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I've been going through this phase lately where I just want to sell off all the crap I own. It all started the last time I went to Ikea to get something small, just one item that I needed for a specific purpose, and I saw these people walking around with their huge carts full of kitchen supplies, rugs, plant pots and wall hangings, and I looked ( Read more... )

I just received the following on our department's email list:

Hi all,

Does anyone have charcoal stripped fetal bovine serum I could use for an experiment?
Thanks.

"Wow you look great, did you get your hair cut?"

"No, I just gave a damn this morning."

I kinda want to see this movie, Chocolate'Certainly someone, somewhere, must be offended by the premise of Chocolate. An autistic girl learns karate by watching kung-fu movies on television and then, after learning that her mother doesn't have the money for chemotherapy, she goes on a rampage to collect from debtors. Surely this autism-fu is ( Read more... )

Somehow the concept of "'90's night" just seems so.. un-fun. Did anything happen in the 90's worth remembering or reliving?

Exhibit A:

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Exhibit B:

Foods made with corn syrup may deliver dose of mercury

Patrick McGoohan RIP.


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Here's some great video taken right out in front of my house on Carnation-Duvall Rd. I'm back home now. All's well. Whole town's a mess though. More pics tomorrow of the cleanup. I stopped at the farm today and waded in to check on things. The farm cat survived and the water came within 3 inches of the floorboards but didn't get into the house. ( Read more... )

I thought of doing this, but someone else beat me to it.. here is the tree farm, from way up on the top of the big hill right across the river. The house is right behind the tree branch, but you can see the barn and the rows of christmas trees. And if you look with a magnifying glass, you can see my green truck parked on the left side of the big ( Read more... )