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A Town. A Lawn. A Bush Shaped Like A Male Body Part? »
Posted by: lenseview 1 year, 5 months ago in Humor
Amusing, odd. Just a neatly trimmed bush on a nice lawn in a nice conservative neighborhood. And yet....doesn't it look a little like ...
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The Burbs: Bastions of Mediocrity or...Not So Much? »
Posted by: lenseview 1 year, 5 months ago in News
Author takes on suggestion (in linked piece) that standards in the burbs--education, food, taste, etc--are simply low. Is it possible to get a good dinner ...
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New Education Site Creates Lessons Automatically! »
Posted by: gashamy 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
Interview with creator of Lessonwriter.com, which takes any text and, in about a minute, creates a lesson plan and a lesson designed to teach ...
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My 'Progressive' Town Filled With Tennis-Playing Racists? »
Posted by: lenseview 1 year, 6 months ago in News
Interesting, personal story by journalist-author describing her upscale NJ town as a place where private country & tennis clubs, etc. still treat potential members like it ...
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10 Memorable Pies To The Face »
Posted by: TweekerchickQC 1 year, 6 months ago in Humor
If you were somehow unfamiliar with the term, " pied" is a colloquial term, describing someone who received in pie in his or her face. It ...
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3 Jokes that can make your day »
Posted by: decibelintent 1 year, 6 months ago in Humor
These jokes can brighten up your amidst the seriousness of this world.
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A Cemetery. A Warning Sign & Serious Standards of Decor? »
Posted by: lenseview 1 year, 6 months ago in Humor
PIC: Sign outside a cemetery. Apparently only the best (and most tasteful?) for those interred there. Check out the last line -- nothing like appealing to ...
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Iron Man: The Screen Behind the Screen »
Posted by: Digidave 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
The degree to which this design conceit relates directly to the scene, the plot, or the character in question lends a fascinating new dramatic element ...
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Butter Spread Thin in Japan »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 6 months ago in Style
Bread is buttered on neither side as the milk product has become hard to find. There are reasons, but try telling that to the bakeries.
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Mom Can't Return To Work Because...'Men Kinda Suck' »
Posted by: lenseview 1 year, 6 months ago in Family
Author-mom, former hardworking journalist, wants to go back to work, only the order of things makes it difficult, including fact that men simply don't ...
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The Grad Students Who Mocked Michael Chabon's Science Fiction »
Posted by: Wil 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
When the Yiddish Policemen's Union author was a young writer, he wrote some Sci-Fi stories and brought them to his peers. He was met ...
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Social network site for lovers of literature »
Posted by: JamesMarcus 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Literature lovers have a new place to show off their libraries, mingle with authors and buy bargain books. Monday sees the public launch of Bookrabbit ...
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Single Mom, Stepford-Land, & Pressures Toward Sameness »
Posted by: lenseview 1 year, 6 months ago in Family
Smart, honest, personal piece by author (writer-journalist) about fitting in...or not. And the issues confronting many about being different, judging ourselves/others on substance ...
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Faces of nature (cool pics) »
Posted by: alllo 1 year, 6 months ago in Humor
Amusing pics that Mother Nature sometimes draws.
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When last names collide - Strollerderby »
Posted by: brettsinger 1 year, 6 months ago in Humor
In olden times, things were easy. When people got married, the woman took the man's name. Nowadays, there are choices to be made. Some ...
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