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We finally bit the bullet (with the help of our Recovery-Act-fueled welfare check tax “refund”) and bought a High Definition TV.  One of the things that influenced this decision was that we were tired of being able to see only 2/3 of almost every show.  (The other reason is that our old TV decided to [...]

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From a recent IM chat:
JATB: you click on “bite some chumps” and it shows all your friends who aren’t zombies yet. So you bite ‘em.
JATB: If they add the thingie, they become zombies too.
JATB: And you get points for it. Then you also get points when THEY bite people. So it’s kind [...]

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Courtesy of Kurt Kilpatrick. (Dates corrected for you art history sticklers!)
“Monet died at 86, Degas died at 83, Renoir at 78, Gauguin at 55, Van Gogh at 37 and Seurat at 32, which proves that First Impressionists last the longest.”

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Sonic, you and I have a problem. And I’m not just talking about the HFCS in your soft drinks.

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President Bush, in a surprising move today, appointed an expert to a new position: Sub-Secretary of State for Middle East Relations. The President’s choice is a native of the Middle East who has lived in North America for many years, but who nevertheless has maintained close ties with her native land.

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I apologize in advance.

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. . . my five-year-old walked up to me and declared,
“IT’S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!”

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I know you love this ad as much as I do.  What I really like about it is that it doesn’t tell you one thing about what the product is supposed to do:  why clutter up an ad with unnecessary information like that, especially when the ad is so entertaining and compelling?
Since the version we’re [...]

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Seen today on the marquee of the Super 8 Motel near Thomas Road in West Monroe, LA:
FREE TOAST OR CEREAL BAR

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Several years ago, Letterman did a Top 10 list of things that sound cool when James Earl Jones says them. Of course, they had James Earl Jones come out and read the list. The only two items I remember from that list were “Heebie Jeebies” and “Oprah,” both of which did sound excessively [...]

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