category: delicious
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The index on RootsWeb is still free to search, although the index on Ancestry.com now requires a subscription. Most deaths in the Index occurred between 1962 and the present.
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Birth: 1916-present (limited availability from 1865-1916). Marriage & divorce: June 1927-present. Death: 1917-present (limited availability from 1877-1917).
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Upload an image, and the palette generator gives you light, medium, dark, and full color palettes based on that image. I'll definitely be using this in the future... although I'm not exactly sure what for. Via Lifehacker.
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2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Workbook, and also the release of Bob Mould's latest, yet-untitled solo work, set for an April 7th street date. Produced and mixed by Mould in his new hometown of Washington D.C, the album is filled with Mould's experiences in relation to friends, lovers, the world at large and himself.
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On March 11, Bob Mould will be performing at Carnegie Hall for The Music of R.E.M. - a benefit concert for the Music Education Programs for Underprivileged Youth. The concert covers the songs of R.E.M. which led the underground American music movement with a constant stream of hit records. Also performing at the concert: Throwing Muses with Kristen Hersh, Kimya Dawson, Ingrid Michaelson, Glenn Hansard, The Apples in Stereo, Tommy James and the Shondells, Jolie Holland, Keren Ann, Guster, The dB's, Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power, Rachel Yamagata, Calexico, Patti Smith, and more.
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Roger Ebert has been accused of refusing to review Ben Stein's documentary "Expelled," a defense of Creationism, because of his belief in the theory of evolution. Here is his response.
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'In addition to its distinctive pink color, a unique attribute of the Keyboard for Blondes are the "fun" sayings on 64 of the keys, such as "Oops!" on the Delete key, "The Big One: 'I Need My Space' Key" on the spacebar, or "Yes! I want it!" on the Enter key. A number of the keys also act as special texting shortcuts, such as "OMG" on the O key, "LOL" on the L key, and "XOXO" on the X key.'
(Via Slashdot.)
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"Dr. Cheryl K. Olson, co-director of the Center for Mental Health and the Media at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, isn't convinced.
"'It's not the violence per se that's the problem, it's the context and goals of the violence,' said Olson, citing past research on TV violence and behavior. There are definitely games kids shouldn't be playing, she said, for example those where hunting down and killing people is the goal. But she argues that the label 'violent video games' is too vague. Researchers need to do a better job at defining what is considered a violent video game and what constitutes aggressive behavior, she added."
"The president-elect already has said he'll have a five-day online comment period before signing any non-emergency legislation, so Americans can be part of the process. He's also planning to appoint a chief technology officer and has pledged to get true broadband to every community in the country."Barack Obama will be a President for the 21st Century.
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"A Smith production is always noisy, shambling, and liberally smutty on the outside while conservatively gooey on the inside (and always, proudly, a visual eyesore, as if compositional coherence signifies selling out to the Man)."
Ms. Lisa Schwarzbaum apparently isn't a big fan of Kevin Smith movies in general. I'm not a cinematographer myself, but I've never been bounced out of a Kevin Smith movie by the cinematography myself. Looking forward to forming my own opinion of the movie tomorrow evening.
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"The comedy stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as roommates and longtime friends who decide that the solution to their money problems is to make a porn film."
Planning to go see this flick with some friends on Saturday. Kevin Smith movies are (almost) always a great time, so I'm looking forward to it.
"For several months. Delta executives, who are now running what used to be Northwest Airlines, say they will make a gradual and orderly transition to the Delta name. Delta said it will begin using Delta signs at ticket counters and gates next year. It could take as long as two years for some of Northwest's planes to be painted in Delta colors."What a bummer. I love being able to identify an NWA plane overhead from the red tail.
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"A music teacher at Foxboro Elementary School, who was formerly a woman, returned to school as a man at the beginning of the school year.... Some parents told Travis Unified School District that they feel like their rights to know were violated.... So far, 23 students from 15 different families have transferred their children out of the music class and into a physical education class."
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"Called the University of Toledo Guarantee, the program is open to graduates of Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Toledo public schools. The student has to have at least a 3.0 GPA in high school and show some financial need by qualifying for a Pell Grant when filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA."
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"The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay and lesbian couples have the right to get married.
"The ruling makes Connecticut the third state, after Massachusetts and California, to decide its constitution mandates treating citizens equally when applying for marriage licenses, regardless of their sexual orientation.
"The decision would only allow gay couples the state benefits of marriage. The Defense of Marriage Act, passed in 1996, denies gay couples federal recognition of state marriages, which provides for federal benefits with regard to Social Security, taxation, immigration and others."
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"Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed announced today that he is giving up his Sunday comic strip Opus to focus on children's books instead. That announcement signals the end of Opus, the charming penguin who has entertained comics readers for nearly 30 years, starting with Bloom County. Though Breathed has retired the character before, this time, he says, he means it. 'I'll be leaving Opus in a way that it should be very clear that this time there's no going back home,' says Breathed."
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"Toledo City Council stamped its approval last night on the city's portion of a $30 million incentive package to keep HCR ManorCare Inc. and its nearly 700 jobs from moving out of downtown Toledo."
I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure my employer didn't have any plans to skip town. Just sayin'. But thanks for the incentive package!
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'A National Research Council report, years in the making and scheduled to be released Tuesday, concludes that automated identification of terrorists through data mining or any other mechanism "is neither feasible as an objective nor desirable as a goal of technology development efforts." Inevitable false positives will result in "ordinary, law-abiding citizens and businesses" being incorrectly flagged as suspects.'
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On one hand, having users solve math problems before sending e-mails is a brilliant way to cut down on drunk e-mailing (and I do know some people who could use this feature). On the other hand, arithmetically-challenged people like myself would never manage to send any e-mails ever.
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"The sign at the [BP] gas station said $3.39, which doesn't sound too bad. When folks filled up at the pump though, it rang up as 33-cents a gallon. As you can imagine, it didn't take long for lines to form at the gas station. In fact, the scene became pretty crazy and police had to be called.
"This wasn't a case of generosity. It was actually a mistake. ...An employee accidentally entered 33.9 cents instead of 3.39 into the pumps. The deal didn't last long as the station quickly ran out of regular unleaded."
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"A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style regimen helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the dueling weight-loss techniques."
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I find it amusing that the media seems to think that we need to know all the personal habits of our potential leadership. So Barack works out. Great! Good for him. One more positive mark for my candidate of choice.
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"The parachutist and one of the musicians suffered sprained ankles. One band member was knocked unconscious and another had neck and head pain. He added that two tubas were destroyed." Poor tubas. Shoulda hit the clarinet section instead.
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Every day on my way home from work, I drive by the spot where this happened. I knew it wasn't the best neighborhood, but I didn't think the locals would shoot and kill a stranger on a bike over a name-calling dispute.
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'"Please Don't Vote for a Democrat" reads the type over the picture of the twin towers after hijacked airliners hit them on September, 11, 2001.'
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While doing some research on the state of the banking industry, I came across this little gem which I'd heard rumors about. When Huntington purchased Sky, it seems Sky didn't mention all the sub-prime mortgages they had on the books...
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"Viacom and other copyright holders have agreed to let YouTube mask user IDs and Internet addresses when Google Inc.'s online video site hands over viewership records in a $1 billion lawsuit accusing YouTube of enabling copyright infringement."
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What kind of paranoid world do we live in, where a father can't even take photos of his own children in a public park?
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"On [her] site, The Life of Riley, and in a series of videos post on YouTube, Riley mused on her day-to-day life. She also recounted living through two world wars and raising three children on her own while working as a cook and a bar maid."
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A "guerrilla gardener" and his neighbors planted a vegetable garden by a sidewalk. A neighbor complained, and now he has to remove all the trellises and supports or face a fine of $2000 per day.
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Although gameplay isn't violent or graphic, I'm not sure about rating a game like "Frat Party Games: Beer Pong" suitable for teens. Also note that this article gives contacts for Nintendo and the game developers, especially for indignant parents.
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"An obscure law makes it a crime for Wisconsin residents to enter marriage in another state if that marriage is illegal here. It carries a fine up to $10,000 and nine months in prison."
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Verizon sent a bill to Andy, a Lhasa Apso. Even more amusing to me, though, is the fact that Andy has his own active AmEx card. I guess no one checks signatures, after all.
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"If you're in a 401(k) plan and you've been investing every month and you've been watching the markets go down, the biggest mistake you could make is stop investing now. " This is reassuring advice for me and mine.
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On top of cutting jobs, NWA will "begin charging $15 for a passenger's first checked bag and service fees for frequent-flier tickets. It also will boost fees for ticket changes." Guess we'd better cash in our frequent-flier miles ASAP.
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"[The stone tablet dubbed 'Gabriel's Revelation'] should read 'In three days, you shall live. I Gabriel command you.' If so, Jesus-era Judaism had begun to explore the idea of a three-day resurrection before Jesus was born."
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"While individuals can ask the DMV to print plates for other faiths -- for a $4,000 fee -- the request would be subject to significant limits and rules not imposed for the Christian plate. Other tags could feature a religious symbol... but no words would be allowed."
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They volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, local food banks, and other organizations, but now they're selling their house, moving into a less extravagant one, and donating half the proceeds to charity. That's putting your money where your mouth is.
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'At Thanksgiving, Hall refused to pray with his table and says an officer told him to go sit somewhere else. Also, after he was nearly killed when his humvee was attacked, he says a fellow soldier asked him, “do you believe in Jesus now?”'
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'The study group reported that it could find no evidence that the primary rationale for imposing the policy — that openly gay or lesbian service members pose “an unacceptable risk” to morale and unit cohesion — “remains valid.”'
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The slogan? "If you can't stand behind our troops, do us all a favor and stand in front of them." I'd be offended, too.
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Need some labiaplasty? Is your vajayjay not as perky as it used to be? This is apparently the answer.
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"Southwyck Mall closed Sunday after 36 years in operation. Earlier this month, the mall ordered tenants to vacate by June 30th. The once-popular mall at one time had 103 stores. On the final day of business, only four stores remained open."
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This has been a long time coming. In fact, the lack of searchability used to be a strong and valid argument against usign Flash -- that, plus accessibility issues. This is good news.
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This is highly disappointing, as I never made it to Vegas to check this out. The only upshot is that The Experience is owned by Cedar Fair. How cool would it be to have ST: The Experience in Sandusky instead of Vegas? (...Yeah, I know. *sigh*)
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"If ICANN approves the proposals, the world of .com and .org and country names like .jp or .fr would be opened to a much wider choice, such as .hotel or .sex." I can't say I'm entirely behind this proposal.
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a.k.a. "What a Conservative Believes." After reading this list, I said to myself, "Oh, shit. I didn't *think* I was a conservative..." I think that some of the things he listed aren't necessarily conservative beliefs, but rational ones.
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"No. There was definitely no pact. There was a group of girls who decided that they were gonna ... they were already pregnant before they decided this. That they were gonna help each other with their kids so they could finish school and raise their kids t
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If "distorting" the bible means pointing out that it says you should stone your children if they leave the faith, and that eating shellfish is an abomination, and that we should own slaves, then I'm confused about what distorting means.
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"Ninety-two percent of those interviewed for the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey said they believe in the existence of God or a universal spirit." Now, those two are very different assertions. Someone of the Jedi religion would easily fit into their 92%.
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Seventeen girls at one high school, all under the age of 16, are now pregnant after making a pact to conceive and raise their babies at the same time. The school district happens to be surprisingly accommodating to young mothers.
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"Volunteers told members of both parties in separate discussions that women wearing hijabs, the traditional Muslim head scarves, couldn't sit behind the podium."
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"All of the interviews from last night are that he did in fact refuse treatment," police Sgt. Lynne Benton said Wednesday. "Unless we can disprove that, charges probably won't be filed in this case."
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“There are millions of people sharing links to news articles on blogs, message boards and sites like Digg. If The A.P. has concerns that go all the way down to one or two sentences of quoting, they need to tell people what they think is legal and where
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Imagine: You put your one-month old down for a nap, then take a nap yourself. You wake up to find that your 6-month-old puppy has torn off your baby's diaper and attacked his privates.
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I just wanted to point out that CNN misspelled George Takei as "Takai," proving that they don't even know how to PRONOUNCE his last name. Hi, professional journalists! How's things?
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"For the Clarity's release in California, Honda said it received 50,000 applications through its Web site but considered only buyers living near hydrogen fuel stations in Torrance, Santa Monica and Irvine."
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'The ruling by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found the [White House Office of Administration] does not have "substantial independent authority" so it is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.'
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"Suspected terrorists and foreign fighters held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to challenge their detention in federal court, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday."
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"Preiss was born in 1910 in Clinton, Ky., before birth certificates were issued. She said she no longer has a driver's license and never had a passport."
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"Because we were an agricultural society, [the first Tuesday in November] was the best day for farmers in rural America to get to the polls. ...But a lot has changed in the past 163 years, and it's time Congress changed this unnecessary law."
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"An Ohio Democratic lawmaker and former presidential candidate has presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush to Congress." Go, Kucinich!
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"Passengers who refuse to show ID, citing a constitutional right to fly without ID, will be refused passage beyond the checkpoints. Passengers who say they have left their ID at home will be searched, and then permitted to board their flights."
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Awesome webcomic wherein Wil Wheaton saves the world as we know it.
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"Sirbrina Guerrero and her date were approached in the third inning by an usher who told them their kissing was inappropriate. The usher told them he had received a complaint from a woman nearby who said that... parents would have to explain why two women
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'At least six officers will man cordons around those [Neighborhood Safety] zones and demand identification from people coming in and out of them. Anyone who doesn’t live there, work there or have “legitimate reason” to be there will be sent away or
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I didn't graduate with my class, either, so I can empathize... but I missed out because I slacked in Government class, not because I missed classes due to cancer.
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"Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a unique sales pitch for the company's Windows Vista operating system -- if you don't like it, you can turn it into Windows XP. "
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"Scientists describe for the first time a set of genes, about 100 in all, that seem to predict how well a smoker will respond to two different types of quitting programs — nicotine replacement or bupropion (Zyban)."
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"Here's how it would work: after they cleared the dishes in all the cabins, people who took the Freegan option would get a chance to go to the galley and check out what's left over and edible."
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The article contains some unfortunate technical misinformation about Bo Diddley's signature rhythmic style, but that doesn't really affect the loss to the musical community.
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'Robert H. Justman, a producer who was one of the creative forces behind the original "Star Trek" television series of the 1960s as well as the 1980s-era "Star Trek: The Next Generation," has died. He was 81.'
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"More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment."
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'All videos of Prince's unique rendition of [Creep] were quickly taken down [from YouTube], leaving only a message that his label, NPG Records, had removed the clips, claiming a copyright violation. But the posted videos were shot by fans and, obviously,
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"The memo [telling state agencies to revise their policies] informed state agencies that failing to recognize gay marriages would violate the New York's human rights law."
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"Liston said he has lived in his home for 11 years. Last year, he got a certified letter from his neighbor asking him to cut the tree because it was damaging the grass."
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The coffee and donut chain says it yanked online spot to avoid 'misperception'; professor says links to extremism are narrow-minded and even racist.
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'Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and on the big screen in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81.'
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PORT ST. LUCIE, FL -- A Port St. Lucie mother says her five-year-old son with special needs was voted out of his classroom by his peers at the behest of the teacher, who has since been reassigned.
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"The shoot was a total whirlwind. But the group was all at the same hotel. They did hang out and party. That would have been good to get on tape."
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"The 2008 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test found that 16.4%, of drivers, or 33 million, don't know the rules of the road." This does not surprise me.
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"An 18-year-old who gave birth in state custody after she was incorrectly seized in a raid on a polygamist sect ranch says the state kept her in foster care in an effort to seize her baby."
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Why does every amazing and unexplained medical happening have to be considered the result of divine intervention? The story is amazing, but that one part bothers me.
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"My decision to resign is a personal choice based on my professional beliefs and religious convictions. I have prayed about the decision for a period of time and I have a peace about it."
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At one point, this Chinese police officer was feeding nine infants. Commendable, definitely. But is it shallow of me to point out that her boobs must be so sore right about now?
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"When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught -- recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help."
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NKOTB is doing a reunion tour? Seriously? Dear Lord.
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"The Nazi spectre of eugenics has frequently been invoked. Now a deaf couple have turned this on its head: far from wanting a flawless child, they actively want a baby which suffers the same hearing difficulties as they themselves."
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"The actor [George Takei] and 54-year-old Mr Altman have been together for 21 years. "
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"Federal appeals court says Treasury Department is violating the law by keeping all money the same size and feel."
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'"It's about heritage; it's about pride," Tillett said. "I don't look at it much different than the American flag. There's been a lot of blood spilled over that flag, too, and I love that flag, and I'll fly it 'till the day I die."'
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This is probably old news to a lot of people. Me, I'm just now delving into the joy that is Lifehacker.
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"An experiment to raise awareness about the plight of missing children found that a majority of people did not notice or stop to help a little girl after seeing her face on a missing person poster a few feet away."
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'"I can't do that song because I can't remember it," [Edwyn Collins] replies in faltering speech as he sits at the front of the stage looking physically frail but obviously emotionally overwhelmed.'
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"Hypermiling includes pumping up tires to the maximum rating on their sidewalls... using engine oil of a low viscosity, and the controversial practice of drafting behind other vehicles on the highway to reduce aerodynamic drag."
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Zeldman makes a valid and intriguing point about the nature of personal sites then vs. now. Reminds me of "Di's Un-egotistical Homepage" from the late 90s, and makes me want to add more static, self-hosted sections to my current personal site.
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My English comp class discussed this very topic back when I was a college freshman in 1994. Good to see that something is actually coming of this.
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Dubya = EPIC FAIL.
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"AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone, bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year contracts."
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When I first read this headline, I immediately thought of my Uncle Donnie, who used to work carnivals in Florida. It took me another few moments to remember that Uncle Donnie died over a year ago.
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'Claiming that he is "literally being starved to death," the 6', 308-pound Laswell Friday filed a lawsuit charging that his civil rights have been violated by jailers.'
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Although I don't necessarily condone the behavior described in the prank letter, I still think this prank was ingenious, and they seemed to pull it off well. Better idea than putting the principal's VW bug on the roof of the school.
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If you must smoke, maybe you should just roll your own...
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'On his way to the police station, Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter. The message only had one word. "Arrested."'
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"The shooter will not likely face a murder charge stemming from the deaths of the twins, Rinehart reported. That charge typically doesn't come into play until a fetus is 7 months."
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'Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like "Truck Nutz" and resemble the south end of a bull moving north.'
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'The Florida Legislature is considering a specialty plate with a design that includes a Christian cross, a stained-glass window and the words "I Believe."'
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"The high-frequency sound ... can be heard by most people in their teens and early 20s who still have sensitive hair cells in their inner ears."
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'Adam Sternbergh's long investigative New York Magazine piece, "You Walk Wrong," makes a compelling case for shoes as inherently damaging to your feet and spine.' - via BoingBoing
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"[T]he number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age."
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"The victim, who is five months pregnant with twins, was conscious but in serious condition when she was taken from the scene to Methodist Hospital to undergo surgery. ...The bullet did not strike the unborn children."
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“[‘Tapestry’] is an album of surpassing personal intimacy and musical accomplishment and a work infused with a sense of artistic purpose. It is also easy to listen to and easy to enjoy,”
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'A teacher sent him to the principal when she noticed him smelling the marker and his clothing. "It smelled good," [Eathan] Harris said. "They told me that's wrong." Eathan shyly shook his head "no" when a reporter asked if he knew about "huffing."'
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'Judd said the suspects showed no remorse when they were arrested and booked. "They were laughing and joking about, 'I guess we won't get to go to the beach during spring break.' And one ... asked whether she could go to cheerleading practice," he said.'
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"The teen mother, who is black, is a member of the Crips. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang."
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"Herrod suffers from a severe heat rash and needs to wear a skirt to ease the pain. However, while sitting on his lawn mower and his underwear shows, according to the ordinance, Herrod is breaking the law."
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"Obama also said he's interested in ensuring that same-sex couples in civil unions get federal benefits." Plus rights for the transgendered. I love this guy. He's got my vote in a big way.
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Video on flickr? I don't know about this... at least it's only 90-second clips, plenty for a cute vacation vignette or an artsy short-short film.
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"Hancock faced up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine on her guilty plea to making false alarms, a misdemeanor." Instead, she got two years probation and a $300 fine.
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"If my dog was dying of cancer... I'm required to take him to the doctor who immediately gives him what I'm asking for here."
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"He obviously sensed the baby roo was still alive in the pouch and somehow had gently grabbed it by the neck, gently retrieved it and brought it to me." via Dooce.com.
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"...They haven't cracked open the Bible and read. God is about the most intolerant guy you can think of.... These people [gays] need to create their own world, get their own God." -Church atty & member
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"She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring."
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My cousin has this version of autism (last I heard, anyway; his diagnosis changed over the years), and I can definitely see aspects of him in this description. Very enlightening.
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"Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral," he wrote. We'll miss you, Sir Arthur.
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If I lived in England, or if they took submissions from the States, I'd so be there. As it is, maybe I'll use this challenge as inspiration to actually use some of that Super 8 film I have in the freezer.
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"Fifty percent of those questioned in a 2002 Gallup poll said religious expression should be tolerated in the work place while another 28 percent thought it should be encouraged."
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I might have to try some of these recipes for natural cleaners. Link via Mur Lafferty @ murverse.com.
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"The biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai."
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Wii Fit launches in the U.S. on May 19! This may be the first Wii game I actually purchase for myself.
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This cracked me up. I don't think I was even this precocious at age three (and, yes, I *could* read at age three).
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This is SO true. I want to share this with all of my former band/corps buddies so they can have that knowing laugh, too.
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"More than one-quarter of American adults have left the faith of their childhood for another religion or no religion at all, the survey found."
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"Secular unaffiliated Americans account for 6.3% of the population; religious unaffiliated, 5.8%; atheists, 1.4% and agnostics, 2.4%."
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Considering that having a miscarriage cost me several hundred dollars, all told, and I didn't get to take anything home (living or dead), I'd be in favor of this proposal.
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Only two out of six? Guess my new job is OK, then...
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HD DVD is dead. Long live Blu-Ray!
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I may have to try this sometime. Ginger beer is pretty awesome, so I can only imagine that homemade ginger beer would be even better.
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Cameron Moll reviews his experiences with using the One Laptop Per Child technology.
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Hmm. Maybe we should book our flight for this year's vacation sooner rather than later...
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I'm not sure how I feel about this...
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If I could play Sonic and Tetris and other games on my iPhone (or iPod Touch?), that would be just one more reason for me to sink a few hundred bucks into a cool new iPod...
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This study apparently target saccharin; I would be interested in seeing results from a similar study focusing on sucralose.
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'"You forgo your right to privacy when you are seeking admission into the country," [Homeland Security] says. "This is the kind of scrutiny the American public expects."'
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Now we're talking. Once I'm in the market for a new iPod, the iPod Touch will have even more memory and be in my price range.
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A catalog of Americans' physical traits is in the works. I can't get behind that, no matter what they spout off about terrorism.
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The gamer geek in me is all a-squee. The band nerd in me thinks they need to work on their tone, their marching skillz... and are we watching the *backfield* cam?!
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From the tone of this article, there's no doubt in my mind that the author is a believer in God. "What's really behind the current atheist phenomenon"? How about a rising up of free thinkers who are tired of being persecuted?
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This is a vigilante I can get behind.
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If you're going to be vindictive, at least a.) get your facts straight first, and b.) be sure the files you delete aren't recoverable.
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If more Christians felt as Donald Miller seems to feel about the Us vs. Them mentality, maybe America would be a better place.
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The deluge of "Still Alive" covers drove me to discover this old news on Jonathan Coulton's blog, including lyrics and chords. Too bad I still can't do barre chords... *sigh*
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Once more, I appear to be coming a little late to the "internet sensation" party.
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"Hi, you're not going to believe this, but I am calling from Fort Worth, Texas. And I accidentally picked up your husband's luggage, and when I opened the luggage a cat jumped out."
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'The MPAA admits that "human error" caused it to report, incorrectly, that 44 percent of its domestic losses came from illegal downloading by college students. It's more like 15 percent, the MPAA says.'
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I am all about a game with a cat whose "special move is to walk out and lick his cathole, causing one point of damage to all enemies."
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This gives me hope, somehow. Oh, and CNN? They appear to be braids, not dreads. kthx.
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"Some college students in Utah County are calling some music videos pornographic, and they are trying to get a health club to take them off its screen." Thanks to Dooce for pointing this one out.
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"Christianity is a strong religion, based on faith and experience, and I don't think that any discovery by archeologists will change that." You just said a cotton-pickin' mouthful.
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He's only four years younger than I am, and I learned about Python back in high school. WTF, mate?
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I might easily be coerced into buying a 50th Anniversary remastered release of the 1980s Smurf cartoons. Seeing a computer-animated 3D movie? Not so much.
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My Aikido sensei told me about this book on Saturday, and I was pleased to find that the Hip Chick herself has a website and blog. Looks like interesting stuff -- I'll be checking this out in detail.
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Thanks to the former Cleveland mayor for kicking off the recount BS early this election. Leave it to Ohio, I guess...
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As if I needed another reason to vote for Obama.
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On one hand? Not really newsworthy. On the other hand? Genuinely funny.
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"Weekend At Bernie's" doesn't work in real life, people.
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"After finding alcohol in her son's car, [this mom] decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone -- by placing an ad in the local newspaper."
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"A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees."
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I have no words.
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"[Polaroid's new portable printers] should have a wow factor: they require no ink, because they employ a thermal printing technology."
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I liked the IKEA store a lot, sure, but not enough to live there for a week.
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The Trekkie in me is all a-squee. I will totally be going to Cleveland and/or Detroit for this.
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I think some of us have been thinking this for a while now...
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Sure, Live has been stupid lately... but stupid enough to sue M$ for breach of contract? I don't think so. Neither do 90% of the commenters on this Wired article.
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I saw this video for the first time a couple years ago, but hadn't realized that the purpose of the demo had been "in order to demonstrate the dangers of alternating current."
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If you found a lost dog, and it had a home address listed on its collar, would you give it to your daughter as a present and mail the former owners an anonymous letter? One woman did.
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Separation of church and state? Not in Utah. (via blurbomat.com)
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OMG, I've been waiting for this for years.
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'Great Britain and the United States... fell into the lowest-performing group of "endemic surveillance societies."'
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"A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer."
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via Wil Wheaton's blog, via propellor
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One of many reasons not to have a gun in the house.
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"[W]e know that the Democrats are experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and if there's a way to blow this election, they will find it and do it with gusto."
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A British woman's underwear saved the day by doubling as an emergency fire blanket when her kitchen caught fire.
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I like my new job, don't get me wrong... but some of these perks are killer. Free beer after 4pm on Fridays? Twenty-seven days paid time off and unlimited sick leave? Sign me up.
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From the comments on this article, it looks like the Obama haters are a more vocal bunch than the Obama supporters...
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I didn't play it, but I watched my husband play it... and I still can't get the theme song out of my head.
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"[Trent] Reznor had stepped into a new kind of interactive fiction..."
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"First, agree upon the children's religious identity, Reuben says, and then work together to reinforce that identity, whatever it may be." How about letting your children decide on their own religious identity?
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'"He definitely had something to drink. I think he had a great deal to drink," said a man who witnessed the incident.' You don't say!
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I've always liked parts of the original, unrecorded lyrics myself. I suppose it's the depressed teenager in me.
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To quote Bill Shunn: 'I can't stop watching this YouTube video from The Beatnix, an Australian Beatles cover band. It's from an alternate universe where the young mop-tops wrote and recorded "Stairway to Heaven" in 1964.'
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"From where we're sitting, it looks pretty chaotic. eBay's CEO is out playing politics; one of the highest-ranking executives is publicly trashing the business; and customers are apparently planning a revolt."
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"I'm a black man turning white on television and people can see it," says [Lee] Thomas, an anchor and entertainment reporter for the local [Detroit] Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate. "If you've watched me over the years, you've seen my hands completely
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'Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy "The Lord of the Rings."' Can I wait until 2010 and 2011? I don't think so.
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"A pedestrian has been charged with damaging property after walking over a car that was parked illegally on the sidewalk in Greece's congested capital." I have wanted to do that so many times...
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'Harris says there is no critique of faith hidden somewhere in his brief paper. But his next neurological enterprise may be another matter. He is planning an fMRI run that will concentrate specifically on religious faith, which Harris thinks he now knows how to plumb more deeply. He also plans to set up two different subject groups -- the faithful and non-believers. "That way," among other things, he says, "you can ask, 'Do believers believe that Jesus was born of a virgin the same way that nonbelievers believe that Chevrolet makes cars and trucks?'"'
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"Starting in 2009, drivers over age 75 in Japan will be required to get checkups for dementia when they renew their licenses." Sounds like a policy we should adopt here in the States.
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"There are now more payday lending shops in the state than McDonalds, Burger Kings and Wendy's restaurants combined." I believe it.
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I saw the photo earlier via I Can Has Cheezburger, but didn't realize that THE CAT WAS REALLY GLOWING.
2008 Diana M. Schnuth.