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joy of wondering

acoustichrmny — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:21:53 GMT

has google lessened the joy of wondering?

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E coli outbreaks

AverageAmerican — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:19:56 GMT

I was wondering if there would be fewer outbreaks if people weren't drinking bottled water and using antibacterial soap.

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This is no bullshit

Lobo — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:13:03 GMT

There’s this guy. He is a direct competitor in my field of service. I know allot about him as he works for a company that I previously worked for. The guy personally is a real creep. How can I take him down. Here are the facts that I know about him. His previously occupation before this service job was mortician assistant. He has told me (back when we were acquaintances) all about how fun it was for him to cut open dead people, play with them, all sorts of disgusting things. He had absolutely no reverence at all for these people. I suspect something else though. There was an event in his life were he was divorced and could never have custody of his kids because of some sort of crime he had committed. Ever since I had known him, all he would talk about, and the thing that would occupy his mind all day long was little boys that he had acquainted himself with. I swear, he would talk with a gleam in his eye about all of the little boys that he has befriended. All, of which were of preteen age. He is full of stories about how he goes on Christian church camping trips as a mentor to kids and purposely disrupts the curriculum of the outing by causing general mayhem. Making the kids play dead while he did his Texas chainsaw massacre thing. And reveling in the other counselors dismay. He is a Jew, denounces Christianity with a passion. He has actually been banned from some churches in his hometown area (Atlanta). He is a protestor. He protests Christian churches about the gay marriage thing . He lives with another gay man that is over 400 lbs. They care for each other and that’s cool but this guy is really mean and the biggest weirdo I’ve ever met. He denounce America and became a Jew to obtain an Israeli passport for some driving reason. Something about the laws there. The guy is capable of anything and has more nerve than you could imagine. I sincerely believe that he is a homosexual-pedophile-necrophiliac and quite possibly a murderer of young children. How can I find out for sure??????????????????

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What Would You Do?

Hummingbird — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:23:14 GMT

Here is the problem. Months ago a friend who did not know that I no longer drink gave me a bottle of expensive burbon for my birthday. The bottle has been setting on a shelf deep in my closet behind some hanging clothes since then. I was going to re-gift it at Christmas. I arrived back home tonight to discover it missing. There is another person living in the house who I have caught lying before. He has a severe drinking problem. Should I directly ask him? Should I search his room while he is gone? There is another person here who is somewhat close to the suspect. Would it be a good idea to ask him? Perhaps I should say something cryptic to his friend such as "If tonight John has gone down a road I think he did you should tell him that if he comes foreward now there will be less trouble."

I am 90% sure he took it. Like I said he has a record of lying.

Any suggestions?

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...when will the US judiciary will get a spine?

timbo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:31:44 GMT

The British High Court isn't buying the "states secrets" cover-up...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jFL180sgT0Tc4CKGXoo6U3U59w_gD9BCCAC80

...so when will the United States come to stand for human dignity and justice again? Ever?

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about wondering

acoustichrmny — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:18:46 GMT

what to wonder when you wander under the wand of wanda?

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What is Time?

Hummingbird — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:18:15 GMT

Time is of the essence.

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Halloween

Hummingbird — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:55:10 GMT

Anyone else bored to tears by Halloween?

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When will they just scrap the Constitution in favor of an employee contract?

timbo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:47:47 GMT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/jon-stewart-takes-on-30-r_n_321985.html

Note the hypocrisy. Can it get worse? And if so, how?

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Wondering if He Will Be Held Responsible

Hummingbird — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:49:35 GMT

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/12/crimesider/entry5378668.shtml

I hope this investigation is not hapmered over the mere fact the it was "spiritual event." If someone is stupid enough to use tarps to make a sweat lodge it should make no difference weather or not it was a beer bust or a "spiritual" weekend. They should not tread lightly or give any deference to the nature of the event. Spirituality should hold no special place when lives are put in danger.

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Lighten Up?

Hummingbird — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:35:13 GMT

Have you ever been asked to lighten up? Have you ever said "lighten up" to someone else? Personally I do not find it offensive to be told I need to, but recently I said that to someone and they said "don't you ever say the to me again."

Is it a big deal? Did he over react thus proving he should heed my advice? Are there times when it is not appropriate to tell someone to lighten up?

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I Wonder Why Chiropractors Oppose Free Speech

Hummingbird — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:04:59 GMT

http://gimpyblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/the-libellous-simon-singh-article-on-chiropractors/

Here is the full unedited version, as published by The Guardian, of Simon Singh’s article that was critical of chiropractors and is subject to legal threats by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) as reported by Holfordwatch and the Quackometer. I have added the evidence to support Singh’s claims.

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Saying thank you.

AverageAmerican — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:42:19 GMT

I was wondering why someone would not say thank you when you held the door open for them?

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words

acoustichrmny — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:38:06 GMT

how many words there are in the english language?

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Helping or "Enabling?"

Hummingbird — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:40:58 GMT

There is something I have observed when people who are in trouble seek help from friends. Without going into a lot of detail it involves attitudes that some have towards people in need. It seems that people who are in helping professions such a licensed social worker are less likely to help out someone in their personal life who needs assistance. On the other hand those who are more willing to lend assistance are those who work outside of helping professions.

What I hear for instance from the social worker is stuff like not wanting to enable someone or that the person in trouble must experience a crisis so that they can come to some realization. They even go so far as to counsel others not to give someone a roof over their head or not to give money or food to the person in crisis.

What is going on here? Is the social worker someone who has become indifferent to human suffering? Do they think that the only way to approach this is thru agencies and professional intervention? Was their compassion somehow educated out of them?

My role in one of these situations was that I allowed a person to stay in a spare room when they were going through a terrible life crisis. I was advised by a family member who is a social worker that I would be "enabling" this person and that letting him "hit bottom" was the best thing. He seemed pretty detached and seemed to lack any sense of compassion.

Fast foreward a few months to find that the man I took in is doing much better because he did not end up on the street. He got a job and offered to pay me rent for the time he was in my house. I told the social worker about this and instead of acknowledging the obvious fact that he was wrong insisted (almost wished) that the person will fail again. BTW one of my motivations for helping this man out was that I was once in a desperate situation and had the good fortune of friends who helped me out and did so despite opposition from so called professionals.

Anyway I am very glad that there are people around who will help others despite the wishes of those who think they know better.

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Copyright concerns or Sacred Cow"

Hummingbird — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:04:04 GMT

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/178875.asp

"It's hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists' music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better."

I admit I know next to nothing about Cobain's music, but it seems like a bit of an overreaction to people having the ability to produce images of Cobain singing the music of other artists. It seems to raise his music to the level of sacred rather then just a piece of pop culture.

There may be legitimate copyright concerns, but righly or wrongly it is commonplace for rock music to be used to sell products. In this case the music is not in an advertisement it just gives consumers the ability to project one artist singing music other than his own.

Does anyone find it offensive to picture Cobain singing say a Beatles song or some old standard?

It occurs to me that this may be related my previous post about modern rock musicians always scowling in their pictures.

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What was going on in that pickup truck...

timbo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:02:13 GMT

...just before the rear left wheel fell off?

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Opposition

Hummingbird — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:47:45 GMT

I recently overheard a heated conversation where one person said to the other "your problem is that you have not have enough opposition in your life." I don't the the context of the argument, but if I had a friend who had little opposition in their life I would be happy for them. If it were me and I had not had much opposition in my life I would be sort of proud of that.

Any thoughts?

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Meh. What does it mean to YOU?

Ray — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:20:08 GMT

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Ever wash dishes in the bathtub?

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:26:36 GMT

After a large party (or a month's neglect), it struck me that this might prove useful and fun (or at least different enough to amuse).

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Loaded magazines

Lobo — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:26:54 GMT

Does it wear out my magazine springs to keep the ammo magazines fully loaded? I tend to empty them when not in use because I "feel" the spring may become fatigued. Does it matter?

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Third world

AverageAmerican — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:12:10 GMT

What are the first two worlds?

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Is This Really An Addiction?

Hummingbird — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:27:29 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/23/ep.facebook.addict/index.html

Does some of what this article says apply to Tribe?

Another thing I question is the idea that there is a difference between socializing on the web and "real life" I thnk social networks are just another way we do interact with others and that it is part of real life.

Like other so called addictions it is a voluntairy act that we choose to do or not do it. As with the choice to pick up a drink we have control over our actions. We are not powerless. Being on the net is a choice.

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"I Don't Own a TV?"

Hummingbird — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:56:45 GMT

Why is it that people who do not own a television often go out of their way tell you about it? I get the feeling that they imagine themselves superior. As one person wrote about this question said: "what good is silent sanctimony?"

To me TV is just a neutral means of communication that can broadcast both very good and very poor programing. There are also some very bad books, yet I cannot imagine anyone refusing to read at all because some books are badly written. You coud even compare television to the internet which is like TV, but with millions of channels.

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Sexual thoughts

jmparker — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:53:17 GMT

I really find myself wondering.
Do you have sexual thoughts about the people you work with?
Do you avoid them, or do you entertain them?
Assuming that you do not regularly boink your co-workers, do your sexual thoughts about them affect your relationships in any way?

I have a very strange theory about this, but I want some feedback before divulging.

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Shrinks With Mental Problems

Hummingbird — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:54:44 GMT

How would you respond if you found out that the counselor, therapist, doctor or other professional you had been seeing had been hospitalized for mental problems before you began to see them? What if it had happened more than once? Should such a person disclose this to their clients? Is it relevant? Would any advice they gave you prior to finding out be put in a different light?

In case you are wondering this really did happen, but I only found out almost a decade later. Because of the passage of time it did not really bother me that much, but I think I would have reacted differently if I had known this at the time.

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Irony?

Hummingbird — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:49:33 GMT

Prompted by this question that appeared in a feature called "Question Land" http://questionland.thestranger.com/questions/818-can-millenials-do-anything-unironically

Has irony been played out? Is irony passe?

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Walgreen's/Walmart

jmparker — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:35:13 GMT

Is Walgreen's drug store related in any way to Walmart?
I have a 65-year-old mom who staunchly boycotts Walmart, and Walgreen's just put up a new store next to her house. Getting her stuff there would save her 5 miles of driving. I want to tell her they're not related, but actually I'm not sure.

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Spring Cleaning

Hummingbird — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:31:52 GMT

A spring cleaning can involve many different boring and simple tasks. It can be yard clean-up, clearing out a garage or closets, hauling stuff to the dump, etc. Why is it that cleaning of windows as in "I don't do windows" becomes a dividing line of tasks that some say they will not preform? Arguably cleaning toilets is less dignified yet I have never heard someone say "I don't do toilets."

Now off I go to do my windows.....

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Why Do Rock Muscians Scowl?

Hummingbird — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:31:59 GMT

I have wondered about this before and a friend sent me this old article about the subject. I see I am not the only one who noticed this. My own take on it is that it is a form of posturing. The scowling muscian thing seems sort of contrived as if it were some sort of "pc" thing. I am not one to advocate that people must smile for all photographs, but these frowns seem equally staged. It's like the photographer points the camera at the band and says "okay everyone look pissed."

On a secondary and related note I have noticed that among modern rockers it is trendy to say they hate the Beatles. My guess is that it is a generational thing. It's like when I was a teenager I would mock my grandparents for listening to their albums from the swing band era. It was not until years later that I realized some swing bands were pretty good. Not that everyone needs to like the Beatles, just once again it seems like a "pc" thing among young music fans rather than an objective evaluation of older music.

Article www.crash.com/fun/texts/dresscode.html

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What should we watch on pay-per-view?

John — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:48:53 GMT

Me and my compatriots shaved our goatees pretty good and we are ready to go to the hidden cabin. What should we watch on pay-per-view? Be creative now.

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911

AverageAmerican — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:24:01 GMT

I wonder how many jokers call 911 on April Fools Day?

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Why is it called 'head' and not 'mouth'?

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:29:11 GMT

Just wondering...

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Boundry Issues

Hummingbird — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:31:08 GMT

I have a temporary house guest who cannot seem to recognize the concept of personal space or boundries. He will come up behind you and watch what you do on your computer. When talking he will come within inches of you and touch people with his hand. Last night while I was brushing my teeth he entered my room without asking and walked in and looked around.

I am not sure if he just does not understand personal boundries and private space or that he does understand them and his actions are designed to establish his own dominance.

What is a constructive way to handle this? What would you you say or do if this happened to you. Or am I being overly sensitive? Also has this happened to anyone else?

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Stern Rock Musicians

Hummingbird — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:15:51 GMT

I my have wondered about this before, but a friend just sent me this old article about posturing musicians.

www.crash.com/fun/texts/dresscode.html

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No Trial

AverageAmerican — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:19:21 GMT

Since Madoff pleaded guilty without a trial, what happens to all the people connected that would have been "found out" during that trial?

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Bake sales

RevitalizedEyes — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:04:49 GMT

Why on earth do people hold bake sales to raise money for the American Heart Association?!?
This just doesn't make any sense to me.
Here, you guys all stuff your faces with donuts and fudge brownies since you don't have heart disease yet...or do you?

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Why do so many people hate Christmas.

AverageAmerican — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:20:08 GMT

I don't remember haters when I was a kid.
But as an adult I run across a lot of them.
I wonder if there was like this hellish turning point?

Anyone have some insight into this mystery?

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Find me google.

AverageAmerican — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:38:12 GMT

If we use this word for a week or so, google will pick it up.

Let me begin.
I drove my poopaye down to poopaye. I went into the resturant and ordered a poopaye. I told the waiter I like my poopaye on the crispy side.
After lunch I went to the library to look for books on poopaye. I was told that the poopaye books have been banned from their town.

you're next

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If a person has interest in gods, goddesses, and mystical symbols, why does it feel so wrong?

John — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:28:23 GMT

This seems like a normal thing to do if one is bored. If the world seems primitive, maybe some answers are here. If even primitive seems wrong, then what is it? I see no explosive truth. Is it because of generational defiency towards timeless things? Any words on this?

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“I’m a Small-MINDED Business Man. There’s a difference.”

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:44:10 GMT

I hear a lot lately about small business in American. And about the small businessman being the engine of job creation. But I never hear anything about the small MINDED businessman. This bothers me and I seek her to correct that by calling attention to him.

You go, dude.

Also, I just think it’s funny. “I’m a small-MINDED businessman. There’s a difference.”

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Would You??

Hummingbird — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:25:34 GMT

Hypothetical situation. Twice a month you work late at the office that overlooks the parking lot of a bar. One night you observe a customer of the tavern walking drunk to his car to drive home. Your co worker says the guy is a regular there and does this frequently, but he has not done anything. If you saw this happening again would you report the drunk driver to the cops?

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Why did you park in my space?

AverageAmerican — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:47:22 GMT

Last night a car was parked in my car port. I thought I might leave a note asking them why. I also considered calling the towing company that has a sign posted at my complex. I did nothing and the car was gone the next morning. I was afraid of retaliation. I'm a part of the problem. Inaction only perpetuates the problem doesn't it?

Do I think too much?

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are profiles art? what is profile art?

io — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 01:43:47 GMT

how could we define profile art? is it even art? does this mean that identity, too, is art? heavens! I want to come up with a catchy PoMo catch all phrase for art that exploits online social networks. heavens!

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Pancakes---I just think they're wrong

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:58:52 GMT

Oh, I've *had* pancakes, and esp enjoy them with strawberry syrup, yet I still think that the pancake is a mistake and should be abolished. I mean, first, why should I approve of something just because *I* like it? That's a terrible reason. As my dad used to say, "I've been wrong before." (Neil Young said it too, but later, not that I'm suggesting he stole it from my dad...)

Anyway, my main problem with pancakes is that it would be better to have almost anything else instead, esp biscuits and grits. (Sausage are assumed, naturally.)

I also don't "get" rice, but I understand it as a staple. (Besides, it's not as if people who *eat* a lot of rice actually like the *taste* of rice---it's pretty tasteless.) I like "sticky" rice, which you usually have to go to Oriental supermarkets to buy. Buy it in 20 pound bags, I say.

Hmm, maybe I'm starting to drift here...

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What percent of our ancestors were women?

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:45:41 GMT

“It’s not a trick question, and it’s not 50%. True, about half the people who ever lived were women, but that’s not the question. We’re asking about all the people who ever lived who have a descendant living today. Or, put another way, yes, every baby has both a mother and a father, but some of those parents had multiple children.

"Recent research using DNA analysis answered this question about two years ago.

"Today’s human population is descended from twice as many women as men.
I think this difference is the single most underappreciated fact about gender. To get that kind of difference, you had to have something like, throughout the entire history of the human race, maybe 80% of women but only 40% of men reproduced.

….."It would be shocking if these vastly different reproductive odds for men and women failed to produce some personality differences.

…..Most men who ever lived did not have descendants who are alive today. Their lines were dead ends….”

Interesting reading….

From “Is There Anything Good About Men?”
American Psychological Association, Invited Address, 2007
Roy F. Baumeister
Eppes Eminent Professor of Psychology & Head of Social Psychology Area,
Florida State University

http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm

(I've emailed the author to ask about the data. I trust he will soon reply and when he does I'll add the source(s) to the thread. I'm eager to follow up on this.)

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Is Food the New Sex?

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:42:23 GMT

In the latest edition of Policy Review, Mary Eberstadt ponders the question:

What happens when, for the first time in history, adult human beings are free to have all the sex and food they want?

She sees a connection between a decrease in moralism about the former (-sex) and an increasing moralism about the latter (-food).

http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/38245724.html

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Naming children

OHM — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:25:14 GMT

I want to know why people keep making up names for their children that sound like feminine hygiene products

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did everyone get there 2008 stimulus check?

christiev — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:59:56 GMT

There was a lot of talk last year around tax time about the stimulus check all American tax payers were supposed to receive. In June I went ahead and made a purchase that I might not otherwise have made, about $350, anticipating my stimulus check of at least $300, though I had not received it yet.

In another tribe I was shown a link explaining the stimulus checks were going out in the order of the last 2 digits of our social security numbers. Mine, ending in 73, was not supposed to be mailed out till later in the year. I've been wondering when I would receive it, thinking they are really running behind or something.

Today I did my 2008 income taxes, and a question we are asked when doing taxes is whether or not we received our economic stimulus check! So I suppose if we did we are supposed to pay taxes on that! Also the online tax filing form informs one that you'd have received a notice this year if you'd received the stimulus check, which I haven't received, so I know it wasn't lost in the mail or something.

What I'm wondering now, did anyone else not receive their economic stimulus check who expected to get one? I'm a little outraged. The IRS seems to have backed out of their promise to those with their social security numbers ending in the latter digits!

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What's the opposite of probiotic?

timbo — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:07:43 GMT

Geez, just asking!

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What's with all the HonkySpiritualists

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:43:50 GMT

on Tribe?

Is the WASP paradigm so saccharin and vacant that compensating in an equally idiotic and vacuous manner somehow supposed to redeem these people?

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A question about bird sexuality..

Henrik — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:44:52 GMT

Well.. it all startedout as a joke at work. I read an article about a study of small birds.. How they nest. Prefernces, food sources and so on. It was compared to human behavior and choice of partner.

So i was like.. yeah must be boring beeing a bird. Yuo got the nest, partner.. perfect place.
Then you kinda figures out that you have no dick! Like.. how do male birds copulate?

Thinking of it i guess they must be a bit like a stealth bomber.. Folding it out in need of a missile.

Then comes the next question.. how do they engage? Mid air? Or do they jump up on each other?? Guess i could find it out if i googled about it.. but im to lazy, and after all im looking for interesting answers.

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...wondering where it came from

Hummingbird — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:24:41 GMT

www.kiro.com/family/18048644/detail.html

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Papal Bull

Hummingbird — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:34:12 GMT

His "holiness" in the Vatican just issued a statement comparing same sex love to environmental damage. I want to know what this guy thinks about the damage done to the environment by Catholic families dropping litters of seven or ten kids all over our planet. I would say that as usual Ratzi Boy has his head up his holy ass.

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Astrology---why do so many intelligent people believe in this pure hokum?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:43:08 GMT

I've never been able to understand it.

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Do Penguins Fly?

Hummingbird — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:35:54 GMT

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4im8GoUmA

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Who else is sick of phones?

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:15:21 GMT

I keep adding to a "song" about hating phones. It's a I-IV-V thing of no musical merit, but I like to sing it and someday I hope the whole world will enjoy a Coke and sing along with me:

Joan, get off the fucking phone.
Rochelle, Rochelle, put down that fucking cell.
My buddy Bjorn, get off the fucking horn.

Lo-lo-lo-Lola, unwind the Motorola
Harrison Fordless, stop waving the cordless
Mungo Jerry, stop picking that Black Berry

Forever Jade, put down the prepaid.
No Way Jose, Big Ditch the throwaway.
Sweet child o' mine, hang up the landline..

Then it's back to Joan, get off the fucking phone....

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Why do I read road signs aloud?

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:46:42 GMT

Not all of them, mind you, but I do this sometimes. I think it's more likely when someone else is in the car with me (or I am in someone else's car."

"Bud's chicken," I'll say. Or "Sailfish Capital of the World."
I'm not trying to start a conversation, or change the subject. It's a minor, contextual compulsion which, since it came to my attention, seems really odd and I wonder if anyone knows about it.

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Question about posting a new topic

OHM — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:55:42 GMT

I've been wondering about the "Tribe Etequette", in posting and submitting to topics. Is this a matter of opinion or are there written rules about not straying from the original thread? Or do you just go with the flow?

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...whether low-e glass would help save more energy in my home?

timbo — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:33:55 GMT

See article:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95309739

Basically, I live in the SF Bay Area...in Berkeley, in the flat areas about a mile from the bay. It is pretty mild temperatures. It gets down just below freezing at night for a month or two a year at most. It gets above 100 degrees maybe five to ten days per year. Would it be efficient to replace all my single pane old fashioned glass in my home with low-e glass? If so, how long before it would pay for itself?

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Do you delete dead people from your address book?

jmparker — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:29:07 GMT

Or just let them rest there?

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Do monkeys swim competitively?

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:51:50 GMT

And if not, well, why not?

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"Love Donation"

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:53:38 GMT

Whoever came up with this idiotic euphemism for paying for services rendered that you value should have their patchouli tainted ass kicked back to the commune..

~V~

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What is a Think tank?

Nico — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:14:10 GMT

in simple words please!

i went through the first paragraphs in wikipedia but it sounded like something i must decipher...

so here i am....

what are they?

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Where does mojo go?

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:19:27 GMT

I mean, think about it.....

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Halloween Questions

timbo — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:04:56 GMT

1. http://thingsobserved.tribe.net/thread/035a1fc4-8214-482e-ac3a-6b2c2f958c13

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Volvo Drivers

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:11:31 GMT

WHY WHY WHY

do they seem without fail to be incompetent drivers?!?!

Is there some galactivated genome that binds them to these vehicles....so we have some brand/visual cue to avoid them like the plague?

~V~

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Why do I hate being places where many people go?

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:51:49 GMT

I'm a people too, aren't I?

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Preserved Dog Poop Gifts

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:56:59 GMT

So...

If you think about all of those conscientious dog owners cleaning up after their dogs, puttin the poop in the handy plastic bag.....

Aren't they essentially preserving poop in little preservation capsules for alien archeologists to unearth when we're long gone?

MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of them?

What if the Poop Capsules make it out to sea and into that epically sized stew of plastic floating in the Pacific?

~V~

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blood draws

acoustichrmny — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:03:19 GMT

is it absolutely necessary to fast before a blood draw? what is the reasoning behind this?

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Limes and Lemons

theInsaneMind — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:36:23 GMT

So, aside from color, what are the tangible differences between a lime and a lemon?

Or from a scientific perspective, what makes them two different species of plants?

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National Observance Days

theInsaneMind — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:35:00 GMT

So, I learned today was both National Hamburger Day and National Milk Chocolate Day.

My question how and who decides what these type of days (e.g. Secretary Day, Bosses' Day, etc.) are?

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Share the rules too......

Hummingbird — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:33:17 GMT

Bicycle riders have a right to share the road, but this means they should share all of the same rules of the road. Just because they ride a bike instead of a car does not mean that they can breeze thru stop signs or fail to yield right of way to pedestrians. Where I live at least half of the bike riders ignore the signs and seem to have an attitude that we should all kiss their lycria clad butts just because they ride a bike. I am all in favor of more bike lanes and more bike friendly laws, but in the mean time sharing the road means sharing the rules of the road.

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Things in public.....

Hummingbird — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:57:36 GMT

Stumbling or Tripping----Why do some people have an attitude about tripping over ones own feet? When somebody trips in public I have observed reactions or comments from others that tries to fix some sort of blame or shame on the person for tripping. I would bet that EVERYBODY looses their balance once in a while and that NOBODY is immune from the occosional clumsy move.

Showing emotion in public---I believe it is acceptable to emote in public and if somebody objects they should get a life. Emotions are a healthy part of life and showing emotion in public is perfectly acceptable. So sue me.

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Burning Man Pics

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:13:50 GMT

So if all the Burning Man pics were removed off the servers, how much space would that free up on Tribe servers? 90%?

What kind of infrastructure performance improvement could be expected? 10 fold speed increase? 100 Fold....

Would a time portal open up?

~V~

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Why?...

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:34:32 GMT

...is a Celtic Cross 'keltic' , while the Boston Celtics 'seltic'?

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Enabling?

Hummingbird — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:24:06 GMT

A friend is to be the subject of an alcohol intervention. The people organizing the intervention would like his friends stop "enabling" him.
If by enabling they mean not to give him money to buy booze or to offer him booze I would go along with that without hesitation. I was shocked to discover that what they mean is that if he declines going immediatly to rehab that we should cut him off as in not give him a place to stay or to give him food. They believe that by doing so it will force his hand and limit his choices.

I will not go along with that plan. If he makes the choice not to go to rehab and he has no place to go I will welcome him to stay in my spare room and I will buy him food. I also have contacts who could offer him employment. I am so angered by this that I may forewarn him of the pending intervention to spare him the humiliation. I have no booze in my house so that is not an issue. The strong arm tactics are not acceptable to me.

any ideas?

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Sign Language Translators

theInsaneMind — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:08:42 GMT

So, I was watching this Japanese movie and there was a deaf/mute character that used sign language. Now, since each language has their own sign language, got me wondering if there was such a thing as sign language translators. That is someone who translates say Japanese sign language to American sign language.

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Yo, Brother

Thu, 29 May 2008 01:42:36 GMT

feeling lonely?

don't despair:

Just post boatloads of pics of your hard cock or subby ass in your profile - I mean fill your entire profile with them and then use one as your avatar...

and I'm sure some other brother will come and help you out pretty instantly,

you know, suck your dick; fuck your ass

becuz ya know:

It must be the best representation of yourself that you can come up with to express publicly.

Kind of like the girlies who fill their profiles with pics of themselves, seemingly perpetually at Burning Man in near undress

Ya know: really deep and the most authentic representation of self and of one's needs.

~V~

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worth the time

acoustichrmny — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:59:35 GMT

if people are just going to end up disappointing you, why even bother?

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Burning Man Underwear

Thu, 22 May 2008 23:52:49 GMT

Anyone know where I can get some?

I need a photographer too: I want to feel special and cuddly like everyone else.

Thanks

~V~

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Sacred or Stupid

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:50:40 GMT

Spiritual or Silliness?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/garden/15buddhists.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087&em&en=729a029c0a34c0e5&ex=1211083200

~V~

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amendments

acoustichrmny — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:38:51 GMT

why are americans so fearful of amending the constitution? in my eyes, the founders intended us to change, edit, re-edit, modify, etc to our heart's content. they knew they wrote an imperfect document and put the power of the pen into our hands, not the hands of the president, not the hands of the congress, and not the hands of the supreme court.

why do we pay so much deference to men two hundred years ago who were slave-owners, did not allow women the right to vote, did not allow blacks to vote, paid no heed to chivalry, and so on?

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Mining magnets

Henrik — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:44:47 GMT

I was standing at work, and the tought struck me.. How is magnets mined? Because it would require mining equipment to move trought the rock. As far as i know most of this equipment is made out of iron. Wouldent that mean that the catepilar get,s stuck towards the rock wall?
So how do they get to the magnets? Plastic catepillars?

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A proof I'm not a prophet

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:26:20 GMT

A proof I’m not a prophet
Is thus revealed to me:
Each noon I wash my hands for lunch
Then feel the urge to pee.

Why don't I anticipate this? Somehow, I never do....

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Why no chew toys for grown ups?

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:20:42 GMT

I mean, who *doesn't* want a chew toy now and then? I ask you!

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Semantics

Swaz — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:41 GMT

Heyall. Just got back in the groove here.

Isn't it strange how when we talk about foreigners we use words to cast them in the worst possible light, but when it's domestic we use much tamer and euphamistic language? For instance a foreign ruler who fraudulently steals an election and tortures, and spies on people is a "junta", "dictator" or "despot", but with Shrub, I mean Bush, it's an "Administration". If you're a Christian who shoots abortion doctors and blows-up gay discos you are a "Fundamentalist", but if you blow shit up and shoot people and you're from the Middle East, you're a "Radical Muslim".

There's got to be dozens of these double standards. Can you think of others?

Swazzie

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Why "skinny dipping?"

Denise — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:29:34 GMT

Why is skinny dipping called skinny dipping when not everyone who dips is skinny? I do it often and know I'm not "skinny" so to say.

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Dictionaries

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:33:45 GMT

and their usage appears to mystify an entire generation of Americans.

Perhaps they want to save trees so they don't buy one, or two for that matter.

That doesn't explain their lack of use. Perhaps illiteracy is more pervasive a problem than we know.

Perhaps Burning Man actually is the center of the universe but that doesn't explain the growing trend of English as Second Language speakers, speaking and writing in English better than native folk.

It's supposed to rain for 4 days in the Bay Area. Looks like a good time to stay indoors, smoke pot, hump, watch movies...

and read dictionaries.

~V~

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Why do I read so little fiction these days?

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:39:57 GMT

I read a lot, daily, and once upon a time I read little but fiction; however, now I look around and see no novels or short story collections. I read philosophy, theology, history, arguments about politics---almost no fiction.

Hhhmmm...

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SHUT THE F@*% UP ALREADY

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:59:33 GMT

What is it with certain people who need to blather on and on and on about FUCKING NOTHING and pretend like they are socializing or actually saying something, and then not bothering to actually listen to your response?

Certainly compensating for innumerable things

Drives me up the fucking wall

SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!!

~v~

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Dr. Phil appeal...why?

Tisha — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:12:26 GMT

Who the hell watched DR Phil and why the hell is he still on the tele? I' so tired of watching the commercials and I thought that the fad would have been over long ago. I mean he's not really even a doctor!

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Boycott China & Israel and

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:32:28 GMT

something or other!

Oh! and McCain! That ancient turd needs to crawl back under a rock!

~V~

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Buddah & Ghandi

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:16:28 GMT

okay new-age tweakers:

if yer gonna go around parroting things hither, there and yonder from such a wide spectrum of appropriations

at least you could maybe SPEL the werds rite

perty pleaz.

You will in fact earn good karma points in doing so and avoid the wrath of the spelling police!

~V~

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New Things

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:40:32 GMT

that ya see:

I saw a lesbian the other day with her pants hanging off her ass like an urban youth.

~V~

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Dicks or boobs & ass: which are better?

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:58:16 GMT

I believe the boob and ass postage on Tribe is slightly ahead of the dick postage.

What are your thoughts on this critical phenomenon?

Do you think 7+ years of Dubya is responsible, or simply marijuana and the ease of readily available digital cameras?

~V~

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wondering...

Tisha — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:29:24 GMT

I can't remember who the last president was that had a beard while being the pres.

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I wonder odd or even numbers

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:47:08 GMT

When you need to buy in bulk is it odd or even numbers??

I like even numbers
Art Brut

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New front bumper mounted "GUN" for use on SUV's

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:21:52 GMT

Stuck behind an SUV in city Traffic or someone on the
phone driving in front of you 40 mph under the posted speed.

Great Balls o' Fire

Watch as the Navy sets a new record, firing a 3kg (7 lb) projectile out of a 10megajoule (7.3 million foot-pounds) electro-magnetic rail gun. (9.40s)
http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=161196&page=1

Art Brut

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Anyone else here cut his (or her) own hair?

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:44:42 GMT

I took to doing it out of financial necessity at one point. I use clippers. Problem is, it's hard to cut the back of my own head with them. (If anyone could teach me how to do this, I'm all ears!) So the back is long(er, not really long) while the front and top are short. Too short in one place where I gapped it, but hey, I'm taller than most people, so almost no one notices.

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