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Ingredients
1 Steve Jobs Cheese Head
Assorted gourmet cheeses such as brie, camembert or stilton
Crackers
Fruit
Posted on Mar 17, 2010
Freestyling in real-time with random strangers on Chat Roulette
Posted on Mar 16, 2010
Posted on Mar 16, 2010
Posted on Feb 25, 2010
Heatmiser, Snowmiser connected. Feel free to talk now …
Posted on Feb 23, 2010
The reindeer had tolerated the cheetah’s posturing — up until today.
Posted on Feb 8, 2010
From NPR and Chicago Public Radio, this is Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me … We’re going to be cutting our show a little short today, because, as you may have heard, there’s a zombie apocalypse happening!
Posted on Feb 3, 2010
Pants on the ground
Pants on the ground
Lookin like a fool with you pants on the ground
Posted on Jan 21, 2010
Prerequisites
ENG: 102—Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking
ENG: 231WR—Facebook Wall Alliteration and Assonance
LIT: 209—Internet-Age Surrealistic Narcissism and Self-Absorption
Posted on Dec 29, 2009
Posted on Dec 29, 2009
Dear Josie,
After repeated instances of vandalism and abuse, I have taken the step of locking the Wikipedia article on our sex life. Although I have previously banned both your user account and your home IP address, malicious edits have continued, both anonymously and from newly registered users “alanequalswanker” and “ooohImabigimportantadmin.”
Posted on Dec 11, 2009
Droid is a robot and should mostly be handled by other robots. It is packaged inside missiles launched by stealth jets. iPhone records video and seems to have a lot of useful apps.
Posted on Dec 8, 2009
“Its higher price indicates to me that it is superior, and that not everyone will be able to afford it, which only makes me want to possess it more,” said Tim Sturges, owner of the old device, which he obtained 18 months ago when it was still the new device. “I feel a strong urge to purchase the new device. Owning the new device will please me and improve my daily life.”
Posted on Dec 4, 2009
Oregon journalist Paul Linnman reflects on the fifth-most-viewed viral video of all time.
Posted on Dec 1, 2009
While the technology behind the Telephone is new, the design is reassuringly old-fashioned, reminiscent of a phrenologist’s horn or ear-candle in form. We found the experience far more comfortable than the one we had with the Telegraph.
Posted on Nov 24, 2009
12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size.
11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183.
Posted on Nov 17, 2009
1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
Posted on Nov 11, 2009
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