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Can I get an AMEN?!
Extroverts are easy for introverts to understand, because extroverts spend so much of their time working out who they are in voluble, and frequently inescapable, interaction with other people. They are as inscrutable as puppy dogs. But the street does not run both ways. Extroverts have little or no grasp of introversion. They assume that company, ( Read more... ) -
The whole Satre quote
Hell is other people at breakfast. -
Well, Of Course They Do
"If you think of ice cream, it (Helvetica) is a cheap, nasty, supermarket brand made of water, substitutes and vegetable fats. The texture is wrong and it leaves a little bit of a funny aftertaste."
BBC Report: Do typefaces matter?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10689931
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Theory of Kenken
Some Kenken puzzles of the same gauge (?) are harder than others. Which brings me to think that there must be known ways to manipulate the diffculty...like putting in remainders of 3.
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For Life and Work
"Remember" said the masseuse pressing down firmly
"These are shoulders. Not earrings" -
ReUse
And of course the magnificent voices deserve another hearing.
If you are not familiar with "Just A Minute" -- Contestants are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition on any subject that comes up on the cards. Obviously a Brit sport as Americans are unable to spawn a single sentence that does not recurse on ( Read more... ) -
Incident at the Wedding (1)
Once we were all installed in the hotel, we discovered that my nephew, Attila the Teenager, had- grown a skeezy hipster beard
- had been allowed to purchase a stupid hipster hat which, regrettably, looked pretty good on him
- brought his suit,
- forgot his tie, and
- packed two left shoes.
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Life Critique
"I can't believe I spent my whole life *not* getting pedicures"
The Lady next to me at the nail salon.
