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a delightful little hole in the wall
Oh Sushi, formerly known as Go Sushi.
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rose-colored lenses
Here’s the prescription for my eyeballs: OD: -4.50 x -1.00 x 174 OS: -3.50 x -1.00 x 178
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standing naked in front of the mirror with nothing but a radish and a whole world of possibilities
We’ve got snow sign.
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hold the newsreader’s nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers
I have noticed that every person who achieves any kind of fame in the entertainment industry is distinctive in some way. Think about any successful actor, and you’ll realize that there is something, and often more than one something, about them that is unique to them. It seems that the more successful they are, the…
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eubank’s white coat
Does a really small hail-like substance mixed with rain count as the first snowstorm of the year?
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an observation
Have you ever noticed that organizations that thrive on membership no longer reward you for being a loyal long-term customer? It’s all about new signups. First month free. New phone with new account. Half price video rentals for the first month. Once you’re a customer and they have your demographic information for their database, they…
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broke my ears
Hotel fire alarms are very loud. It’s half past midnight central time, and I just spent about ten minutes standing outside with three fire trucks and a whole lot of other guests. We have been let back in the building, but I am waiting for the elevator madness to end before I go back up…
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spam in real life
As I tap this out on my cell phone (the one named after a fruit), I am in a car on my way into Chicago for dinner and drinks. Don’t worry, I am not the one driving. I just heard a commercial on the radio for a male enhancement cream. I didn’t know spammers could…
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engrish
At work we received two messages from a customer of ours in Spain early this morning. I have removed the actual phone numbers from the two paragraphs quoted below. There was more to the first message, but it was just a list of alternate phone numbers. Si a lo largo del día de hoy tuvieran…
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better late than never
Last month (July 12-15) we had what might be our final campout for the summer. It was a group campsite, which we shared with several friends and their families. This included my friend Nat and his wife Erin, our friends Joe and Kathleen, Kathy’s brother David, plus my ex-wife and her new husband. As usual…
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no ship that’s not crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that hell itself spat him back out could possibly have black sails, therefore couldn’t possibly be any other ship than the black pearl
A thought occurred to me today. What if you wanted to ship something to someone that doesn’t want you to know where they live? Let’s say they are paranoid enough that they don’t even want you to know what state they are in. Escrow services have existed for a very long time for financial transactions,…
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exciting development
I’m going to link to the slashdot post here instead of the actual article, because news articles have a bad habit of disappearing. clicky here The last paragraph: The researchers say if it all goes well, that it’s possible that antigen-specific DNA vaccines could one day be developed for treatment of related diseases, such as…
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bonum commune communitatis
The title above comes from Hot Fuzz. Having (and forgetting most of) an extensive education in the Latin language makes me pay attention whenever someone starts spouting it. While doing a little poking around trying to make sure I had it all spelled right, I came across something written by a man named Mortimer J.…
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for the greater good
On Wednesday of last week, Kathy and I attended a neighborhood watch meeting. We learned recently that our neighborhood has the second highest crime rate in all of South Jordan. That’s interesting to me, because I’ve only seen the police in the neighborhood about four or five times in the four years we’ve lived here.…
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eunuchs
Today on my way to work I saw a late-model Thunderbird convertible. Nice looking car. Its license plate said VIKING. My brain had to go and spoil it by imagining the guy has a friend with a Jaguar convertible and a license plate that reads EMACSKING.
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lather, rinse, repeat
I have sleep apnea. It’s never been officially diagnosed, but my wife knows all about it and tells me so. At one point, I dealt with this problem by tying a tennis ball into the rear of a sleeveless t-shirt. This makes it very uncomfortable to sleep on my back, which is the only time…
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why don’t we fry them up now and serve them with chips
Today is Ben’s first day of kindergarten. This will be the first time he’s been in close proximity with so many kids at the same time. It is also the first time he will be spending any significant amount of time away from everyone in his immediate family. I’m sure that every parent has trepidations…
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everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger
Two new fortune cookies from Smith’s Chinese: A fond memory will soon lead to a renewed friendship. Turn your thoughts withing – find yourself. Most intriguing.
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repeat the ultimatum in an even firmer voice and add the words “or else”
Yesterday my wife bought both a Will Ferrell movie and a Jack Black movie. Is the ice spreading beyond the ninth circle?
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other than that, mrs. lincoln, how was the play?
Two fortune cookies, smith’s chinese: Opportunity awaits you next Monday. On Friday your creative side will shine forth with exceptional ideas.