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"Homer, I don't think a healthy man can make that kind of smell"
My seatmate last night BWI-SFO was a friendly Aussie connecting to SYD. Unfortunately due to weather in the mideast/Atlantic, though not directly affecting BWI, there was a cascading effect on air traffic and we were held on the ground for ~15 minutes, jeopardizing his already uncomfortably tight for SFO connection of 48 minutes. I helped him ( Read more... ) -
Martin Landau, RIP
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-landau-dead-ed-wood-811318
https://youtu.be/PMdvRIj6soM?t=2m29s
Nobody gives two fucks for Bela :-(
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Fun hand from a unit game 7/15/2017
Yes, I'm still technically on LJ! But spend most of my Internet time-wasting on Facebook and FlyerTalk these days, so haven't really been reading here.
Both vul, in 4th seat you hold:
QJ2
A63
JT643
KQ
Your LHO opens 1NT, announced as 14-16, followed by two passes. Your strong NT defense is DONT in both seats. Your call?
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It's the little things in life
Some number of years ago around Chinese New Year, the Peppermill gave me a $25 gift card for 99 Ranch. Trouble is, I lived nowhere near one at the time. Eventually I moved to Las Vegas, and at some point mom and dad came for a visit and we went out to eat and buy some groceries and went by the one on Spring Mountain and used up some portion of it ( Read more... ) -
City in the Sky
This is a BBC series which I originally watched via YouTube bootlegs, which have since been pulled but now the show is apparently airing on PBS and available to watch online ( Read more... ) -
So much for transparent aluminum
boingboing editor Rob Beschizza: I added a line of dialog to Star Trek: First Contact
In a similar vein: stupid boy
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Survivor Tutorial: How To Open Coconuts Without Any Tools
How To Open Coconuts Without Any Tools
via boingboing, " how to bust open a coconut without expending more energy than the coconut will provide"
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Scene from the "N items or less" checkout at Safeway
A while ago I was dropping captainparanoid off at his place on the way back from Reno. It was around dinner time so we stopped in at Safeway to grab something quick for dinner before I headed home. I thought our shopping basket looked kinda pathetic life-wise, although the two parties in front of us were sort of intriguing in that way too.
Poll (For those not ( Read more... )
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