Archive for May, 2002

A new threat in the war on terror

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Startled marines find Afghan men all made up to see them:
BRITISH marines returning from an operation deep in the Afghan mountains spoke last night of an alarming new threat - being propositioned by swarms of gay local farmers.
An Arbroath marine, James Fletcher, said: “They were more terrifying than the al-Qaeda. One bloke who had [...]

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Wasting time

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Know what I hate about computer Solitaire? You can’t peek at the cards after you lose to find out what might have happened if you’d done this instead of that…
Btw– did you know that solitaire is considered a “patience game”? Ain’t it da troot!
And yes, I am wasting way too much time on it and [...]

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cookin’ with adnan

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a DNA n111: salams
a DNA n111: a DNA n111: sup
bornfamous: hi there
a DNA n111: sup sup bornfamous: uh, i’ve got a new project
a DNA n111: do tell bornfamous: k, let me copy and paste from an email, k?
a DNA n111: k
bornfamous: my girlfriend barbara and i want to start a little web [...]

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Fuck the 15

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The fucking 15 did it to me again an hour ago–drove right past me while I’m waving my arms, didn’t even slow down.
Fucking asshole bus drivers.
So I wait for the next one, which according to the schedule will only get me to my neurologist appointment 10 minutes late, and it never comes.
Fucking mass transportation.
So [...]

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Trust Us, We’re Experts

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Trust Us, We’re Experts : How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future
Fearless investigative journalists Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber (Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! and Mad Cow U.S.A.) are back with a gripping expos? of the public relations industry and the scientists who back their business-funded, anti-consumer-safety agendas. There are two kinds [...]

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Happy Birthday, Rachel!

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Today is the birthday of Rachel Carson, grandmother of the environmental movement and author of Silent Spring.
Ahhh, if only we had listened! What would life be like now? I can’t even imagine.
Wait–yes, I can: I’d be able to work and socialize outside my home, and thousands– no, millions of people wouldn’t be sick [...]

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Mmm…

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Eating for breakfast:
Toasted Honey Nut Bread and banana sandwich with orange juice.
So. Good.

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Win the Spam Arms Race

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Want to post your email address on your site, without letting the spiders grab it for their evil spamming owners? Here’s the solution:
Hivelogic JavaScript Email Address Encoder
See? Here’s my encoded

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melly reminds us of the important stuff

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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal…

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Is It Over Yet?

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The Bush administration is:
33.54 percent
over!!!

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How reassuring

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‘India can afford to lose 25 million people. But could Pakistan?’
The Indian officer sat back, took a sip of sweet, milky tea and wrinkled his brow when I raised the threat of nuclear conflagration. “How much do our people and politicians know about nuclear weapons?” he muses aloud at his camp near Jammu in Kashmir. [...]

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The Green Man

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Nature is so very deeply erotic.

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Ahh, capitalism

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One juicer: SOLD — to a guy who wants to help a friend with throat cancer. Isn’t that nice? I feel much better about parting with it now.
One air purifier: RELISTED — before I discovered that my Eudora was filtering messages about it into the trash! Two people are very interested, but I think my [...]

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stuff for sale

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Looking for a nice juicer? I’ve got one for sale, but you have to hurry. Only 4 hours, 10 minutes left.
And this nice Allerair 5000 Exec air purifier has 3 hours, 36 minutes left.

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Internet navigators think small: “We’re

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Internet navigators think small:
“We’re not yet at the stage where Weblogs have been commercialized, but we’ll get there.”

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