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09-02-2010, 02:33 AM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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Camel Toads
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09-02-2010, 07:04 AM
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Ooh, that's just hilarious. I'm surprised they printed it, not so surprised that
someone wrote in about it.
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09-02-2010, 07:32 AM
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warrior bodhisattva
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with licking camel toads.
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09-02-2010, 07:35 AM
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Junkie
Location: At my daughter's beck and call.
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Anybody ever see The world according to Garp? Remember the Undertoad?
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. -Noam Chomsky Love is a verb, not a noun. -My Mom The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later. -Louis Aragon, "La Porte-plume," Traite du style, 1928 |
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09-02-2010, 07:35 AM
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warrior bodhisattva
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Location: East-central Canada
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot |
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09-02-2010, 07:58 PM
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warrior bodhisattva
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Location: East-central Canada
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Verily....
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09-03-2010, 09:50 AM
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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