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January 2012

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Jan 2, 2012

“Get this thing out of my operating room!” The colon stapling device exploded into pieces when I hurled it against the operating room wall. I was fed up with its failure to work as advertised by the manufacturer. The stapler had probably cost less than $100 to make. The hospital paid $300 for it (and then billed the patient, or insurance company, $1,200). Now the thing didn’t even work.

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Jan 2, 2012

I used to cook at an Olive Garden and, like all kitchens, sometimes it would get pretty busy - especially for the window cook. Some of you probably know the frustration of being a line cook, but I will try to explain it for those who haven’t had the pleasure and hopefully it’s a little interesting.

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Dec 31, 2011

December 2011

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International Association of Time Travelers: Members’ Forum Subforum: Europe – Twentieth Century – Second World War
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At 14:52:28, FreedomFighter69 wrote:
Reporting my first temporal excursion since joining IATT: have just returned from 1936 Berlin, having taken the place of one of Leni Riefenstahl’s cameramen and assassinated Adolf Hitler during the opening of the Olympic Games. Let a free world rejoice!

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Dec 31, 2011

A smugly enamored couple sit in a restaurant, their hands clasped as they fret over the menu. The chicken, for instance: can the waitress tell them a little bit about its provenance?

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“Why act morally?”

That question is not only legitimate but fundamental.

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It is hard to believe that anyone who defends Israel’s legitimacy as a state would buy into former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s argument that Palestine is an “invented nation”.

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Dec 27, 2011
‎2011 is almost over. Inbox me something you've always wanted to say to me. I promise it will stay between us. Post this on your blog. Maybe people will surprise you.

http://deathtaxes.tumblr.com/ask

x-tea:

reblogged from @viina :)

http://x-tea.tumblr.com/ask

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  • Ad hominem
     To attack the person not the argument: “We should increase taxes”, “Don’t listen to him, he only showers once a week”.

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