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July 5
Help me identify a strange floating orange dradle I saw in the sky yesterday morning in western VA.
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posted by joecacti at at 10:38 AM -
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I am looking for a kitchen mascot: a cast iron pig with a cute face. Help me find one to purchase.
This one would be perfect.
posted by B-squared at at 7:07 AM -
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July 4
Could someone explain to me two references I don't get? In
Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog, Billy receives a letter from "Dead, Not Sleeping" (
clip). Is that a reference to something? Also, in the
Total Eclipse of the Heart "literal" video I
posted to Mefi, there's a lyric that says: "And I've joined the Glee Club of the Damned (reference joke!)" (
clip). What's "Glee Club of the Damned" a reference to? I presume it's a reference to
something since they outright say it is ...
posted by WCityMike at at 6:47 PM -
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July 3
Since we all have nine-digit zip codes now, why is it still neccesary to include the city and state in a postal address?
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posted by dinger at at 12:39 PM -
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July 2
July 1
Looking for a story someone wrote about "falling through the cracks" while working at a large company. I think what happened is he was to be reassigned to a new team, but the assignment never actually happened; he just kept showing up to work, kept getting paid, and got into all sorts of stuff trying to stay under the radar.
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posted by downing street memo at at 11:12 AM -
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I am planning a trip to California late July with a friend and I wouldn't mind renting transportation to get around. Would it be feasible / possible to rent some kind of hippie van and sleep in it along the coast?
posted by baking soda at at 10:10 AM -
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Suggestions for carving out alone time visiting a partner in a different city.
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posted by puckish at at 6:10 AM -
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June 30
Can anyone suggest some passages on the theme of integrity and/or
justice, to be read aloud at a friend's wedding? They should be no longer than 2 minutes.
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posted by expialidocious at at 1:59 PM -
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June 29
I'm looking for a randomized list of every nation state in the world, preferably in spreadsheet column form. Is there anything like this?
posted by billtron at at 1:55 PM -
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