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    Stick Figure

    February 11, 2007 - By 

    Here's the story on this image, which I took with the cameraphone, naturally, a week or so ago. This is one of the motivational posters dotted about the health club at work. At least in the women's locker room, the images are mostly of fit, strong, healthy looking women. The poster above is directly across from where my locker usually is, and I was spending a lot of time looking at it and pondering the message.  This is not the picture of health I want to emulate. Strong, yes. Stick-figure thin and disturbingly skeletal, no.   Via: Flickr Title: 02-01-07_1453.jpg…

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    links for 2007-02-11

    February 10, 2007 - By 

    A Chance to Pick Hospice, and Still Hope to Live – New York Times (tags: hospice care) Inviting Africa’s Anglicans to Gather Under a Bigger Tent – New York Times (tags: Anglican Ndungane) Worst Music Video EVER – Google Video (tags: crappy videos) Military Handsignals Updated (tags: Military Handsignals funny) LOLCats Volume 1 (tags: LOLcats)

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    Norman Lovett – RIP or something like it

    February 10, 2007 - By 

    Norman Lovett – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This "obit" from the Wikipedia section dealing with the long-running British sci-fi sitcom "Red Dwarf" deserves to be left "up," in spite of one or two minor factual errors. Also, it's triffic. I hope no pretentious accuracy-obsessed smeghead volunteer editors mess with it:  Sadly, Norman was killed during the 2006 Dimension Jump. During a question and answer session, he had spent three hours giving reasons why having three more lines in 'Back in the Red' would have made the entire season better. Enraged at how bitter and annoying he was, the audience stormed…

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    The Ultimate Spiritual Opt-Out

    February 8, 2007 - By 

    Will Pope Benedict become a Mormon after he dies? – Yahoo! News PARIS (Reuters) – Pope Benedict was baptised at birth and will most likely be baptised again one year after his death, not by his Roman Catholic Church but by a Mormon he never met. There's apparently no way to avoid it – someone will baptise me after I'm dead someday, too. Irks the hell out of me, too. 

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    Gorilla Beans, Human Beans

    February 7, 2007 - By 

    Tokyo zoo gorillas get good luck bean shower – Yahoo! News Hey, I got showered with soya beans last weekend too – I sure hope this means I won't become a Japanese baby-making machine. Worse yet, a baby-gorilla-making machine.