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o - i forgot u was interviewin me!

bar fight
eight times in twenty seconds
Entered by jordan jolly on 01.27.2012 at 7:53
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hi i'm shakespeare

"To a delirious crowd of around 20,000, the Socialist candidate cited The Bard as he promised to cast off the ennui of the Nicolas Sarkozy era with a new wave of egalitarian idealism.
The "universal message" he wished to convey, Mr Hollande told the crowd, was best summed up by Shakespeare's great words: "They failed because they did not start with a dream.""
tuns out that quote is from a shakespeare, but maybe not 'the' shakespeare.
also, my fav shakespeare comic at the bottom of this page.
Entered by taylor on 01.26.2012 at 7:17
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we'll just connect the pid to the flux capaciter

those of you with home espresso dreams but without home espresso machines might want to watch the zpm kickstarter - they're a 'open source' machine that is being pretty well reviewed (or, well, pre-reviewed) by folks in coffee land.
Entered by taylor on 01.23.2012 at 5:34
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tis a gift to be simple

pictures of dogs (and one cat) shaking.
via notcot
Entered by taylor on 01.20.2012 at 5:42
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naples by a whisker

travel and leasure / the atlantic hits a bunch of pizza places in naples and rome leaving me very hungry.
pic is of a pie from luzzos, my personal fav.
Entered by taylor on 01.17.2012 at 7:49
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of fig fame?

sort of a historical 'people' style tabloid post here - newton apparently kept a list of his sins committed up till that point in a diary, encoded of course, which you can now read from the comfort of your chair.
some real doozeys in there - 'stealing a cherry cob', 'peevishness with my mother'
Entered by taylor on 01.13.2012 at 5:38
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neighborhood news

two new places coming in to east austin (within throwing distance of my house).
weather up bar (fancy cocktail place from nyc) is going in where azul / shuck shack used to be, and al fico, an italian place with wood fired pizzas and the rest, is going in at chalmers and second.
here's hoping they turn out to be fantastic places...
Entered by taylor on 01.12.2012 at 10:04
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ever seen an ant elope?

i've always wondered if the argument that humans are the ultimate distance animal could hold up against the pronghorn; outside magazine arranged a chase out in new mexico to see if it could be done.
Entered by taylor on 01.10.2012 at 5:56
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what do your elf eyes see

bummer accident. yeah, bummer.
elephant.
no friends to play wif.
kitten mittens parallel.
the passive aggression of christ.
so suave.
Entered by taylor on 01.06.2012 at 7:05
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Finally, women... the help you really need.

This link came from an ad that scrolled at the top of my google apps email. A few thoughts are triggered from it. 1.Is this for real? 2. Would it be wrong for me to sign up? 3. What in my email triggered a "What men want." ad? I mean, I do purchase all those, how shall I say, "enhancement" drugs, but I'm pretty sure that's not it.
Entered by marco perez on 01.04.2012 at 13:59
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kinda like watching sportscenter top 10

i love animated gifs. and everyone knows i love sports, or well, i read about sports, and don't hate sports. so posting the top 50 sports animated gifs of the year is a no brainer.
Entered by taylor on 01.04.2012 at 11:38
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guilt, a human emotion

gq writer explores his guilt about his hardcore porn habit.
nsfw text...from metafilter
Entered by taylor on 12.30.2011 at 8:26
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mash em up

the annual mashup album is here for 2011.
helps me keep up with today's pop.
Entered by taylor on 12.28.2011 at 7:47
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free christmas jazz

quoting from this post (link to record at bottom):
One day, a little over 20 years ago, my wife and I were riding in a car with another couple, Mitch and Koekje Dutton. This was well into the Christmas season. Koekje, in her single days, was Koekje Schwekendiek, and on this particular day she had received a tape from her brother Donny Schwekendiek, who was living in San Francisco and eking out a living playing jazz piano.
The tape she had received was a recording of Donny and two other guys playing Christmas music. She asked if we'd like to hear the tape.
OK...what were we going to say? "No"? But we had that look on our face. Koekje looked at us with complete sympathy, scrunched up her face and said "Yeah, I know...I didn't know what to expect either. But it's actually really good."
20 years on, that seems like an even greater understatement now than it did at the time.
"Christmas With The Believers" turned out to be the best jazz Christmas music I had ever heard, and that's still the case today.
Entered by taylor on 12.22.2011 at 8:37
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I'll fly away!

A brief history of cocaine.

The one we all know about. "When Georgia banned alcohol, he mixed cocaine with cola nut extract and soda water, and - voila - Coca-Cola (shown here in a 1905 ad) was born. Pemberton claimed his "health drink" could cure impotence, headaches, and morphine addiction. Coca-Cola is still made from coca leaves - but the cocaine has been chemically extracted."
Entered by marco perez on 12.16.2011 at 10:06
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your friend was wonderful

now. we dance.
and here he...whoops.
ya is me.
biking in cities.
an italian cat.
whoa.
gratuitous top gun gifs: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Entered by taylor on 12.13.2011 at 6:51
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son of flubber

asian cheerleaders. still cheerleading, and there are still pom-poms in there if you look, but more...impossible.
Entered by taylor on 12.06.2011 at 5:38
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I like big butts and I cannot lie.

There was a time when skinny was out, and heavy was in. Here are some vintage ads offering you ways to get a man by gaining an extra 10 - 15 lbs. I don't really know how legit they are, since they are so contrary to our culture today.

Here is the Sir-Mix-Alot quote for y'all. Probably not for the kiddos.

Here's the Alvin and the Chipmunks version for the kiddos... actually, not really. Just a faster version of the previous one.

Here's the Christian version.
Entered by marco perez on 12.04.2011 at 12:20
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whenever i'm afraid

learn to face your fears with the face your fears song (lyrics! sing it with your kids!). then explore the death metal version.
Entered by taylor on 12.02.2011 at 6:07
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wine, in a box

the local weekly recently reviewed some box wine, and posted a top 10 list. or, if it's more your style, you can browse by type.
Entered by taylor on 11.23.2011 at 10:17
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meme alert

benton! benton! oh jesus christ!.
don't get your hopes up. mildly amusing however, and the possibilities for muttering, "benton! benton!" are somewhat pleasant. also, technically, the dogs name may actually be fenton.
Entered by taylor on 11.23.2011 at 10:05
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india's got talent

completely ridiculously fantastic indian power team routine. with horrified reactions from the judges every 5 seconds.
via metafilter.
Entered by taylor on 11.21.2011 at 12:25
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Guess why I smile a lot? Uh, cause it's worth it.

In case you didn't get enough the first time around (brooke), there's more.
Entered by sara altuna on 11.21.2011 at 8:48
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What the hell, China?

China has been building some weird structures in the desert. I think they have thousands of Chinese, walking on planks and pretending the aliens made these structures. See for yourself, and here, and here.
Entered by marco perez on 11.16.2011 at 15:33
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it drink pretty good

what's wrong with the beer we got? alvin holmes wants to know.
thanks michael.
Entered by taylor on 11.02.2011 at 14:25
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a wave and a particle

nope.
ows.
seal buddy.
action spectacular. (more? 1, 2, 3)
golfers. an odd group.
Entered by taylor on 11.01.2011 at 13:27
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let's swim across!

workin out at the gym.
bird pardy.
i am el jefe here.
gulp.
so metal.
efficiency.
Entered by taylor on 10.26.2011 at 6:15
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she's got legs

lifelike robotic legs, which work with a similar motion to humans, i.e. controlled falling. so...humans walk and run in a manner that takes minimal effort - we basically just control a fall with each step. robots have traditionally powered every motion, which makes them inefficient, but also very non-human looking.
via slashdot
Entered by taylor on 10.26.2011 at 5:28
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I can fly!

Watch this video about quantum levitation. I can see so many practical applications to this, if only I were willing to dip my feet in liquid nitrogen.
Entered by marco perez on 10.23.2011 at 9:02
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Tomorrow night... we will try to take over the world!

NewScientist has an article on the 147 companies that own the World. One day I want my company to be counted as one of them... oh and I don't want there to be 147, I just want there to be one. Of course, the list is a little discredited by the fact that it included Lehman Brothers, and as we all know, they're "not so" longer around. Or are they?
Entered by marco perez on 10.22.2011 at 18:18
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that nietzsche said *a lot* of things, huh?

(direct quote of the metafilter post).
In 1888, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche coined a phrase that would inspire lazy musicians for more than 100 years.
Entered by taylor on 10.21.2011 at 8:12
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i used google to find the related links for this post

kinda fun google ad video about a music teacher who decided to try to win a million dollars by being the first to pitch a perfect game in a baseball video game (link is for last years version; they did the contest again in mlb 2k11). spoiler: he wins.
thanks jason.
Entered by taylor on 10.20.2011 at 13:52
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the pressure gradient causes it

omg et!
dude just ask.
ooohhh, yeahhhhh.
sandin some boards
wat.
football, so confusing.
WE R PRINZSSESS.
Entered by taylor on 10.19.2011 at 12:44
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30 seconds of fun

teenage mutant ninja noses.
Entered by taylor on 10.18.2011 at 10:13
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beer is wet

what is wet hop beer and where can i get some?
here in texas, most hop varieties don't grow well. but if say i had just moved to oregon, well, i would definitely include a hops plant in my backyard garden.
Entered by taylor on 10.15.2011 at 7:07
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talk about uptight

france has banned ketchup from school cafeterias. except once a week, when it is allowed as a special treat served alongside "frites" (er, french fries).
i like to imagine rebellious french kids sneaking ketchup to school and putting it on unauthorized foods. such rebellious youth.
via metafilter
Entered by taylor on 10.12.2011 at 9:36
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hartebeest had too much red bull

video of a mountain biker, riding away in africa, when bam red hartebeest out of nowhere.
Entered by taylor on 10.11.2011 at 12:07
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Isn't it ironic.

A little too ironic.
Entered by marco perez on 10.02.2011 at 20:32
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you trixed me

it's fall, so let's make apple pie. oh snap, we don't have any apples - i guess we'll have to make apple pie without apples.
homeschool chemistry alert - this would be a good experiment, especially if you researched exactly how the deceit works.
via metafilter
Entered by taylor on 09.29.2011 at 13:16
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om nom nom

the 2011 veterinary x-ray contest winners. grand prize winner, images of a dog who ate 9 handballs.
keep your pets away from this site so they don't get any ideas.
metafilter
Entered by taylor on 09.26.2011 at 8:35
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Marco said, "At least he didn't quote pokemon, although I think it would be cool if that turned into a globally accepted po...(read the rest)" in hi i'm shakespeare.

Jonathan said, "Item #7: "Squirting water on thy day" Item #13 "Threatening my father and mother Smith to burn them and the house over them" That's quite a range.

Bonus: my "recaptcha" words are "Apostacy checkas". Sounds like a...(read the rest)" in of fig fame?.

jeff ronk said, ""Newton was a strong believer in prophetic interpretation of the Bible and considered himself to be one of a select group of individuals who were specially chosen by God for the task of understanding Biblical scripture."" in of fig fame?.

taylor said, "that's cause this hood is high-end. " in neighborhood news.

jeff ronk said, "they had to chase it 20 miles?! and then it was only "maybe we coulda..." huh. they really should have tried a deer/elk or something. those pronghorn are fast as crap. they are easily my favorite north american animal....(read the rest)" in ever seen an ant elope?.