November 2011
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"What do you know about pie?!?"
More from Gram:
At Thanksgiving, my Grandmother was tasked with bringing a pie and Jello Mold (That only she eats. Because it’s Jello Mold).
Side note: The Lady made Paula Deen’s Pumpkin Pie [recipe], which was delicious. She actually made two, but we couldn’t find a box to carry both…so, we’ve been enjoying that second Pumpkin Pie between us. Good thing generic...
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"Go shit in your hat!" →
In a follow up to this earlier gem of an exchange, at Thanksgiving dinner last week my grandmother continued to press for The Lady and I to take the storied dining room table off her hands.
Again, citing the finite amount of free space in our new apartment, we declined.
Her response:
No?!? Well, go shit in your hat!
I love her.
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lovekylie:
Kylie Minogue — ARIA Awards 2011 Hall of Fame acceptance
I love her.
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Larry King Roasted at The Friars Club Monday
Wanda Sykes:
Thanks to Jerry Sandusky, Larry’s officially not the creepiest old man in America anymore…
‘Larry King Live:’ That was a very optimistic title. It wasn’t a TV show — it was more like a baby monitor…I would tune in just to see if he was okay.
Colin Quinn:
Larry grew up in Brooklyn…but he moved out when the Dutch bought it.
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On "Civil Disobedience"
Civil disobedience may be justifiable, in some cases, when and if an individual disobeys a law in order to bring an issue to court, as a test case. Such an action involves respect for legality and a protest directed only at a particular law which the individual seeks an opportunity to prove to be unjust. The same is true of a group of individuals when and if the risks involved are their own.
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Who has done more for peace: The U.S. Marine Corps or the Peace Corps? The U.S....
– Rhetorical questions from the ever-pragmatic Dennis Prager
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We get up at 12 and start to work at 1.
Take an hour for lunch and then at 2...
– “Like Greece.”
— The Lady last night while we watched ‘The Wizard of Oz’ on TBS.
Reason #9,466,161,708 I love her.
From The Merry Old Land of Oz [iTunes link]
The Merry Old Land Of Oz from scenestirz.com on Vimeo.
Side note: I had never seen the digitally...
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House Passes "Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act"... →
The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a variety of measures intended to make it easier for small businesses to raise money. The most notable of the bills, which have had wide bipartisan support, would create an SEC exemption for crowdfunding. The crowdfunding bill, called the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act, would allow companies to give out equity stakes in exchange for...
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