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Pythons Escape on Passenger Jet
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When I read this headline, I immediately got a mental image of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin (no relation) and Graham Chapman running up and down the aisle in coach making funny noises at 3K ft., and wanted to be there.
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Mark your calendars
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Seems "Sheriff Joe" is gonna be on "The Colbert Report" Monday night. I don't have cable, so won't be able to watch. Hope Colbert squashes him like the publicity-seeking bug his is, though. If anyone here DOES get a chance to see it, let me know how it turns out, okay? Thanks. Cli...
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missing, murdered and for the most part invisible
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For anyone who still has aol as a default homepage there was a photo series of murdered women and children this morning. Some of these cases date back 30 years or so but the striking thing about them was that most of these murders were at the hands of loved ones. Old news perhaps but I wondered what the stat...
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im in the wrong job and note the last paragraph. no wonder year for the secretaries
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$80,000 for a Year Off? Shell Take It! Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times Heather Eisenlord, 36, works in Skaddens banking group. She would like to use her year off to teach English to monks in Sri Lanka and possibly help bring solar power to parts of the Himalayas. cebookMixxy SpaceYahoo! BuzzPerm...
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tweaking the budget
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Basics How to Cut the Beastly Cost of Digital Services ahoo! Buzz By ERIC A. TAUB Published: April 8, 2009 IF there was ever a time not to procrastinate, that time is now. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Illustration by Phil Marden Related All Basics Columns » With the economy in poor shape, a...
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women athletes and homophobia
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i saw this today and it bothered me. this part of the continuing campaign to closet women athletes. blech. Ugly, Manly, WNBA Players submitted by Chantelle7 12 days ago | 49 comments | Email to a Friend Ok so, I was on mediatakeout.com yesterday, and there was a post saying that one of my really goo...
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there was a passing today ...
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that should be noted. He was more than baseball, he was the voice of a city. He'll be missed WASHINGTON (AP) - April 13, 2009 -- Longtime Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, who punctuated innumerable home runs with his "Outta here!" call, died Monday after being found passe...
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love vs freedom
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I saw a woman sleeping. In her sleep she dreamt life stood before her, and held in each hand a gift-- in one hand love in the other freedom. And she said to the woman, 'choose'. And the woman waited long: and she said 'freedom'.' And life said "thou hast well chosen. If thou hadst said 'love' I would ha...
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owl? buckie asked me to pass this on to you
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Physical Culture Bonding With Their Downward-Facing Humans Michael Nagle for The New York Times Doga combines massage and meditation with gentle stretching for dogs and their owners. By BETHANY LYTTLE Published: April 8, 2009 IN Chicago, Kristyn Caliendo does forward-bends with a Jack Russel...
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::::blink:::: any shower singers here?
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ok not the showers but if youve ever created any sort of music file of your music, the speech that you gave for the mad as a hen society or any other audio tidbit on your computer and left it in place, here's a lesson, and a fix, on why thats not a good idea. http://stark-effect.com/mit.html
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and because its poetry month a poem for the stressed heard this evening
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Day to Day, April 6, 2005 · April is National Poetry Month, and we observe the event with Alex Caldiero reading his 2001 poem, "Poetry is Wanted Here." Poetry Is Wanted Here You don' soun' so good. Pleez take care. Most o' this is mental. That's why it's terrorism: it's meant to disconcert, m...
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reading negative space
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im watching a show on pbs about reading negative space. im sure everyone in the world prolly knows this already but it surprised me. look at the fed ex logo and see if you see anything different about it. then look at a pix of a picture of hersheys kisses.
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It's always all about perspective ...
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... and privilege ... :) Miss Universe says had "lot of fun" in GuantanamoReuters News,By PASCAL FLETCHERMIAMI (Reuters) - A "relaxing, calm, beautiful place" may not be everyone's description of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States holds about 240 prisoners in a...
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this cracked me up.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6b9bMBXpg
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also heard today
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something that made me think. andrei codrescu discussing those doomsday surveys where you put your info in and it gives you the time of your death. he suggests not to put your own info in as that is too scary but to put the info of your family and friends, those you love, so that you will realize how little...
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Along the Same Lines of Pregant Women and Elderly Workers
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Couple of counties north of me is letting 200 teachers "go". Most importantly, I think, is the citing of "performance reasons", IMMEDIATELY before announcing their desire to see this affect their budget and bottom line. So which is it? Performance or greed/need? We never...
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New Neighbor
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After sitting too long vacant while the landlords reviewed potential renters (months, actually, culminating in burglars breaking in, and stealing a bunch of stuff) the house next door is once again inhabited -- he just finished moving in today. Seems like a nice guy -- "Mike" -- has one...
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Not "male bashing"
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But this speaks volumes to me:
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albany
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so today we headed off to explore albany ny. id wanted to do this last year but was recuperating and it never happened. so we packed up and headed west and we were there in less than 40 min. i was very concerned when we hit the new york state thruway tho because it looks as tho a tornado followed the highway we...
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"STONEWALL IT!"
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That's what R.M. Nixon ordered his nefarious cohorts to do, when it came to the Watergate break in. And the election came and went, and Richard Nixon was returned to the White House. You know, it seems _______gate has become a term so overused, it's all but lost its meaning, but there is meaning to it...
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40 years ago today
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Truly, it does seem like only yesterday ... Dr. King would have been 80 this year, I think, and, I suspect, thrilled. Anyway ... this date never comes and goes without my ... "observing" it, I guess. One person, and what a difference he made. He is, to me, an inspiration yet in so many ways.....
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violence: domestic, and otherwise
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I read this rather chilling (in red by me for emphasis) BBC article reporting the findings of a 2003 survey, and thought I'd share: Tuesday, 18 February, 2003, 16:10 GMT Scale of domestic abuse uncovered One person in four experiences domestic violence By Peter Gould BBC News Online correspondent...
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and we have our institutionalized sexism today too!
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or taking the punch out of anti discrimination regulations. its going to be especially important to monitor corporations, not to mention the attitudes of the "majority", for compliance with regulations regarding hard fought rights. there apparently are always ways to work around th...
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ARG!!!
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350 additional speed cameras to go up on Valley streets March 31st, 2009 @ 8:58pm by Jim Cross/KTAR and KTAR Newsroom The weekly trips Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been making to Washington D.C have finally paid off, but not for drivers in the Valley of the Sun. Gordon, who is in the nation's capital th...
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Just "peaceful"
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I have to say it: I cannot ever remember enjoying spending the early morning in my back yard more than I did today. I don't know how to describe the (before 8:30AM) weather, except to say it was like an Oregon summer morning. Maybe that makes a connection with you, maybe not. I'd completely forgotten it...
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Have you heard the one about .........
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Mom Allegedly Let Pre-Teen Drive Kids(March 26) - A Montana woman faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly letting her 12-year old daughter drive the girl's three younger siblings to a daycare facility five miles away.Skip over this content Angela Parenteau, 32, allegedly told authorities she a...
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scientific discourse
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one of the casualties of the mix of politics and science has been the freedom to disagree for those who dont necessarily support majority views. however those who poke at accepted theory make possible other ways of looking at problems and rather than dismissing them we really should be embracing the...
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Make Yourself "Left" at Home
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http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/01/another-year-in-the-us-for-auntie-zeituni/I'm looking for a sharp object. I could just shank myself. This is bull, pure bull. I picked Malkins blog, not because she's a fierce republican, but an Asian-American woman. And she's a fireball of a spe...
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Sol Cel
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I think this is WAY cool! (I have a solar MP3 Player charger that works like a gem, btw. ) GO SOLAR! Blue Earth - World's First Solar-Powered Touch Screen Cell Phone Posted Feb 20th 2009 2:58PM Michael Fowlkes - AOL Shopping For most of us, cell phones have become a way of life. More and more people are...
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and also on npr today
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a story on home staging in los angeles which apparently is becoming a standard in the real estate biz. realtors alarmed by the vacant homes in certain neighborhoods have begun to stage entire neighborhoods, hiring dog walkers to walk dogs down the street, actors to stay in the vacant homes, hold bar b...
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