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Posted on entry The perfect uselessness of Warren Whitlock ::: March 24, 2006, 02:20 PM:
from away up thread:

re: MLM sex toy parties in the heartland - these are often billed as for married women to improve their married lives with their husbands, a brilliant marketing ploy imo. i believe this.

re: the Krakauer book - highly recommended, very fascinating and educational read. i'm almost certain of this.
Posted on entry Oathbreakers, Why Have Ye Come? ::: December 22, 2005, 12:50 PM:
OFF TOPIC:

Related to the "Combat Footage from the War on Christmas" particle, a very excellent comic strip today from Dan Asmussen:

See HERE for SYRIANTA...
Posted on entry Marine Corps 1 -- Rumsfeld 0 ::: December 02, 2005, 03:18 PM:
Crooks and Liars has the Pace/Rummy video now available here:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/12/01.html#a6137
Posted on entry The story's in the NYPost ::: November 21, 2005, 12:14 PM:
i know, i know, more fun to play with the guests. but look:

the mysterious and erotic falafel

FUNNY!
Posted on entry Welcome, Jon Carroll readers ::: September 08, 2005, 01:15 PM:
I *heart* Jon Carroll. Having him link to here was like finding out 2 good friends that I thought had never met actually know and like each other. Lovely.

Another very good sfgate link is today's Katrina-related fiore cartoon: http://sfgate.com/comics/fiore
Warning: might make you cry. It did me.
Posted on entry Another term for it would be "lying sack of shit" ::: September 02, 2005, 12:01 PM:
you know what? this post made me cry. i am a long-time lurker on this site, and i've been especially glad to come here over the past few days and bask in timid anonymity in a like-minded community of strangers. thank you for that. at this point, though, i'm feeling overwhelmed by the horribleness of both the situation and the people supposedly in charge of trying to deal with it. it's just so fucking awful.
Posted on entry Katrina ::: September 01, 2005, 02:13 PM:
Moveon has set up a system for folks to offer free housing to katrina refugees, folks in the southeast are most urgently needed:

http://www.hurricanehousing.org/
Posted on entry Ice pop ::: June 22, 2005, 05:51 PM:
an actual photo of the pink sludge, with accurate caption:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2005/06/22/national/a112347D95.DTL&o=0

" A 25-foot-long, 17 1/2-ton popsicle made of frozen Snapple melts in New York's midday sun, flooding Union Square with a sticky pink fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground."
Posted on entry Open thread 42 ::: June 08, 2005, 12:02 PM:
i'll still note:

mom, the wolf man, and me
Posted on entry Open thread 23 ::: May 21, 2004, 01:57 PM:
Life of Chair!

My mom said the best thing about Electric Company was that it was super funny for her too - we all loved that show. Thanks for all the good memories of it, dang, I'm grinning.


Andy, you are maybe 30?
Posted on entry Hardware failure. ::: November 03, 2003, 10:09 AM:
To this end Teresa and I may be appealing to our many readers who know much more about hardware than we ever will.

I can assure you that you are appealing to all your readers.

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