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Especially for Jess

Latest overheardnyc  brilliance:Brainy guy: I don't think I'm going to buy any books next semester.Ditzy girl: So what do you expect to do, rent them from some sort of free book rental company?--Fordham UniversityOverheard by: Sromeo

Education is kinda important to me

I was kinda horrified that Dubya got Cs at Yale. This little tidbit, borrowed from Doug's friend bunegeria  is even more telling:Educational Backgrounds of the candidates:Barack Obama:Columbia University - B.A.Political Science with a Specialization in...

Busy, but not too busy for indulgence

I have 3000 things I'm supposed to be doing and I don't seem to be getting most of them done... but it doesn't mean we can't eat well. Last night's dinner was Yum. Take one quarter of a free-range organic chicken (we used thigh, breast would work even better). With...

Yay Obama

The quote is from a friend of cavalorn 's named bearsir ... The link goes to an Obama blog, detailing Obama's response to the 10th anniversary of Mathew Shephard's senseless murder. I'm not a liberal, but sometimes I find this guy so damn inspiring... I want...

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Phoenix Emberstone

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