Dear Al Purdy,
You've been dead over four years now, and things have changed a lot since then. Mordecai's dead too, for example. I'd like you to come back, because I think we need you, but mostly because I miss you. I've been reading your stuff (I'm always reading your stuff) and I'm sorry you didn't get to keep going. I don't care that you...
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You've been dead over four years now, and things have changed a lot since then. Mordecai's dead too, for example. I'd like you to come back, because I think we need you, but mostly because I miss you. I've been reading your stuff (I'm always reading your stuff) and I'm sorry you didn't get to keep going. I don't care that you...
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apologees:
i'm on a hard leonard cohen kick now, too. there ya go.
I dreamt that my tattoo was flaking off.
And that police wanted to talk to me, but I avoided them by hiding in my house and keeping away from the windows.
And that police wanted to talk to me, but I avoided them by hiding in my house and keeping away from the windows.
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velocity:
No, sadly. Vancouver.
obd:
they're all in a room laughing, aren't they.
Folks, let's clear something up. I've got mixed feelings about those five thumbnail portraits above. On one hand, my selections there indicate something telling about my libido and social aspirations; on the other, you could take them as signs of favour, as indications of where my affection lies.
Whatever they mean, and I'm not sure myself if I know, you must understand this: sometimes it...
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Whatever they mean, and I'm not sure myself if I know, you must understand this: sometimes it...
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uncognitive:
Well, they can't all be porn. 
I try to not put too much thought into my favorites. Three of them are pretty much locked in, for a variety of reasons, and I randomly change the other two based on any whim.
Of course, I'm not sure any of 'em even notice, so it's purely for my own amusement.
I try to not put too much thought into my favorites. Three of them are pretty much locked in, for a variety of reasons, and I randomly change the other two based on any whim.
Of course, I'm not sure any of 'em even notice, so it's purely for my own amusement.
About that couscous story: the only white person in it was the cashier at the end, and she was some kind of Eastern European.
The responses I got do give me an idea of the dearth of ethnic identity present where some of you live.
I was at work at 7 this morning for "battery training."
The responses I got do give me an idea of the dearth of ethnic identity present where some of you live.
I was at work at 7 this morning for "battery training."
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acidgrampa:
You know you didn't write that stuff last week. *jilted*
siv:
COUS-cous????? Maybe i live in snobby yup-ville, but i was RAISED on those delicious grains. Parmesan, garlic, mediterranean... granted they were box mixes, so i can;'t get too uppity.
"Do you carry couscous?"
"Christmas?"
"No, couscous."
"..."
"It's a middle eastern thing."
"...?"
"Sort of a pasta, only granular-"
"The pasta is right over here."
"No, I mean it's... thank you."
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So I go to the grocery store that I've bought couscous from before, and sure enough they've got three brands to choose from, one of which offers an...
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"Christmas?"
"No, couscous."
"..."
"It's a middle eastern thing."
"...?"
"Sort of a pasta, only granular-"
"The pasta is right over here."
"No, I mean it's... thank you."
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So I go to the grocery store that I've bought couscous from before, and sure enough they've got three brands to choose from, one of which offers an...
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legionnaire:
Tunnel vision never ceases to amaze me. It's difficult to believe that people can know so little about other cutures and still manage to get along. Especially not knowing about couscous, which has been a staple of my diet for some time now (the fact that it's cheap and easy make it an ideal poor man's meal.)
hellkitten:
You should definitely post a couscous recipe in the kitchen group. I bought some and didn't know what to do with it. 
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obd:
all will bow down before that glorious white suite.
Is that, perhaps, the bard of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
re: Rufus, I've never seen the guy live. I'm not sure I could go quite that far ...
Is that, perhaps, the bard of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
re: Rufus, I've never seen the guy live. I'm not sure I could go quite that far ...
flux:
He is pretty.
Fuck you, poseur.
I just got shot in the ass.
By a friend.
On the internet.
I just got shot in the ass.
By a friend.
On the internet.
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oryx:
now what do you think would happen if we both gave up?
adjunct:
Good call. You could argue for epenthesis, that she was going for normalcy and stuck the i in there. But there aren't many conditions in English, at least in North America, that have that kind of epenthesis. But you could also argue that she was trying to say normality and swapped the t for a c. In that case, it'd be a little more complicated, but would have something to do with feature swapping on the phonological level. On the sociolinguistic level, it would also indicate that she didn't know which was the correct form, but had some inkling she was off.
I'd have a hard time making a completely convincing case for either. This is why I'm not doing a Ph.D. in linguistics; people write dissertations on things just like this. Did you happen to take a stylistics course in grad school?
I'd have a hard time making a completely convincing case for either. This is why I'm not doing a Ph.D. in linguistics; people write dissertations on things just like this. Did you happen to take a stylistics course in grad school?
Any wild moodswings you witness can likely be attributed to some combination of the retail job and the hernia. Please wait until January before contacting the support desk.
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Thought before going to bed: the drawback of finding oneself in a clique is that you start to think you can be a jerk without being called on it, or worse--you stop...
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Thought before going to bed: the drawback of finding oneself in a clique is that you start to think you can be a jerk without being called on it, or worse--you stop...
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hapworth:
Thanks for the advice!
Where in Canada are you? So far, I've been to Hamilton, Ottawa and Toronto.
Where in Canada are you? So far, I've been to Hamilton, Ottawa and Toronto.
superflea:
Yikes - hope the crankiness is subsiding, mate.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. It had a rough start but a delightful end, with several co-workers joining the girl and I for dinner at the Keg, where deeeeelicious food was had by all.
I got spoiled and probably still smell vaguely of steak.
If that isn't a day won, then I don't know what is.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. It had a rough start but a delightful end, with several co-workers joining the girl and I for dinner at the Keg, where deeeeelicious food was had by all.
I got spoiled and probably still smell vaguely of steak.
If that isn't a day won, then I don't know what is.
I'd probably be a lot more popular if I suffered fools more gladly.
But then I'd be tits-deep in fools, so...
But then I'd be tits-deep in fools, so...
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shal:
Not a problem. Head-in-ass-ery calls for some levity.
I coughed and I coughed and finally the answer came:
I have a hernia.
At least his hands weren't cold.
I'll have an appointment booked with the stuff n' stitch guy down at the hospital by this evening (though the date of that appointment will probably be in January), and I can expect to be fixed up by early spring, if it turns out that...
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I have a hernia.
At least his hands weren't cold.
I'll have an appointment booked with the stuff n' stitch guy down at the hospital by this evening (though the date of that appointment will probably be in January), and I can expect to be fixed up by early spring, if it turns out that...
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velocity:
Oh, corndogs are still king.
rottenart:
"one is the number divided by twoooo..."
oh, those wily intestines, always trying to get out. sorry to hear about that, man. i hear they're not too fun.
so, what were you lifting incorrectly?
oh, those wily intestines, always trying to get out. sorry to hear about that, man. i hear they're not too fun.
so, what were you lifting incorrectly?