I lived in the Netherlands for a couple of years, and had a Dutch boyfriend for almost 4 years, so I know quite a bit about this quirky country and its unusual inhabitants (and I mean that in a good way). I’m going to share some pearls of wisdom about the Dutch and their [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by JM
I wrote a hugely popular post on what Europeans think of each other, and we all know what Europeans think of Americans (that we’re fat and stupid - well, it’s a bit more complicated than that; I’ll delve into that in another post). In this post, I’ll write my experiences with my fellow Americans think [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by JM
This is going to be a frilly post. But I’m 100% serious.
A couple of days ago, the bf and I were starving and all we had were a few backs of bagged salad from TJs. All the salad dressing we had in the fridge expired about 3 months ago. Thankfully, my bf never throws anything [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by JM
…understand and enjoy good satire.
And I’m voting Obama.
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by JM
This is freaking hilarious.
It seems McCain’s website resorts to bizarre, arcane filtering in its comments section. Waaaaay too many words are “poison words”:
Apparently, any word containing combinations of letters like ‘net’ or ‘org’ or ‘gov’ gets rejected. Likewise: “Just to add a couple more that trip the filter: words that contain the three letters such [...]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by JM
We’re flirting with universal healthcare, the neocon era is waning, and soccer fans are begin to engage in violent brawls in the stands.
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by JM
the HIV travel ban is over
police in the UK are worried about the wasp knife, that freezes organs
loving the iPhone apps, but wishing calendar syncing with Google were easier and over the air
skip the caipirosca at Zebulon - two thumbs down
I could watch the god warrior every day - it’s shows like these that make [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by JM
And Cindy is Ellen.
The parallels are striking, even beyond the physical resemblance. Some minor differences are allowable under artistic license:
Tigh is old and balding and all he knows is the military
Ellen is blond, about half his age and was suspected of being a robot
Even Tigh concedes that Ellen can resemble a whore
Tigh was a prisoner [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2008 by JM
I have the greasiest freaking fingers on the planet, and my black 5th Generation iPod is perpetually filthy, unless I wipe it incessantly on my pants. My new iPhone? Always looks pristine.
Two things:
1. Choose white. Trust me, it looks better in real-life than it does on the Apple Website. With the chrome side & Apple logo, [...]
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Posted on July 15th, 2008 by JM
Works lousy in a blog post, but great in Gmail at least.
Cool word flipping tool.
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by JM
