Boing Boing: Objectophiles who harbor passionate sexual love for buildings… Cory Doctorow: Der Spiegel has an article on the theories of Volkmar Sigusch, a German researcher whose studies of “neo-sexuality” have led him to assemble case-studies of men and women who fall in deep, passionate, sexual love with objects, from the Berlin Wall and the Twin Towers to a toy steam engine. Back in 1979, Eklöf tied the knot with the Berlin Wall and legally changed her name to mark the occasion (“Mauer” means “Wall” in German). Ever since she was eight years old, Sandy K. was hopelessly in love…
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Lovely days like today don’t come often enough. It was warm, pleasant, and I had time to both tinker around online and dink around outside sticking plants in to my two whiskey-barrel containers. David drilled a whole in the one barrel that didn’t drain properly, and now it’s useable and not a yucky object that looks and smells like a swamp. I added a couple of handfuls of rock mulch to keep the drainage hole clear. Tore out some more of the prickly bush that insists on growing up through the roots of the one bushy pine shrub, and even…
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I’ve been having issues with the editing interface on this blog for a week or more, because I recently found out that the built-in rich text editor has some “hidden” buttons I’d like to use. I had been using a perfectly good plugin called WP-WYSIWYG, but there was no way to make an extended post using that method. And that was hanging me up, because that forced me to only do extended posts while using my home computer, where I have ecto, a cross-platform desktop publishing program. Meanwhile, I got suckered into trying the built-in editor because of the extended…
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This looks good – we would try it with the yogurt and without the cilantro, as my husband David can't have the sour cream and doesn't like the taste of cilantro. Simply Recipes: Chicken Curry in a Hurry Recipe If you want to use yogurt instead of sour cream, just make sure that the yogurt sauce never simmers. If it does, it will curdle. 1 Tbsp corn, grapeseed, or olive oil 1 medium onion, sliced 1/3 cup golden raisins (optional) Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons yellow curry powder, or to taste 4 skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves…
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…because the Letters to the Editor section sometimes contains material like this: Salt Lake Tribune – A woman's place I think it is a serious mistake to assign Brig. Gen. Kathleen Close as the commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center ("Change of guard at Hill," Tribune, May 17). I believe it's contrary to social, military and Christian strengths and values (Proverbs 31:3; 1 Cor. 11:3). For obvious reasons, I can't imagine a woman coaching the Dallas Cowboys or the Chicago Bulls. I feel the same about a military leadership position. I adore womanhood, but I also respect manhood, and…
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My husband David has been saying this for years: if he could only give his "geek code" when calling Dell for customer service, so that he immediately gets transferred "up the line" to a higher level tech service representative from the get-go. Dell considers dividing support for geeks, grandmas | Chicago Tribune Dell Inc., sued earlier this week by the New York attorney general for its sales and service practices, is considering creating dedicated support teams that would focus on customers with different computer skills. Customers are being asked to vote on the idea of separate service for "geeks to…
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Father Jake Stops the World: An Ethic of Transparency Hello. My name is Terry Martin, and I am an eclectic and sometimes eccentric Episcopal priest. I'm the one in the picture not wearing purple. I would imagine that most of you recognize the gentleman standing with me. This must have been a tough step to take, as "Father Jake's Place" can be pretty rambunctious when the comment threads get longer and longer… Terry's anonymity protected him in some ways, and hindered him in others, I guess. Although I still think Brother Causticus should probably remain a mysterious figure, because he's…
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Bella Vista Steamboat | Private Luxury Lodging Steamboat Springs, Colorado Spendy, but close to where we need to do something for Mom.
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BlogThis for WordPress » kedi tasması: culdesac & menguzar It's a Turkish blog, but the instructions are in English.
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Swiped this from Joey the Accordion Guy, who shares freely with all, but not for long…. Jonathan Coulton: Code Monkey: Thing a Week Three [3:09] Technorati Tags: iTunes