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And as always, this twisting, turning, stream of consciousness post was brought to you by the letters G and O. And L and E. Original thought

I'm not usually all about dancing on graves, but since this one is just a figurative grave, I figure I'll figuratively dance on it. Good job American consumers! You've struck a blow for common decency and self respect. Ford is canceling its 'Excursion' line as offffff... right now. That's it, I put my foot down and they stopped. You see? You can accomplish anything if you put you mind to it. Just don't buy stupid shit and they'll stop making it. All it took was a 'war' and a couple hurricanes to make people unwilling to feed those monsters at the pump. What'll it take to get you guys to stop using AOL? Blow up the moon? Linky

(chanting) "camera! camera! camera!"
Let me just lay this out there right now. If I do get this camera, none of you will touch it. At least not for the first 2-3 years.
(thinks for a second) "tv! tv! tv!"
hdtv, but it didn't work for the chant
whatever you (I) do I should not save it.. that might slow down the economy and make those corporate giants will lay off the little guys...I mean savings is somethign for the europeans and japanese...so they have it to lend to us, so we can spend spend spend!....
porsche?

"On the iTunes phone I can load 100 tunes," said Rubinstein ."However, with the iPod my whole music collection becomes mobile."
It'd take a company which doesn't already have a vested interest in keeping things this way to do it,
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and now i am no longer anonymous... but at times, i still am censored.
Uhm... I've read the Six pints of bitter thread about merging DVD collections and looked at a floor plan... Am I moving in with the guy behind the guy behind the guy behind the guy behind...(who ever this guys is)?
Alright, if we're going to be split personalities, you can't pretend to be me. That's just not fair.
giving up our 30 second commute, are we? :)
Really? Obviously I don't agree...why isn't pretending to be another personality fair? Fair to whom...why can't the split personalities be aware of hte other ones, and use it to their benefit...I mean "fight club" was a little too simplistic...I think that the personalities would be aware of the others...and thus doubly paranoid.
Hey! I never answers my question? what gives?
Because when you're using that scheme for your own benefit, its most likely a detriment to me. You know, making me look like a pushover, or getting me into fights with the other us cause I don't know its you pretending to be him. (if you're not one of us, you should really stop even trying to follow along) I mean, its really about the children. I get worried that they'll get confused, run away and join a circus blog. Please, won't somebody think of the children?
Ah, you're probably right, sorry I'm such a combative prick. I'll try not to cause such a fuss any more. I also like the smell of old farts.
See, that wasn't so hard. Isn't it nicer when everyone just gets along? And just to be clear, I'd say that when something is unfair, its unfair to everyone involved by definition. This effect is not necessarily detrimental to everyone, that's why the term 'unfair advantage' is used. I'm also not suggesting that this site, the internet, or the world at large should be fair. As the revered Tom Willadsen imparted to me "Life isn't fair"
What shall we research today? Disease? Famine? War? Instead the boys at the university of Munich decided to focus their attention on beer mats. Seems like a worthy pursuit. Actually if places started to use these things, I think I'd like it. Just shake your coaster for more beer, the faster you shake it, the faster the beer appears. Read more on WMMNA.Labels: beer, technology


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Yeah, I mean those credit card companies. What's up with constantly increasing my limit? Mostly its not an issue, I haven't run out and bought that tv or camera on an impulse buy yet. But the card that I use for beer and iTunes music does NOT need to have another thousand dollars on its limit. I hand that card over at the bar and I used to feel some sense of security that I wouldn't get too crazy. I know I can request a lower limit, but that would contradict with my first desire; to not interact with them. The real kicker is that they don't even really notify me of it. It just shows up in my statement as more available credit. You'd think they'd be pleased to tell you with confetti and fanfare that they're proud of you as a customer and wish you'd get into more debt. But no, they've gotta be all sneaky about it. I can tell how this will end. Me and 26 people waking up in the gutter outside a pub with only a vague idea of how we got there. I know your game mastercard people, and its not going down like that. The 27 of us are going to split the tab.Labels: credit
Uh, well at least I can feel better about knowing I was legally wronged. The suit against Verizon for crippling the bluetooth on V710's has finally reached a settlement. Apparently I can get 25 bones (to pay Verizon with) or I can opt out of my contract without penalty. Buh? Wha? Zah? What happened to the "fix my damn phone that you screwed up with your manipulative business practices" option? If you're a lawyer and related to me, you should read this and see if we can get our twenty-five dollerzes. Maybe it only applies in California, I dunno. Engadget
Ahahahaha... I see wine coolers... oh man, I hope those didn't go in the same bellies as the black stuff.
Shut-up. They're refreshing.
no, you shut up.... B&J's the most embarrasing thing in this post! Are you trying to grow a vagina or what?
Oh give me a goddamn break. What else could possibly be the 'most embarrasing thing' in this post? The OJ? The manly beer? Dear god, not the sausage??? The most embarrasing thing about this post is your whining. Hey susan, little tip here, when you're defensive about your feminine side, it just makes you look all the more girly. Just shut-up and come on over for a fuzzy navel. They're not WHINE coolers.
There's acknowledging your feminine side, ie exploring your emotions, admitting that you can actually sit through the occassional rom com, and coming to grips with the fact that you should invest in a pair of nail clippers... but drinking wine coolers is more akin to shoving a tampon up your urethra... its just too far. Moreover placing Guinness in that proximity to the stuff is like wearing a clown suit to church, show a little decorum.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. First off everyone knows I don't have any emotions. Second "admitting that you can actually sit through the occassional rom com" makes it sound like you don't enjoy them. Like you don't go see them in theatres. In the middle of the day. By yourself. And feel terribly akward because you're the only non-middleaged house wife in the theatre. And thirdly; maybe you're right. That juxtaposition of beverages is just silly. Even entertaining. From now on I'll make sure to photoshop everything that might be comical or interesting out of the pictures I post here. Thank you sir, for showing me the folly of my ways. I'll also admit that trying to grow my own vagina isn't a worthwhile pursuit. Is your mom still renting her's out hourly?
Methinks the blogger doth protest too much, contrary to his own logic. My mother's vagina therefore, is most likely of no interest to him.
Alright I'm going to have to end this with the ever indomitable THBPBPTHPT. The thinking man's trump card.
I'd like to thank the parties involved, its nice to have a good old-fashioned flame war every once in a while.
Especially one that uses proper punctuation and grammar.
Now class, don't you go trying this on your own. I'll slap you in detention so fast your comment button will spin.
You know... if I had made some sort of bet... or financial agreement about the iPod nano not going over well. As it is I'm just laughing. Ha Ha, Stevie J. That's what you get for holding back on my bluetooth. Beotch. Oh, right, I forgot to tell you what the hell I'm talking about. Looks like nanos are cheaply made, the screens break and scratch, and people only buy them cause they're black. Come on people, why aren't you laughing? Oh, you bought one already? I guess that's a pretty good reason.Labels: iPod
So I was driving home last night and I got to thinking, like I do, about something that would be nice to have. I came whipping around an on ramp to get on the highway and was accelerating down a hill when it hit me. My car has a speedometer, but I think I'd like it to have an accelerometer as well. It'd have to be a fairly nice one though, because I don't just care about straight line acceleration. I want to know about my turning forces as well. Imagine a nice LCD display on the inside of your speedo that gives a 360 degree readout of which direction you're accelerating and how fast. Hey, you could even hook it to the short range radar and calculate how many seconds before you hit whatever's in front of you. I know putting these things standard in cars would be more expensive and probably either confuse people or make them drive more dangerously; I'm just saying - its an interesting thought. This is obviously lower on my list of addons-no-one-thought-of than the LCD display on my bumper that is hooked to the tac. But if I had both, the guy behind me could see when I drop the hammer in my Porsche and I could see how many G's I'm pulling as he's swallowed by the horizon.
So i'm in ikea, sitting on couches. Its better than sitting at home cause i'm out doing something.
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The problem with Bluetooth headphones is that it’s not just recharging your iPod, you have to recharge your headphones too. People hate it. There are quality issues - the bandwidth isn’t high enough, and even if it does get there some day, people don’t want to recharge their headphones.
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Censored: i love tivo
EsotericMe3: haha
EsotericMe3: really?
Censored: yaeh
Censored: i have 3 of them
EsotericMe3: YOU'RE ONLY ONE MAN!!!
Censored: but i have many rooms


Hilarious. I've always thought they should market a face-shaped device, like a mask, lined with lots of razors so that you could put your face into it, pull it down a couple centimeters, and then you'd be done shaving! Quick and easy. It would probably have to be custom made.
I know you're currently Boing Boing-less, but they pointed out that the Onion ran an article posing as Gillette where they announced the 5 blader last year. Also SNL did such a skit their first season apparently.
You've got the right idea with the straight razor, cool as hell, no replacements needed... just... well, see, I like a pint I do, and shaving the morning after would probably be the end of me.

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hmm...hard top is pretty cool, but overall i'd say it looks too much like the Echo with a slightly more european grill. I'm not real big on the echo...i think VW should of taken this in a different direction perhaps.
well, now i don't know what to think, the new photos look less like an echo, and more cool
Oh, don't even get me started on the grill. Those assmunches. I think if I end up having to go VW, I'll get a silver one. I think that's the best way to downplay the chrome swoosh.

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I saw one Wide Angle episode ("Ladies First") last year about women's participation in the rebuilding of Rwanda after the genocide. I found it slightly disappointing because it focused more on the genocide than it did on the role Rwandese women have in the political process. However, each episode has a different producer so perhaps some will be better than others.

Red circles are traffic lights, they are longer in one direction if the cycle is longer on one road than another.
Red lines are stop signs, they only effect the road that is approaching an intersection, not as an intersection is left.
The red road is a highway, the rate of travel is generally higher there. The volume of traffic is also higher.
The green segments are newly constructed on/off ramps. There is no turn on red near these items as with other traffic lights.
The yellow areas are my home and work places.
Man breaks into house. Steals stuff. Puts stuff into wheelbarrow. Walks down road in rain with wheelbarrow full of stolen stuff. Asks for ride from the man he robbed who has been following behind with his kids in the car. Victim calls cops who tell him to keep following robber. After 5 miles and two hours of following wheelbarrow robber police show up.


scan scan scan.I'm going to go mime it out in my office and see how long it takes. Don't worry I'll be realistic, if anything I'll err on the too long side.
'finish and pay'
swipe credit card.
pick credit on card reader.
skip bonus card
skip coupons
pick credit
wait for machine
squiggle with pen on screen
hit done
grab receipt
pick up items
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A simple maceration of wormwood without distillation produces an extremely bitter drink, due to the presence of the water-soluble absinthine, one of the most bitter substances known.
The alcohol content is extremely high. (45 percent — 85 percent)
This can be left clear, or the well-known green color of the beverage can be imparted either artificially or by steeping roman wormwood, hyssop, and melissa in the liquid.
Undistilled wormwood essential oil contains a substance called thujone, which is an epileptic (and can cause renal failure) in extremely high doses.
Very little of the thujone present in absinthe actually makes it into a properly distilled absinthe.
A recent French distiller has had to add pure essential oil of wormwood to make a "high-thujone" variant of his product.
A study in the "Journal of studies on Alcohol" concluded that a high dose of thujone in alcohol has negative effects on attention performance.
Medium doses did not produce a noticeable effect from plain alcohol. The high dose of thujone was larger than what one can get from current "high thujone" absinthe before becoming too drunk to notice and most people describe the effects of absinthe as a more lucid and aware drunk.
"The importation of Absinthe and any other liquors or liqueurs that contain Artemisia absinthium is prohibited." -United States Customs office
It is probably illegal to sell items meant for human consumption which contain thujone derived from Artemisia species. This derives from an FDA regulation (as opposed to a DEA regulation).

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So, its out folks. The new music device that apple fanboys and iPod thieves alike have been dreaming about. The Rokr iPod/ phone hybrid. Sweet! Check out the specs on this baby. TWO speakers!!! 100 song capacity!!! .5 gig upgradable memory card!!! You can't pick which song to play!!!
1:09pm - Madonna to Steve: “I got tired of not being able to download my own music.” Steve: “Do you have an iPod?” Madonna: “Of course I do! That’s so dumb! Every time I get one a new one comes out the next week.”

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