that engaged citizens working together can accomplish extraordinary things.

I think I have issues, because I first read that as "enraged citizens." I must be more pissed off at the current political situation than I thought.

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I just can't wrap my head around people leaving their used sheets behind for subsequent tenants to inherit.

Oh, I think they are replaced. Uhm. I presume. Yes, I will think about that one.

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waits for Nutty to weigh in

What?? I do like Nutella. I like even more how the British say it: Nut-ella, not Noo-tella. It does not taste like dirt, unless your back yard is made of chocolate and hazelnuts.

In the renting of apartments/flats, I usually end up sketching the entire floorplan, during which time I draw in where windows are (and what their view is), phone jacks, plugs, etc. I usually go with 1+ people, so we can have somebody run up the stairs while others are standing in the apartment. And because I live where I do, I interrogate the landlord about heating methods and costs. Some of these old buildings aren't insulated worth a damn, so a 1st floor apt. can run you $100/month to heat in winter, or $600/month.

I was going to say you all are talky meat, but, Golden Globes and Obama are enough talk for anybody.

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I can't wait for GFY to update, man. There was a whole lotta fugly on the Golden Globes last night.

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Amusing -- Survival of the Asshats:

Why is it that so much of the internet population tends to become an asshat? We have evidence of all sorts indicating that this trend from naivety to seasoned asshat is not just a coincidence. Many have noticed this chain of descent from naive, feckless n00b to l337 haxxors but have been unable to explain the pattern. That is, until today.

The mechanism I will propose as the cause of such assholishness is “natural deletion”. This is in stark contrast to the theory that the asshats were all created by some omnipotent l337 haxx0r who designed them all that way. Frankly, the l337 haxx0r theory isn’t even testable, so not many people give it much thought. With “natural deletion”, however, we can expect a variety of different predicted observations, all of which just happen to be borne out by the reality. We’d expect, among other things, fossil traces of benevolent ancestry, an evolutionary progression from naive n00b to asshat, and vestigial behaviour.

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tommyrot, you might need this: '50s and 60s Automobile promo films.

Fuck, I don't want Obama to run now. He hasn't done shit. I would really like somebody as president that's accomplished a few things and knows something about statesmanship. Not a freshman Senator. I don't need some charismatic do-gooder bumbling around in office and getting picked off by the republican sharks.

Damn you, Al Gore! Why don't you run?

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I like even more how the British say it: Nut-ella

I thought that was how to say it. Of course, I've never had it. It doesn't appeal to me.

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What?? I do like Nutella.

I remember. I was waiting for your defense of it.

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But David, doesn't Obama fit well into your Elvis theory of Presidential politics?

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Why, god, why? Why do I question my ultimate boss on things that I know damn well she knows more about than I do??

I mean, really. Such an ass.

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