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Posted on entry Pierogi Pizza ::: September 16, 2009, 03:53 AM:
Some of the applause would be from your heart surgeon's investment adviser.
Posted on entry 1 kword ::: October 17, 2008, 07:17 AM:
Looking at the video, I see a moment of warm human playfulness from McCain, a man I thought incapable of it.

Looking at the post, I see mean, sneaky selective editing from Making Light, a blog I thought incapable of it.
Posted on entry The internet filters! They perform inadequately! ::: June 18, 2008, 08:43 AM:
Problems.

The first few bars sound like Enya

The girly finger-wiggle wave at 2:13

Posted on entry Strike plate ::: November 13, 2007, 06:54 AM:
Imagine tying a rope to something heavy to drag it along. Pull the rope taught. Now set off at right angles to the direction of the rope. The heavy weight will gradually fall into line behind you, following a path called, quite reasonably, a "tractrix".
Posted on entry Strike plate ::: November 13, 2007, 06:45 AM:
#167

A small tight mass of tangled fibre in a yarn is called a "nep", but a loose thick section of less twisted fibre is called a "slub".
Posted on entry Strike plate ::: November 13, 2007, 06:43 AM:
#115

And if the architrave is set back a little from the door frame, the thin strip visible at the inner edge of the architrave is called a "quirk".
Posted on entry Jon Singer's turkey algorithm ::: November 24, 2005, 02:32 PM:
Next week, I plan to cook a corner cut topside roast of beef (approximately spherical) and a leg of lamb (approximately conical). What are the parameters?

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