December 2009
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“[Google] Suggest is like one of your smart, undersocialized friends who blurts...”
– I have one of those!
See also: Pregnant Panda Gives Birth to Biggest Cub Born in Captivity
(via slate)
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oldie but goodie
I shouldn’t be so quick to make fun of my dad for being hard of hearing, considering:
[Scene: My parents’ basement.]
Toby: We were just admiring your video collection.
Johnboy: Do you have any old movies?
me: Yeah — well my mom has an old one, Some Like It Hot.
Johnboy: Um. Hopefully you didn’t hear the question right….do you have any *home* movies?
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guess who's getting a hearing aid for xmas
“Do you know whose it is?”
“Well, no…”
“What are you going to do with it?”
“Um, throw it away?!”
“You’re just going to throw away someone else’s phone?”
“No, dad, THONG. I found someone else’s *thong* in my laundry.”
“OH.”
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snowstorm ftw!
I just called to make a reservation for tonight at this place I have been dying to go to (thanks for letting me in on the secret, G!) and they said they were booked a week ago — but wait, they had a cancellation and can fit us in. Yay!*
*The usual “low expectations” disclaimer still applies, of course.
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“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him a...”
– Shirley Temple (via the one on the right)
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“You’ve never even retweeted me!”
– I fail at the new measure of friendship.
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“All I needed — all I have ever needed — was someone to challenge me,...”
– Michael Chabon, Manhood for Amateurs
tastes like procrastination
Just registered for a 10 wk essay writing class. Suddenly have that familiar urge to clean my apt, pace around, eat some caramel creams
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“I asked a friend about this and the friend said he thought it was better that...”
– Even in English, a Language Gap 