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Spam is my psychologist

Thursday, March 2, 2006

Teh subject of a message received today: “You are not really sociable and have troubles with making out with women.”
The remedy: Viagra. All head doctors are pill pushers, aren’t they?

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“I’m never feeding you another meal again. The way you eat, I won’t be able to afford groceries for a year!”

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Overheard by a subway stop in the Upper East Side.

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“You know me, I’m always thinking!”

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Overheard at MOMA, just inside from the sculpture garden.

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Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health

Monday, February 27, 2006

Yes, this is actually a position at the United Nations. Amazing, isn’t it?

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“I had sex every day for 30 years.”

Sunday, February 19, 2006

That’s what someone out on the street is currently yelling, over and over again.

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Ludvig von Mises

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Quote (from this week’s Economist): “It may sometimes be expedient for a man to heat the stove with his furniture. But he should not delude himself by believing that he has discovered a wonderful new method of heating his premises.”

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Good To Know

Thursday, December 8, 2005

I always thought that seasoning a pan involved salt, somehow. My father told me that at one point; it’s not too surprising that he was wrong.
Cast iron pans seem like a good idea, too. Cheap, durable, and heavy. What I like most about the Calphalon pots and pans that I have now are their [...]

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It’s Snowing!

Monday, December 5, 2005

And has been for a few hours. Doesn’t look like much is sticking, though, even though the temperature probably is below freezing by now. The snowfall is light but steady and could go on for most of the night, say the meterorologists. But they keep revising downwards their estimates of accumulation–from six inches this morning [...]

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So where do the Chinese have sex?

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

The AP reports on a new poll commissioned by Ikea:

In Sweden and Iceland, 72 percent of respondents said they use their bedrooms for romantic endeavors, while in China the figure was 20 percent. All it said about North Americans was that a fifth - about 20 percent - like to have sex outside the bedroom, [...]

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