December 2009
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“ROME, Ga., Dec. 30 (UPI) — A Georgia funeral home says it is offering free services and burial for anyone who plans to drink or do drugs before driving on New Year’s Eve.
Jennings and Miller Funeral Home in Rome said its doors are open for citizens to come in before noon Thursday and sign a contract stating their intention to drive after using alcohol or drugs. If the motorist...
New Years Resolutions
maxistentialist:
Do:
Finish Gödel, Escher, Bach with my new Tumblr friends.
Make something special with all of my handwriting donations.
More meticulous practical jokes at school.
Make this the best year in Humans vs. Zombies history.
Get into Baltimore more often.
Make an effort to speak to the Freshman in my hall more often.
Don’t:
Take on any more unpaid work.
Order foreign food...
“Are you better off now than you were in December 1999? Even Tiger Woods, the...”
– — Dashiell Bennett
And let’s not forget Thierry Henry.
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Hodgson signs new Fulham deal →
YAAAAYYY!!!!
“Editor: “Let’s put births and obits on the same page. We can call it ‘In and...”
– Overheard in the Newsroom
mandatory paid vacation days by country →
Total for the USA: Zero
“Snyder took a very under-marketed asset and squeezed every last cent out of...”
– Newsweek.
(Yet the fans won’t stop coming. Not after the team sued them, forbade them to walk to the stadium, and sold extra tickets to brokers. American sports, and fans, make me sick.)
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Jens Lekman should release a Christmas album.
“Fliers for the parties, posted on a Web page for Big Les Productions, describe them as events for young adults and ‘mature’ high school students. Many of the posters show young men flashing what appear to be gang signs or raising their middle fingers, and promise a ‘sexy ladies dance contest.’
‘There will be nothing but my sexy people here all night,’...
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WatchI miss these guys.
Question of the day.
thelategreatme:
How do you differentiate between intelligence and experience?
A resume?
“A man fatally stabbed Friday night in East Baltimore was attacked after a series of fights broke out at a party at the Great Blacks in Wax museum, records show.
Police said the museum, which is located in the 1600 block of E. North Ave. and features more than 100 life-size wax figures of prominent black leaders, had been rented out for a “large party” held by a group called the...
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Good thing everyone voted “yes” to slots last fall.
The money continues to pour in and save our schools.
City has online petition to host 2018 or 2022... →
baltimorebrigade:
We are low on the list, so step it up Baltimore!
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The Index Of Ungodly Athletes is back up! →
It's National Cupcake Day →
NOM NOM
Boss: So the office will be pretty empty today so if want to head home early feel free.
[Twenty minutes later]
Boss: Hey I'm going to need you to print out directions to each of the 95 potential clients from this building.
[Five minutes later]
Boss: So there is this big city event tomorrow and I need to you make a flier with information about our program.
Spirit of the Game
christielouwho:
jimisland:
“Spirit of the Game sets Ultimate apart from other competitive team sports. For over 30 years, Ultimate has flourished, reaching a highly competitive level, without the use of referees. In Ultimate, the honor system works. Sure, human nature rears its ugly head from time to time - just as in any sport, just as in life. Yet, one of the many beauties of Ultimate is...
“Liquor stores in Baltimore City are allowed to sell on the Sundays between...”
– Well that is certainly nice to know. (via sablesma)
Somehow the Wine Source recently finagled a way to be open 7 days a week, year round.
So, so clutch.
