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Old 01-06-2012, 10:19 AM   #736
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The Mexican restaurant near my house has put up the following on their marquee:

We wish you the best of luck with your New Year's resolution... and we'll see you in about 3 weeks.
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Old 01-06-2012, 05:05 PM   #737
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hahaha thats awesome, Clod.
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Old 01-24-2012, 11:07 AM   #738
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Oregon has a few political candidates with some weird ideas.
Allan Alley has run unsuccessfully for State Treasurer and Governor,
and is now the head of the State's Republican Party.

The Oregonian
Jeff Mapes
1/23/12

Oregon Republican chairman comes up with a new elephant logo
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It seems like Oregon Republicans have tried just about everything
to restore their old political dominance in the state, so why not try a new logo?<snip>
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This is 'Behle the Active Elephant' not the previous trunk and tail down symbol of the Oregon GOP.
Leo went on to explain that the new elephant is named for Alley's mother, Behle,
who was a Republican activist herself when Alley was growing up.

So far, the party doesn't seem to be moving full speed ahead to implement the new logo.<snip>
Maybe it isn't easy to get an old elephant to learn near tricks.
It almost looks like the Republicans are wanting to screw Oregon (again)
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Old 01-24-2012, 07:48 PM   #739
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A new logo?! Brilliant! That's EXACTLY what the republican party needs. That wins my vote. These people are going places, I tell you.
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Old 02-08-2012, 01:37 AM   #740
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Today's mild amusement is courtesy of Hopelessly Lost Freshers, inc.

On my way to a class, I saw a young woman, African origin (which here means probably a recent migrant/refugee from South Sudan), papers in hand, near the library, looking totaly lost.

Can I help you?

Um, yeah, I need to find ... um Janet ... something ... do you know her?

Sorry, no. Do you know the room number?

Err, yeah ... three two something.

Which building?

[Blank look]

Oh.

So I took her into the library and walked her to the enrollment support section. I hope they helped her.
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Old 02-08-2012, 12:28 PM   #741
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My freshman year roomie found the right room number, in the wrong building. She wondered why they would hold class in a utility closet.
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Old 02-18-2012, 06:47 AM   #742
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A friend of mine has a job managing in a liquor store.

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1st Choice Liquor
Cue easy joke.
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Old 02-18-2012, 09:51 AM   #743
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Candy a distant second...

Actually right next door would be a great place to open a candy store. I bet you'd get enough traffic coming in for the joke that you'd make a nice living.
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Old 02-18-2012, 11:57 AM   #744
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That would assume people have widely read, understood, and remembered the olde Ogden Nash rhyme.
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Old 02-18-2012, 11:57 AM   #745
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that's the easy joke.
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Old 02-18-2012, 02:56 PM   #746
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That would assume people have widely read, understood, and remembered the olde Ogden Nash rhyme.
I thought it was part of our collective unconscious by now.
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Old 02-20-2012, 10:35 AM   #747
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Here's an article about the alignment of planets over the next few days.
But that's not what tickled me. It's the signs-of-the-times inside the video.

Remember when students were taught that the eye is like a camera,
with a lens in front and the film in the back part records the picture ?
Kodak is in bankruptcy and film is no longer relevant.

In this video, the eye is "... like a digital camera ..."

Physorg.com
February 20, 2012
Dr. Tony Phillips

Cold and spellbinding: An alignment of planets in the sunset sky
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A special night to look is Saturday, Feb. 25th, when the crescent Moon
moves in to form a slender heavenly triangle with Venus, Jupiter and the Moon as vertices (sky map).
One night later, on Sunday, Feb. 26th, it happens again (sky map).

This arrangement will be visible all around the world, from city and countryside alike.
The Moon, Venus and Jupiter are the brightest objects in the night sky;
together they can shine through urban lights, fog, and even some clouds.<snip>
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"Your eye is a bit like a digital camera," explains optometrist Dr. Stuart Hiroyasu of Bishop, California.
"There's a lens in front to focus the light, and a photo-array behind the lens to capture the image.
The photo-array in your eye is called the retina.
It's made of rods and cones, the organic equivalent of electronic pixels."
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Old 02-20-2012, 01:17 PM   #748
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I do like how the eye is like a camera, digital or otherwise, as though the eye came after the camera.
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:25 PM   #749
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i got sniped today! there was no way to avoid it!! they had the entrances and exits totally covered with at least 4 on each side!! i avoided their assault on the way in but on the way out i not only got hit from the left, i got caught up in a nasty crossfire from the right!! yes. i bought girl scout cookies at kroger today.
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Old 02-25-2012, 03:30 PM   #750
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The little buggers were at the swim meet last weekend and are now here at the Hockey rink DO NOT WANT!
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