March 05, 2009
Part One is here. "What we do get in life and miss so often in literature is the sentence sounds that underlie the words. Words in themselves do not convey meaning, and to [prove] this, which may seem entirely unreasonable to any one who does not understand the psychology of sound, let u...
Lance Mannion
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Lance Mannion
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March 03, 2009
The Quick Brown is a Fox News headline tracker that visually displays deltas (additions and edits) in a quick-to-grok manner. It’s actually possible to watch the sensationalizing in slow-motion, which is as sickening as it is fascinating. For example, the headline “Obama: Tax cut by Apri...
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farkinga
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March 02, 2009
So, like, you just have to take this exam. Some highlights: A deeply devout Catholic couple has just returned from their fiftieth anniversary celebration, when suddenly the husband falls to the ground, clutching his chest. What is the most productive action for the wife to take? 1. Call 911 2. Put h...
God is for Suckers!
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Bob
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February 28, 2009
The markets are dropping, the sky is falling, Bobby Jindal is about to take over America. The King of Antigua just raided your trust fund and Lehman is still the best job on Wall Street and it already went under. Welcome to the Brave New World of Ivy League Poverty, in which the value of silver-spoo...
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Maureen O'Connor
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February 25, 2009
So you lost your home. Now, what do you do about all the crap you’ve kept with you for years? The pictures, furniture, kitchen stuff, office stuff. Do you donate it? Do you pile it into your relatives’ house, or your new apartment? Do you Craigslist it? In the following video, you can se...
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farkinga
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February 24, 2009
…but, hey, cut me some slack. I’ve been fighting off a cold for the past 3 days. Is it just me or is everyone sick? Anyway, without further ado, my Oscar Recap! Best Dressed of the night: Photo courtesy of DailyMail.co.uk Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt looked stunning, as usual. Angelina w...
Better than Botox
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etrevallion
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February 19, 2009
Yesterday we covered the sad tale of the chimp going "bananas" on a lady's face. Turns out the woman who owned the attacking chimp is bananas as well. (Who knew?) Sandra Herold claimed she loved the now-departed pet chimpanzee Travis like a son, but friends claim their relations...
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Colleen Kane
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February 18, 2009
A Muslim television executive beheaded his wife a few days after she served him with divorce papers. Muslim TV exec accused of beheading wife in NY ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – The crime drips with brutal irony: a woman decapitated, allegedly by her estranged husband, in the offices of the television netw...
God is for Suckers!
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newVideoPlayer("/ChimpLady.flv", 506, 423,""); Sandra Herold, owner of Travis the chimp (Travis ripped a woman's face off after writing the stimulus bill), went on The Today Show because it seemed like a great idea in her current mental state. So your exotic pet might be a wonderful companion, but w...
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Pareene
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February 17, 2009
Ever since the heroic War on Terror began, the Pentagon hasn't let the media cover the arrival home of the coffins of dead US soldiers. Now maybe they'll loosen that ban...because the Pentagon hates war? The Secretary of Defense is reportedly "tilting" towards changing the rules. Opinion of the fami...
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