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gomer43

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Heya Tom, it’s Bob from the office down the hall
Good to see you buddy, how’ve you been?
Thing have been OK for me except that I’m a zombie now
I really wish you’d let us in
I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand
Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demand
But here’s an FYI: you’re all gonna die screaming

All we want to do is eat your brains
We’re not unreasonable, I mean, no one’s gonna eat your eyes
All we want to do is eat your brains
We’re at an impasse here, maybe we should compromise:
If you open up the doors
We’ll all come inside and eat your brains

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Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas

• Bugging You - one of those things you almost ignore in an annoying forward (like I almost did), but it's cute and I liked it.
• States on a map thing - "Try this map challenge only if you want to feel stupid!", indeed.  I was only 60% accurate, but in fairness some of that was also my gimpyhandedness with placing things just so using the mouse.  I swear.

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In discussing the matter with mlfoley, it occurs to me that not only is the wheelchair ugly, but you can't have a Meez with a wheelchair who is also doing something at the same time, like reading a book or wailing some wicked guitar. Perhaps a pointless email is in order? They're not too Mac-friendly, either.

In response to the email I decided to send after all:

Thanks for writing. You make a great point and I will definitely keep that in mind as we expand the site.

“My Cubicle” (listen here)
Lyrics by: Morning Sidekick
Performed by: Jym Britton
Parody on “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt

My job is stupid my day’s a bore,
Inside this office from eight to four
Nothin’ ever happens my life is pretty bland,
Pretending that I’m working, pray I don’t get canned.

My Cubicle, My cubicle
It’s One of Sixty two
It’s my small space in a crowded place
Just a six-by-six foot booth
And I hate it that’s the truth

When I give a sigh as the boss walks by,
no one ever talks to me or looks me in the eye.
And I really should work but instead I just sit here and surf the Internet.

In My Cubicle, My cubicle
It doesn’t have a view.
It’s my small space in a crowded place
I sit in solitude.
And sometimes I sit here nude.

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The Senate Commerce Committee deadlocked 11 to 11 on an amendment inserting some very basic net neutrality provisions into a moving telecommunications bill. The provisions didn't prohibit an ISP from handling VOIP faster than emails, but would have made it illegal to handle its own VOIP packets faster than a competitor's.

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explained why he voted against the amendment and gave an amazing primer on how the internet works.

There's one company now you can sign up and you can get a movie delivered to your house daily by delivery service. Okay. And currently it comes to your house, it gets put in the mail box when you get home and you change your order but you pay for that, right.

But this service isn't going to go through the interent and what you do is you just go to a place on the internet and you order your movie and guess what you can order ten of them delivered to you and the delivery charge is free.

Ten of them streaming across that internet and what happens to your own personal internet?

( Read more for the tubes... )

Blogs Attract Young, Wealthy Readers

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EXPLANATION:

A URL listed in your e-mail is improperly formatted. AOL requires that all URLs in an e-mail comply with the internet guidelines pertaining to URL and domain name formatting.

SOLUTION:

Please check the syntax of all URLs contained within your e-mail. Verifying your complete e-mail is compliant with current internet standards and guidelines.

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This course originally formed part of the Relevant Knowledge undergraduate programme at the Open University. The university has now taken this course out of its academic programme, but the authors have decided to make the material available to a wider public under a Creative Commons licence.

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Please excuse this brief community plug...

gimpgirl is an extension of the online GimpGirl Community, a place where women with all kinds ofdisabilities (and abilities) have come together to talk about what it means to be a "gimp girl" since 1998.

As with our mailing lists, gimpgirl aims to be a safe and supportive space for information, education, and friendship. We welcome members of all sexual orientations and life situations.

gimpgirl is moderated by jennylin and aleja.

Feel free to drop on by, and spread the word...

(Apologies in advance for any cross-posting that may occur.)

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[	Current Music	|	Animaniacs - The Monkey Song	]

linguaphiles

nyc_for_free

• FISHER is a legitimate linguistic research study being conducted by the University of Pennsylvania.


• The FISHER system is able to call U.S. based numbers. (Canadian numbers might qualify, contact the LDC at UPenn to be sure)


• You may receive FISHER calls on any type of phone, landline or cellular.


• As a FISHER participant you will take part in 1 to 3 telephone calls talking to other participants -- typically people you do not know -- for ten minutes.


• You will receive $10 for every successful call in which you take part --Please note, that in order to be compensated for FISHER calls, US citizens will need to provide their social security numbers (per University of Pennsylvania policy).