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Quote via @nazgul on Twitter:
There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters. - Alice Thomas Ellis
I love it.

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Thanks to C for the photo.

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From a favorite photography photo-a-day site:
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/08/05/31/

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I have this photo on the lock screen of my iPhone and I was feeling guilty about not remembering who the artist was, so I decided to check him out. Aside from the work shown at David Zwirner gallery above, check out other work by Berlin artist Daniel Richter here.

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Well, J had her baby while I was traveling back from Hawaii.

and I will miss this water:

And yes, C, there is a giant piece of dust on my D70’s sensor. It ruined some great panoramic shots. I was PISSED. I blew it off with a bulb blower after that first [...]

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Here’s the MasterCard commercial:
- One brand new 3.0T MRI scanner, sited, installed, and running: $3M
- two research slots: $1844
- Having two and a half hours on a quiet Sunday afternoon to scan two newborn premie twins: priceless.
My life is starting to get better.

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People who’ve been reading for a while know that I love talking about lies and the culture of lying. I thought I’d compile a list of the top customer service lies and see if people can chime in with theirs. So far:
1. We apologize for any inconvenience.
I’ve actually had software say this to [...]

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If you’re tired of the Verizon man sticking you for a dollar or so to call 411 (for Businesses), try 1-800-GOOG-411 by Google, the company that already knows too much about each of us.
I particularly like the feature where it will send me an SMS with my search results.

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Now, don’t instantly tune out my non-nerdly friends, but PC Magazine (gasp!) has a list of their favorite 100 blogs. Go check it out as there’s something for everyone, from cute overload to celebrity gossip to politics.
Tagging this one as “fun” and I had to add a new category for that.
Now go!

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