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a first time for everything

Date: 13 Apr 2005 15:37:12 -0000 To: bronto@pobox.com Subject: QUERIDO MIO From: JAMES UDO INIEKPO Estimado Sr. Les saludos, soy JAMES UDO INIEKPO un director con el departamento de los recursos del petróleo y de la secretaria del agrupacion de … Continue reading

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black with white stripes

Thoughts on my way to sleep: Strong marijuana often smells of mercaptan. Do unscrupulous pot-farmers encourage skunks to spray near their patch? The smell of a distant skunk can be pleasant; has anyone tried using mercaptan (much diluted!) as a … Continue reading

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selective violence

After cataloguing the Brady Campaign’s calls for measures that (even if ideally implemented) would have done nothing to reduce the body count in Red Lake, “Lady Liberty” observes: You see, there’s another fact we’re hearing very little about. Security guards, … Continue reading

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upload induction

Previously muttered: I often ponder what life might be like among Uploads: human minds which have been scanned into machines, leaving the flesh behind and spending most of their time in simulated worlds. . . . Lately I’ve pondered the plight of … Continue reading

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QotD

I like daylight savings time because it ensures that, no matter how busy I am, I remember to curse FDR at least twice a year. —Travis Corcoran

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mere linkage

answering the hermit crab shell shortage with plastic (cited in November by Vicki Rosenzweig) We acknowledge that such trans-species caregiving may in fact be a form of control. In recognition of this paradox, the new structures are aesthetically based on … Continue reading

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chew slowly

Met a man the other day who said his son had rung up a fortune in dental bills during an amphetamine habit; something I’d never heard of before. Now why wasn’t that mentioned in hi-skool “health” propaganda class? It’s scarier … Continue reading

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