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A moment of silence, please....
Mime legend Marcel Marceau dies at 84 - Yahoo! News PARIS - Marcel Marceau, the master of mime who transformed silence into poetry with lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions that spoke to generations of young and old, has died. He was 84. Wearing...
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Signs
Believe it or not, I've seen a few of these--the electrician's sign, for example. Thanks to Dee for sending these on. Sign over a Gynecologist’s Office: " Dr. Jones, at your cervix." ************************** In a Podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all...
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just a little update
I happened to note that I never *did* put up a "post-fire floor pic" of how nice the floors turned out--after another day or two of cleaning up the scratches and marks from fire hoses and boots. Oh well. The purple rugs are down now, the furniture is...
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Reading for FUN for a change
I've been buried in too many textbooks lately. So yesterday I searched ebooks till I found one that looked promising. Whoa. This is one of the best stories I've read in a very long time. I'm back to another habit, too--barreling through the first reading...
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Ummmm.....
I know I have to buy a new vacuum cleaner, since the hoses and wiring on mine got melted in the fire last week. I wonder if this will be a standard accessory to the new vac. On the other hand, it brings a whole new meaning to the job of housecleaning,...
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She's ba-a-a-a-a-ck
Remember "I quit."? Never mind. Sheehan considers challenge to Pelosi CRAWFORD, Texas - Cindy Sheehan, the soldier's mother who galvanized the anti-war movement, said Sunday that she plans to seek House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat unless...
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Amen, Tony
Blair launches stinging attack on absurd British Islamists | Politics | The Observer "The idea that as a Muslim in this country that you dont have the freedom to express your religion or your views, I mean you've got far more freedom in this country than...
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My, my....
Bush White House fires back at Jimmy Carter - Yahoo News Bush White House fires back at Jimmy Carter CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday fired back at former President Jimmy Carter, calling him "increasingly irrelevant" a day after Carter...
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London Central closes its doors for final time
My best bud from school forwarded this link to me, the report on the closing ceremony at my alma mater in England. Reading it, I sat and cried like a baby. Silly, huh? I can't even write about it right now. Those two years I spent there were among the...
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PSA of the day.....
A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle. For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged...
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Ya had to know this was coming, didn't you?
4/29truth.com The “official story” from “official government sources” is that weekend a lone gas truck driver crashed a single tanker loaded with 8,600 gallons of unleaded gasoline into a guardrail in what they say was an ordinary accident. Unfortunately...
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I can't believe these poll results
Rasmussen Reports™: Poll Results Democrats in America are evenly divided on the question of whether George W. Bush knew about the 9/11 terrorist attacks in advance. 35% of Democrats believe he did know 39% say he did not know 26% are not sure Overall,...
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Rewrites of old Favorites
It's been fun being a baby boomer ... until now. Some of the artists of the past are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging baby boomers. 1. Herman's Hermits--- Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Walker. 2. The Bee Gees--- How Can You Mend...
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Gunman in massacre contacted NBC News - Massacre at Virginia Tech - MSNBC.com
Gunman in massacre contacted NBC News - Massacre at Virginia Tech - MSNBC.com Before going off to commit mass murder, killer Cho Seung-Hui took the time to mail a package of carefully prepared DVD's off to NBC news. Just in case some of us didn't get...
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Fame headed North
Krikorian on National Review Online I got a tsunami of funny place names, some of which I should have thought of myself, like Sheboyan, Walla Walla, and Azusa. Of course, Mona beat me to Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., which always strikes me as a joke when I see it...
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Medal of Honor Heroes
DefenseLink News Article: Medal of Honor Heroes Set the Standard, England Says WASHINGTON, March 22, 2007 – Medal of Honor recipients are heroes, despite their many humble objections to the label, and are important to the fabric of our society, Deputy...
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Joke of the Day
And just for the record, it was sent to me by a rabid Democrat. A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on US 95 south, just outside Washington D.C. Nothing is moving north or south. Suddenly a man knocks on his window. The driver rolls down his window and...
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He'll probably lose his job for this.....
....but I have to say I admire the guy. If I can ever manage to stay up late enough to actually watch his show, he might have a new viewer. Did I just stick up for Britney Spears????? Craig Ferguson Refuses To Do Spears Jokes, Talk Show Host Who Battled...
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A moment of silence for the man whose invention I have spent countless hours hiding
Robert Adler, dead at 93 - International Herald Tribune Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died. In his six-decade career with Zenith, Adler was a prolific inventor, earning more than 180 U.S....
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All Anna Nicole, all the time
Guess everybody's in for that big old half-billion dollar payout, aren't they? Hey. *I* am the father of Anna Nicole's baby!!!! Zsa Zsas husband: I might be babys dad LOS ANGELES - The husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor said Friday that he had a decade-long...
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Great Books. In Haiku.
"His mother wed his dead murdered father's brother!" Next--Jerry Springer. (William Shakespeare "Hamlet") Grim, gray New England -- all adulterers receive free monogramming. (Nathaniel Hawthorne "The Scarlet Letter") This is just to say I screwed around....
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I thought it was getting a little crowded in here
After all of the announcements the last few days, I decided to see if I could find a list of everyone who has announced they're running for Prez in '08. Off to my trusty Wikipedia, the first stop for almost anything a person needs to know. Ye gods. United...
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Saddam video
The video of the hanging is all over the internet, and was all over CNN this morning. All of the TV stations were of course careful to end the video before the actual hanging, thankfully. It's not exactly an image I want to have anyway. But it did make...
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The most fun I've *ever* had taking a test! :D
Even if Vin Diesel isn't exactly my type (he always looks like he needs a bath to me)....it was STILL fun to take the test. But then again....I do have a thing for biceps. Vin does have nice...arms. Somebody throw her in a cold shower, k? Okay, okay....I...
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Mark Steyn is pissed
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Mark Steyn :: U.S. must prove it's a staying power Still, we are all Spaniards now. The incoming speaker says Iraq is not a war to be won but a problem to be solved. The incoming defense secretary belongs to a commission charged with...