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Typhoon Longwang is about pound China

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidy

Words with no English equivalent

there’s die beleidigte Leberwurst spielen – to stick one’s lower lip out in a sulk (literally, to play the insulted liver sausage). Perhaps it’s a Backpfeifengesicht – a face that cries out for a fist in it.

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The longest two weeks…

… Trying to keep my head at work when I go on vacation two weeks from today. Buying tickets during the recent hurricane/gasoline craziness was certainly interesting and not nearly as affordable as hoped, but we got it done in the end. Glasgow-Edinburgh-London-Dublin, woohoo! Now I have two weeks to talk myself into a new camera for the trip.

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Trackback blues

Is anyone experiencing a rash of trackback spam? I’ve been started getting 5-10 a day, just out of the blue last week. It finally prodded me into upgrading the WordPress Spam Karma plugin to version 2.0. I’m also wondering if trackbacks are even worth it. So few people use them, so turning it off would solve a big spam problem without really doing too much harm.

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Inflatable Pub

This inflatable pub goes up in 10 minutes and has room for a bar and 30 customers.

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More Missouri town names

Toastedcone has more Missouri town names, many that I didn’t have in my list. I also forgot to mention what is probably my favorite, three towns in northwestern Lafayette County that go by the names Wellington, Napolean, and Waterloo (although Waterloo doesn’t really exist anymore).

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