Maybe I'm being idealistic, but I really wish we'd get over our internet sensitivity of freaking out about what's tagged of us, what's on the internet about us, our "privacy" of liking Nickleback (jk!). Lighten up, let's try to get past this.

Iphone, Nook v2, and my DSLR.

I think you're referring to Koko the gorilla. Who seemed to have the best grasp of sign language.

Democrats usually believe in a roundabout Keynsian economics. That means, we need to keep taxes low and increase spending during a recession (and the opposite during an economic boon, instead the opposite happened, yet that's neither here nor there).

I am not an expert or anything, but what if that's just a culturally ingrained imperative?

As Paul Goldberger said, "Erecting the tallest building in the world is a pursuit both pointless and exhilarating. ([www.newyorker.com]

A gun to light a cigarette? That's dumb.

""consumers may have just as much to fear from people they know than big corporations."

I was already annoyed that the new Coors "Super Cold" guy was imitating Mustafa, and now this? How much can one man take?

Well, I've found the throw-up really ruins the traction I get on the road.

In the hellish afterscape of our financial apocalypse, bands of southerners will be riding with rifles strapped to their backs, to enforce the newly redrafted the Articles of Confederation, and each State will have been abolished to form quasi-permanent "territories", who will then create their own monetary systems,…

"But for people who enjoy looking at food photography, it may be the most pleasant way to find something new to cook (or just salivate over a dream meal)."

A company dealing with so many different countries laws and regulations concerning copyright and licensing, is difficult. So some companies decide to avoid those complications, and focus on what they consider the largest market, like the US.

My thought was the same, but not at the restrictions, but at the out of proportion reactions.

In this situation, aren't the politicians being the ones who are logical?

I didn't drink until I was 24, and what I was missing was: a release of anxiety, and a warm fuzzy feeling (like eating a happy gerbil).

Agreed Uncle Jerry.

Idiots? This is another one of many examples how corporations do not care about you. They don't care if your electricity bill is higher. They don't care if every once in a while, they spill oil into water. They don't care if every once in a while there's a worker in a meat plant that gets his arm chopped off. They are…

The QuickMark I found was $1.99.

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