Paris Hilton consults Martin Sheen.

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Fortunately for me, when I’m plastered I routinely lose the ability to type — at least without committing so many typos that I simply give up on the project until the blood alcohol drops. So this isn’t for me.
But for those who have better motor skills even when inebriated, Google now introduces an app that […]

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This morning’s best read… and about time somebody said it. Brava.

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Apropos of absolutely nothing (except that I want to know where I put this in a couple of weeks, and my bookmark files are beyond congested at the moment):
A comparison of US instant mashed potatoes at Bad Ingredients. (Don’t even ask about Irish instant mashed potatoes. There is only an imported UK brand called Smash ((originally […]

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Like you didn’t already suspect this:

In an Anglo-Saxon book of poetry kept at Exeter Cathedral, researchers from Britain’s Wolverhampton University have unearthed a joke that suggests the clichéd ribaldry of a millennium ago is awfully similar to what passes for humor today. The translation, as cited by the Telegraph, reads: “What hangs at a man’s […]

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Anywhere in Dublin, day or night, you’re likely to be knocked flat by people hurrying along with their heads down as they clutch their mobiles and text each other like crazy.
Now suddenly I’m can’t lose the image of people hurrying through the streets of Vegas, day and night, heads down and clutching their eDecks, gambling like crazy. 
(Of course the casinos and […]

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Galaxies clash in four-way collision

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Peter’s Mum passed away peacefully a little after 9 AM our time.
Lost for words, for once…

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Last night we got back from visiting Peter’s mum in the hospital up north…and it’s an understatement to say that neither of us were happy to see a woman previously so vital looking so frail, and half the time fighting for every breath.
Now this morning came a message from Peter’s sister saying that she’d been […]

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Dear folks,
Just a quick note to let you know that things are about to move into a considerably higher gear on the “Big Meow” project.
A word first about the health situation here, since it has been interfering in a big way, and some of you will want to know how things are. My gall bladder […]

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From Lou Romano’s wonderful blog.

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Viagra reduces hamster jetlag.

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