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This is the kind of post, according to some folks, that puts me at a disadvantage as a blogger... I…
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Unless, of course, they're in one of those Texas detention facilities with the "faith-based" reform programs, where, by convincing evangelical…
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The question I quoted. Perhaps I was wrong in taking it to be rhetorical, but I still think Elizabeth Drew…
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[W]hat the fuck do we care about polls of beliefs that are held with confidence but not substantiated with positive…
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I'm also giving up everything for Lent, including abstemiousness and adherence to my resolutions. I did say "everything"! Problem is…
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Either is "okay" (i.e. permissible). I would recommend taking comfort. Desperateness like this is a sign that the author and…
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Your comment about wolfing down pieces of Russell Stover sounded pretty provocative. But then I'm someone who, upon reading of…
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I would respond, but I've gotta go schlep.
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it's what my wife told me and she assured me that any other explanations that implied negative connotations were purely…
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After all, "schlep" is really an acronym for "So Considerate He'll Leave Everything to Please." Or so I've heard.
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It would take more than a few martinis to get me to ingest that. I'll stick with the spaghetti. Unless,…
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No doubt; but after all those martinis everything starts to rock, the spaghetti included.
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No, they go before spaghetti and salad. Generally well before, since one of the effects of the martinis -- and…
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Sorry, I can't share your enthusiasm for this retort. Not only is this the way politicians standardly respond to this…
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Please try not to put the word "gas" and the phrase "kick in the pants" so close together. For the…
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Skimming is not a skill, it's a bad habit encouraged -- even made necessary -- by faulty writing. (This is…
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I would never try a moose, let alone do that and milk one at the same time.
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"Much is published, but little printed."
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Only if I perceived it clearly and distinctly, which I don't.  
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As I say below, I think you're dead on here.
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