Growing Old Disgracefully

name meme

Published on February 11 2006

Look out, they want your money, but the name thing is kinda fun! Your First Name of: Laurie * Your name of Laurie gives you a very happy-go-lucky, spontaneous nature. * You see the humorous side of many situations and can laugh at yourself as well as...

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knew it had to happen

Published on February 9 2006

There are times that I think it's a good thing to have been born in Iowa. Seething Midwest explodes over Lombardi Cartoons heh.

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A giggle after taxes

Published on February 9 2006

One of the books off my Amazon wishlist arrived today, so I took a five from the horrors of Turbotax to thumb through it for a bit. The book is I'm a Stranger here myself by Bill Bryson. It's a series of essays written by a travel writer who lived in...

Guess what *I'm* working on today? Although the new TurboTax is VERY helpful. It consists of only three parts: 1. How much did you make last year? 2. How much do you have left? 3. Send amount listed in part 2. One click and it' DONE!! :-D

CNN.com - Iran invites cartoons on Holocaust - Feb 8, 2006 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A prominent Iranian newspaper says it is going to hold a competition for cartoons on the Holocaust to test whether the West will apply the principle of freedom of expression...

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Where are my glasses?

Published on February 8 2006

Paris Hilton ordered to stay away from man - Yahoo! News I had to read this headline twice--I could have sworn it said "Paris Hilton ordered to stay away from MEN". Yeah, yeah.... L-)

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WTH is wrong with these folks???

Published on February 7 2006

Top News Article | Reuters.com KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police killed four protesters on Tuesday in some of the worst violence to erupt over satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad which have provoked a deepening crisis between Europe and the Muslim...

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Found poetry

Published on February 4 2006

Some Most of the spam that comes to this account is just plain annoying. It's usually vIaGrA ads, offers to refinance my real estate--and why do all these spammers think I live in Menagha, Minnesota? Did I lie about my zip code on a website once? Anyway,...

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"The Bull in the China shop"

Published on January 31 2006

CNN.com - Museum visitor trips, breaks Chinese vases - Jan 30, 2006 CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) -- A museum visitor shattered three Qing dynasty Chinese vases when he tripped on his shoelace, stumbled down a stairway and brought the vases crashing to the...

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Those wacky Italians

Published on January 29 2006

Anybody who wants the job this badly....... CNN.com - Berlusconi: No sex until election - Jan 29, 2006 ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is famous for his ambitious promises, but he is unlikely to be called to task if he...