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    <title>&quot;Life is like a sewer.</title>
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    <subtitle>What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.&quot; - Tom Lehrer</subtitle>  
    
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          I&#39;m not feeling very social - online - recently. Not sure why. I&#39;ve been spending a lot of my free time playing silly Facebook games, they  are stupidly addicting. I knew I shouldn&#39;t have even glanced at one. They&#39;re  like homeless puppies, you j...   <p style="clear:both;">    
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          You guys might remember I was talking early last week about wanting to  buy a Nook for Christmas, and I did - I pre-ordered it on Wednesday. I  figure this can be my Christmas present from anyone who wants to gift  me :) If not, then it&#39;ll just c...   <p style="clear:both;">    
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        <title>Plinky Question: Share a strange restaurant experience.</title>   
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        <published>2009-10-30T20:01:41Z</published>
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             I remember well, the time we went after church one Sunday. We had  a larger group, six of us, no children. We had this waiter who  seemed...off. We&#39;d all worked customer service before though, so  we didn&#39;t judge him too harshly. But after he ...   <p style="clear:both;">    
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        <title>Plinky Question: What&#39;s a bigger enemy to a clean home: a puppy or a  baby?</title>   
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             Oh a puppy - all the way. Sure, babies come with a lot of clutter  but it&#39;s acceptable to put a baby in diapers and it&#39;s expected  to have 24-hour care. When you get a puppy, it&#39;s NOT acceptable to  use diapers - you&#39;re supposed to train them....   <p style="clear:both;">    
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        <title>Sabriel: Just as good the second time.</title>   
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          I purchased Sabriel - by Garth Nix - as an eBook a few weeks ago, and  finished it on Monday. DAMN that&#39;s a good book. Even though I knew  what was going to happen I was still enthralled, held by the suspense,  and chilled by the visuals created....   <p style="clear:both;">    
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        <title>Fred decided « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger?</title>   
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        <published>2009-10-27T22:39:39Z</published>
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        <title>F#$% You, Penguin: Stay away from my family, Gerenuk</title>   
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        <title>Plinky Question: You have to drive from one end of the United States  to the other.</title>   
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        <published>2009-10-26T14:12:54Z</published>
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          Where do you start &amp; where do you end?       I live near Los Angeles, so  that&#39;s a natural first. I&#39;d end in Maine because I&#39;m more  interested in seeing the north east than the south east.          <p style="clear:both;">    
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        <title>Preparation.</title>   
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        <published>2009-10-23T15:27:06Z</published>
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         Vox has broken my heart, and while I&#39;m cross-posting (using Posterous to post to Wordpress, Facebook &amp; Twitter - and since I post to Posterous via email I just email the post to Vox as well) for now I probably wont be doing it forever. So, in anti...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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