David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer: A new approach to China - Official Google Blog
Google: 1. CCP: 0.
“If you had eyes, you would have to put them out and wander away from Thebes.”
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Late breakfast is da most important bomb of the...
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“A shibboleth is, more or less, a linguistic password used to identify a cultural...”
– (via deplorableword and everythinginthesky)
Word of the day is Shibboleth
I learnt this word ages ago and then quickly forgot it. The amount of times I could have slipped it into conversation! The amount of time I spent searching for it when it was right here! Damn you all for not reminding me...
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“People of Earth:
In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy...”
– Statement of Conan O’Brien. Good statement.
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INTERNET, INTERNET, INTERNET.
I’m saying this in a funny voice, just because I can. I do these sorts of things more often then I usually let on. I just have more time to filter my thoughts when I have to type them out.
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IMHO, the best thing about public transport is the...
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