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Jun 29
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» LISTSERV 15.5 - OPERA-L Archives
hahahahahahaha (scroll down)
Jun 25
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» Does A Private Company Own Your Muni Arrival Times?: News: SFAppeal
“When Steven Peterson created Routesy, an iPhone app that lets riders see Muni arrival times, the last thing he expected was to hear was that Muni’s real-time arrival times were actually the property…
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» The N-Judah Chronicles: 1 Adam 12, 1 Adam 12, We Have a MUNI Fail Whale In Progress!
@thestandingroom gets shout-out in NJC!
Jun 23
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» Decision time: Princess Eugenie vs Princess Beatrice » Ayyyy!
“It’s the battle of the satellite dish hatted royal siblings”
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» Rose’s Turn: Patti LuPone Responds to ArtsBeat - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
“Do we tolerate rudeness by members of the audience who feel they have the right to sit in a dark theater, texting or checking their e-mail while the light from their screens distract both performers…
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» The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: The New York Times is friggin pathetic
“I will tell you this about iLiver 2.0: It’s nanoengineered, and it kicks ass.”
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» Graphical Overview of Same Sex Marriage Debate, v. 1.3
Arguments transcribed from various Facebook polls: “What’s ‘non sequitur’ mean? Do I look it up in a Fag-to-English dictionary?” *sigh* (via joe.my.god)
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» The Stage / News / Evening Standard arts columnist Norman Lebrecht to leave paper
“Lebrecht, arts columnist and former assistant editor of the Evening Standard, has announced he is to leave the recently rebranded newspaper this week”
Jun 21
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» 95 Percent Of Opinions Withheld On Visit To Family | The Onion
“Once you let go of the need to express your thoughts to your family, you suddenly feel much lighter”
Jun 20
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» The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Pogue's liver kicks ass
“Namaste, David. I owe you one.”
Jun 19
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» Puss 'n booted: North Woods house cat shows black bear who's boss - JSOnline
“The exchange lasted less than five minutes, but Weber said the cat was clearly the aggressor. The cat weighs about 12 pounds and Weber estimated the bear weighed about 300 pounds.”
Jun 18
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» Navel Maneuvers at think denk
oh dear.
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» Sequenza21/ From Ojai (3): Friends Make Music Make Friends
“blackbird cellist Nick Photinos must have strong neck muscles; his time-keeping through head motions seemed more effective in maintaining the beat for the ensemble than many conductors can achieve…
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» Daniel Stephen Johnson: The Ojai Diaries: Part Two
“People, if you go to Ojai, CUSHION YOUR ASSES, I cannot stress that enough.” 1. you seriously skipped out on music for 18? seriously?! 2. you should’ve heard the qng 11pm concert. and 3. that must…
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» Sequenza21/ From Ojai (2): What Boundaries?
“With the quiet reprise of the aria, the notes then died away and we heard the crows in the oaktrees, and then the faint noise of traffic. Finally some clod in the audience had to show that he really…