i'm too tired to even try to provide commentary on this one, but i love it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4677262.stm

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"USA! USA! USA!" listening to part of a Sabres-Flyers game on a radio outside of Pat's, King of Steaks, is great. Especially while eating a delicious cheesesteak from the very same establishment ( Read more... )

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For more than EIGHT YEARS the federal minimum wage of $5.15 has not been increased. Since that time, inflation has eroded its value by more than 15 percent. Consequently, to have the purchasing power it had in 1968, the minimum wage would have to be $9.05 per hour today - an increase of $3.90. Minimum wage employees working full time, year round ( Read more... )

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yesterday i found a little chocolate spot on my grey shirt which i believe is from the dark, 5% alcohol by volume, chocolately liquid that was inside the little 2-inch chocolate bottle that i bit open on new year's eve, splashing its innards about haphazardly, thus reducing my alcohol intake on new year's eve by one half.

Christmas was good. Really good. For the first time ever I saw my entire family on Christmas. Every single person I am related to without a "second" or a distant "great" attatched to the name. Plus the fireplace burned brightly every day from Saturday until last night. Very nice ( Read more... )

So Dan says I should post 5 odd habits that i have. I don't know that many of my oddities have taken on habitual status, but we'll see how it goes ( Read more... )

The best part about break is staying in bed after I wake up ( Read more... )