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Let's say normal work/school night. :hoj:

People who always pass along e-mail spam, and people who never pass along e-mail spam

1) Bomb threats at work. Really, not at all necessary.

Today is the day Peeta can legally drink in these here United States. Happy birthday!

On this, Australia Day Eve 2010, I feel like it is important to get this off my chest. The racist element of Australian society, which I am happy to say is the minority, tend to get very vocal at this time of year. It's a time when the line between...

Why is this so entertaining?

Does your city, town or hamlet have a flag or logo? Let's see it!

Your own picture if you have it, or one from the internet. Here's the model I had...a 1983 Honda Civic 1300 FE. The FE stood for "fuel economy," and it did get some awesome mileage. :) Mine was a darred/burgundy color, though.

What are your Sunday chores? I have several: Take out garbage and recycling Replace filters in both aquariums Water plants

Pics of stuff that screams, "America, baby!" Small-block Chevy, baby!

"hump day" :Shake:

Okay, Another poll. You are about to be stranded on a desert island, likely for life. You will have to live off the land. But! In addition to the fruits of the earth, you will be provided with a life-time supply of one of the...

Inspired by Oliveloaf's thread... Anyone have an illness or injury that would have done you in without modern medicine? I can't think of anything that would have killed me necessarily, but I'm real real grateful for penicillin.

Um, someones got a gun to your head, and you have to do one.

I saved up my 600th post for this! :cool:

Some years back when I used to read Dan Savage religiously via the Seattle Times, I would occasionally also read "Dating Mating and Hating", a sex/love advice column that was by-lined "Tricunda Shiraz." Why I would do this I am not sure, since...

When in doubt, ream it out!

I am not among the fittest. When I was in 7th grade I had surgery on my inner ear very near to my brain. I was born with a rare cartilage formation in my ear that had become infected. Had the infection spread to my brain I would have died. ...

I wanted to start a thread, but I didn't have an idea for one. Do you?

As this post would indicate, I am not over-fond of M. Tullius Cicero. In fact, he is one of these Dead Old Guys who, if I had the ability to resurrect people, I would raise from the depths of Hades just to smack about the face. Cicero was an...

1) Tells me he's going to hide in his own room. 2) Runs into his room and hides under the covers on his bed. 3) When I follow him into the room, yells out, "look in my closet!" 4) Giggles madly. 5) When I pull the covers off him, asks, "how...

Let me try and articulate my thoughts on this video. Sometimes, people confuse habitual behavior--going to the same, maybe not great--place everyday, with something you do because it is especially rewarding. I don't doubt that this place has...

According to science, apparently today is Blue Monday, the most miserable day of the year. And as we know science is always right. :madsci: So how are you going to buck the trend and be happy today?

This one's not new, but for the uninitiated, it's super hilarious: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/ This one I just ran across. The premise is a pretty good one, I like what they're going for, but not sure the captions are as funny as...

I used to play the daily puzzle online, but had forgotten about it until a friend gave my daughter a deck of the cards for Christmas. I've been working on getting her to understand and recognize the sets, and so far she can pretty much always tell...

We need new stuff to sit on. Realistically, to lay, lounge and cuddle on. A couch that doesn't suck you in like a black hole would be nice. I like the idea of a love seat that each side reclines, versus two individual chairs for the cuddling...

The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show is going on and all the electronics makers are in Las Vegas trotting out what they're hoping will be the "must have gadgets" of 2011. So far, the one that has me most interested is the Motorola Atrix.Dual-Core 1...

Here it is: Now, to be fair, I'm not going to argue with any of the lister's complaints about the Yugo. I'd actually looked into getting one when they first came to the US, because I was sick of shelling out the gas money to keep my car of the...

This just occurred to me... Might social media be sucking some of the life out of message boards? I don't have any evidence of this, I just see how it might be possible. Anyone? :hoj:

Mine was two years younger than me (scandal!) so he was a sophomore when I was a senior. He was wicked smart. He first came to my attention when I was a freshman. My school had a program where "gifted" 7th graders were encouraged to take the S.A.T....

Yup, that's right the yanks are now bestest buddies with the french. Never mind the cheese eating surrender monkey jokes, or renaming french fries to freedom fries, it's all in the past. Think I'm kidding, Obama certainly isn't I just hope...

I had a problem. My living room table was rickety and ugly, and I needed a new one. Unfortunately, the tables I could find were either ugly, expensive or too low. Then inspiration hit me. I could buy a cheap IKEA living room table and a cheap IKEA...

Got any gum?

Tiberius

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Fear my speed-posting. I'm gunning for you, What Exit.

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Why would anybody program a computer so that if a little boy is playing a game where the instructions say "Press Control+Alt+DOWN arrow", the screen flips upside down and backwards? What is the purpose of a command that makes things go upside...

So last night at my New Year's Eve party I was asked to break out my Tarot cards and do readings. I had received a deck on Christmas and had already played with them a bit, so they were shuffled and I felt fairly comfortable putting on the woo with...

Any silent letters? Hard 'c' or soft 'c'?

Next week it's my turn to go to my daughter's classroom and interact with the kiddies. The teacher likes for the parents to do a fun science experiment with them, and I'm trying to think of something that: 1) They would enjoy 2) Is...

Do the bulk of your grocery shopping at a dollar store.

There was supposed to be a Jupiter igniting kaboom! What happened?

Mine is to be more patient with my children. Wish me luck. ;)

Well?

Some friends of ours who also have young children are having a party...they pick a country in Europe, serve food from that country, and celebrate New Year's when it turns midnight there. That way we can celebrate, and still get home with the kids...

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Inspirational, Zen, funny - whatever.