Saturday, January 30, 2010

And this is a lighthouse keeper being beheaded by a laser...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Bookerer -- cortex

posted by miss lynnster

Avatargate

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Er, yeah, "my friends made this" is pretty not-okay territory for a post. Your intentions seem fine, DecemberBoy, but that's not really kosher regardless. -- cortex

posted by DecemberBoy

Friday, January 29, 2010

Banned book: Anne Frank's Diary

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Please no editorial gotchas in posts. It's a terrible way to frame stuff for metafilter. -- cortex

posted by Neekee

See, that's what I'm on about!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not a good post for MeFi -- mathowie

posted by toodleydoodley

Thursday, January 28, 2010

“I would never kill a canine,” she said. “I am a canine.”

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is kinda thin, yeah. Without something to make it clear why this is worth looking at, it feels like news-of-the-weird with (intentional or not) shades of point-and-laugh. -- cortex

posted by nathancaswell

RIP J.D. Salinger

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Next door! -- cortex

posted by turaho

If a body should catch a body coming through the rye....

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I think we'll go with the more than one link post, but thank you for trying. -- jessamyn

posted by Skygazer

Life is a game, boy.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not the obit thread for JD Salinger. -- jessamyn

posted by dnesan

JD Salinger is gone.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: let's have a do-over and a proper obit. no offense robotico but this is sort of a "thing" here. -- jessamyn

posted by robotico

Jesus stole my girlfriend

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Selflink banned -- mathowie

posted by rateit

Philosophy Twits

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This post was deleted for the following reason: double Post...weak post...editorializing...bingo! -- vacapinta

posted by LD Feral

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pac it in

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There has got to be a better way to frame this if it's worthy posting about. -- cortex

posted by minimii

The iPad

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This post was deleted for the following reason: make an effort, please. -- jessamyn

posted by Joe Beese

Greenskeepers, "Lotion"

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Would you double-post me? I'd double-post me. -- cortex

posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey

Superfast Bullet Trains Are Finally Coming to the U.S.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Instead of having twin high speed rail threads, maybe let's move this up to the next post over. -- cortex

posted by Neekee

Apple's latest doodad

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This post was deleted for the following reason: After months of hype, you did a post three hours before the reveal? Let's wait until it actually happens maybe? -- mathowie

posted by Brandon Blatcher

"The sadness and regret I feel every waking hour of my life is absolutely unbearable."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is an onion article. Did you think maybe we were all asleep? I assure you we are not. -- jessamyn

posted by Blazecock Pileon

inudge: anyone can make music

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Don't worry, it can happen to anyone. -- cortex

posted by boo_radley

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

This is the posting of the link on a link aggregator.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Deletion reason citing thinness of post, oldness of joke. -- cortex

posted by minimii

The Hipster Style Council Dress Code Leaks

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This post was deleted for the following reason: you are not allowed to do this here - please go back to social media school. -- jessamyn

posted by leemfrank

God will never run around, or hurt you

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this seems like an "it's funny because they're Christian" angle on a pretty dumb prank. -- jessamyn

posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates

The Fictional 100

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this seems a lot like a book ad with a marketing hook and a bad web designer. -- jessamyn

posted by verapamil

there's a boom and bust cycle and good reason to fear it, blame low interest rates - naw, it's the animal spirit.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: not exactly a double but sort of is. -- jessamyn

posted by Lutoslawski

Monday, January 25, 2010

Pierogi and the Bandit

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Great but seen it. -- cortex

posted by mippy

Sunday, January 24, 2010

cracking the ps3

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe try this again tomorrow without the bloggy discussion-fodder stuff inside? -- cortex

posted by d. z. wang

I can't believe Sean Connery became a respected actor.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, the source link here seems really skeezy. Sorry, Cap. -- cortex

posted by Captain Cardanthian!

The death of MTV2-was it inevitable?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Wow, this is absolutely not what metafilter is for. -- cortex

posted by chudbeagle

Politically Tone-Deaf Scientists in the USA Government

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This post should be on your personal weblog, not here -- mathowie

posted by kozad

Bush and Clinton Fail

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is really not that great. -- jessamyn

posted by netbros

Saturday, January 23, 2010

The surprising reason why being overweight isn't healthy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is your second post about obesity and women and health in two days. maybe stick this in the thread that is open that you posted yesterday? Alternately, getting your own blog might be a possibility? -- jessamyn

posted by VikingSword

Friday, January 22, 2010

New Basketball League

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Racist jackass gets no traction with racist idea. This is pretty thin stuff. -- cortex

posted by matt755811

Rainbow Gradients

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh. -- cortex

posted by sciurus

I, for one, welcome our new corporate overlords.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Posted earlier -- mathowie

posted by HumuloneRanger

Blown Away

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Was it over when the Germans photoshopped Pearl Harbor? Hell no! -- cortex

posted by patr1ck

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Party like it's last May, it's more keyboard cat

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Been there done that on the Helen Hunt thing, and keyboard cat in general has kind of sufficiently rocked our faces off in general in previous posts I think. -- cortex

posted by The Devil Tesla

8 Million ways To Die

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I know the internet video thing is a fuzzy line, but I feel like "here's the entirety of an Oliver Stone movie from '86" without some really compelling explanation for why is pushing into sort of weird space. -- cortex

posted by vronsky

McCain Feingold Gutted

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted earlier this morning. -- mathowie

posted by dibblda

Six Artists Who Turn Money into art

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yep, you just got yourself banned. -- cortex

posted by MikeFrankel

A heartwarming proposal

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This proposal has been nerfed. -- cortex

posted by muggsy1079

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sexy People

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I liked this post better when it was a few years younger and had that crazy haircut. -- cortex

posted by KokuRyu

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't think a discussion of rape jokes is going to be fruitful here. -- mathowie

posted by lunit

Making The Shining

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This post was deleted for the following reason: HEEEEEEEEERE'S PREVIOUSLY! -- cortex

posted by vronsky

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Brown Defeats Coakley in Massachusetts

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This post was deleted for the following reason: the one after this seems better -- mathowie

posted by ®@

If they could see me now...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: nothiner personal but there are two very good open threads and two newsy update stories don't maybe seem like they need a separate post? -- jessamyn

posted by dr_dank

Singing in FPS? gg hootenanny!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Media Artis Joseph DeLappe is really, really banned. -- cortex

posted by delappe

The Weirdest College Scholarships

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This site is cheesy-ass recycled cookiecutter SEO adbait. Please find better sources, that kind of crap doesn't need mefi's attention. -- cortex

posted by bizwiz2

London Shop Fronts

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Breaking: shop fronts still in London. -- cortex

posted by patricio

SUNDAY FUNNIES: Hon and Dearie (1921)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Uh, you're hosting the featured images on your site and they thank you in the post you've linked to here. This is way too close to self-link territory to be okay. -- cortex

posted by ilovecomix

Stray dogs in Moscow.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: woof -- jessamyn

posted by Mr_Zero

Monday, January 18, 2010

Oh Canada.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, as sauce goes this is on the weak end of the spectrum. -- cortex

posted by h0p3y

Operation Pierre Pan

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a thin FPP about a potential, possible plan. And Haiti is already being discussed. -- vacapinta

posted by ms.codex

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Dear Pat. . .

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This post was deleted for the following reason: One thread on the subject is enough. -- cortex

posted by Danf

The Ebony Archive

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Cool but covered recently; maybe add any new stuff to that thread. -- cortex

posted by y2karl

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Fire and Ice

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Big Picture is pretty great, but we really really know about it by now so making yet another post to it without any kind of explanation of why isn't gonna cut it. -- cortex

posted by HuronBob

L.I., Really?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: less editorializing next time, please? -- jessamyn

posted by terrirodriguez

Friday, January 15, 2010

j/k ;)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: something about it I can't put my finger on it.... -- jessamyn

posted by mkultra

Species fail?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Meh. -- cortex

posted by drlith

I got 10 bucks burning a hole in my pocket.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is more of a sidebar thing for us to do. -- mathowie

posted by Mastercheddaar

MacHeads

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I want to see a documentary about self-linkers -- vacapinta

posted by mpro77

Haiti vs The Dominican Republic.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: What? -- cortex

posted by inkyroom

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Ironin' Out the Kinks, Loadin' Up the Revival Train.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I can appreciate the LOL"PUNDITS" thing here I guess, but is there a reason this should actually be a mefi post? -- cortex

posted by darth_tedious

God is pro-slavery

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I suspect there's an interesting post to be made about the historical and religious context of the latest random fucked-up shit that Pat Robertson horked up, but this isn't really doing much to present any of that in a post-worthy fashion. -- cortex

posted by djduckie

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Learn to Speak Teabag

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is pretty crap. -- cortex

posted by RussHy

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Edge of the Universe

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Interesting, but one link from 2001 is a bit thin for a post -- mathowie

posted by Joachim

Cat Stuff.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: a stumbleupon single image is pretty thin for a post -- mathowie

posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies

Monsanto Corn linked the Liver, Kidney Damage

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm hardly a fan of Monsanto, but the concensus here seems to be that the lede is just plain wrong here. Not great. -- cortex

posted by jefficator

A brief history of British rape reform

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this should be a comment in the open thread. I appreciate the research you've done here but follow-up does not mean a post on the same topic the next day. -- jessamyn

posted by valkyryn

At 103 He Bent a Quarter With His Teeth

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Posted already -- vacapinta

posted by Xurando

Monday, January 11, 2010

Local Sportscaster to FoxNews Commentator

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This post was deleted for the following reason: make an effort? -- jessamyn

posted by hal_c_on

Hear the drummer get wicked

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If you see only one Metafilter post about an awesome four-year-old drummer, see this one. -- cortex

posted by cashman

BACON or BEER CAN

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This post was deleted for the following reason: no good. -- jessamyn

posted by swift

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Egypt Tombs Suggest Pyramids Not Built by Slaves

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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn

posted by defenestration

Hardcore tattoos go 'to eleven'

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is kind of FARK news of the weird stuff to gawk and laugh at. -- mathowie

posted by Boyo

Was it the eggnog?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is basically a PR piece for a dating site. -- vacapinta

posted by twoleftfeet

Get motivated by every movie

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This post was deleted for the following reason: At first I didn't think I had the strength to delete this, but then this really got me pumped and I realized I could do it. -- cortex

posted by The Devil Tesla

Google Street View Fails

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously. -- jessamyn

posted by jefficator

GQ's 'American Grotesque'

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Linking your employer's content is grounds for banning. -- cortex

posted by drileynyc

Pink! Nude! Stained with red wine!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: appreciate the idea but a single link to Yahoo answers seems to result in a thread going poorly. -- jessamyn

posted by jfwlucy

Friday, January 08, 2010

The Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yep, it's a neat cave. -- cortex

posted by jonesor

Thursday, January 07, 2010

And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow ...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Pretty lousy source video and thin for a post. There's a lot to say about Firefly beyond an old commercial for it. -- mathowie

posted by MikeHarris

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Admit your love of penis!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Pretty thin for a post -- mathowie

posted by clarenceism

Gee, Where is that G-thing?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: (insert finding a g-spot post previously joke) -- mathowie

posted by dov3

Life's short and hard like a body-building elf

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I know you put some time into this, but as a post it's kind of a wandering mess. -- cortex

posted by hypersloth

In German, a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The indigenous people of Mefistan have over three dozen words for "double". -- cortex

posted by Afroblanco

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Nexus One

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. the phone is interesting and deserves more than a press release. -- jessamyn

posted by soelo

Fark???? Really???!!!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: your wish has been granted. -- jessamyn

posted by HuronBob

Monday, January 04, 2010

Habanera Muppet-style

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Previously, along with a bunch of other muppetry. -- cortex

posted by jason's_planet

Karate Kid 2010

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A trailer is pretty thin stuff for a post, and "this is what I think about this thing I'm linking" is something more for your blog or twitter than a post to the front page. -- cortex

posted by marienbad

Isolated crime or is Australia an inherently racist country?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: "is X an inherently racist country" is a hell of a tabloid headline to build a post around and probably not a great idea for metafilter. -- cortex

posted by Azaadistani

Browser Hacks

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This post was deleted for the following reason: You could add this to the Previously thread you listed, which is only a couple weeks old and is still open. -- cortex

posted by fizzzzzzzzzzzy

My Love-Hate Relationship with Charles Dickens

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is either too subtle for me to understand or this seems more like something that you should post on your own blog and not on metafilter. -- jessamyn

posted by kindalike

Sunday, January 03, 2010

for centuries many countries tried to conquer Afghanistan; in the twentieth century it was soviet unions turn, right now, nato is there; but the probl

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I know that you put a lot of work into this, but it feels more like something for your own blog than a good fit as a post to Metafilter. -- cortex

posted by infinite intimation

A facebook that looks like America

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this has pretty much been done here, sorry. -- jessamyn

posted by escabeche

Saturday, January 02, 2010

Damn It! I Need Another 3,524 of 'Em!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: funny, but one image posts don't usually fly here -- mathowie

posted by MikeHarris

Friday, January 01, 2010

Plesae forgive me for I have no idea how this works

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'll put this in MetaTalk for you. -- jessamyn

posted by Bageena