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Old 11-21-2013, 03:36 PM
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Gonzo's was definitely worthy of Official Family Portrait status. I can do one in about 150 years...in oil, of course.
The second official :ff: family portrait will be completed somewhere around the year 2167...so long as medical science allows, of course.
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Old 11-21-2013, 04:05 PM
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Sylvia Browne Dead: Famous TV Psychic Passes Away At 77

So you guys think she's gonna give a speech at her own funeral?
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Old 11-21-2013, 04:29 PM
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I bet she didn't see that coming.

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Old 11-21-2013, 06:27 PM
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No word yet on which TV psychic got the first beyond the curtain interview with her.
(According to the Wiki even her final prediction was wrong, predicting her death at 88).
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Old 11-21-2013, 07:36 PM
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No doubt her supporters will point out that she died at 77 which is another double-digit age 'only one away' from 88. Frauds Psychics often use this kind of rationalization.
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Old 11-21-2013, 08:06 PM
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I just had bacon and cheddar pancakes for lunch
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Old 11-21-2013, 08:45 PM
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Exactly as predicted!
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Old 11-21-2013, 11:38 PM
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Contra! How are you? :gentlepostsurgicalglomp:
Doing well, liv! Have to take it very easy for about a week. Apparently the fragment they removed from my spine was larger than anticipated. Hard to see these things in MRIs, I guess. Procedure was a micro lumbar discectomy.

I can actually stand without doubling over in pain within 3-5 seconds. There is pain where the incision was made, of course, but I get happy drugs tomorrow for that.
I had that done not too long ago. It really worked for me and it heals pretty quickly. Hope it works as well for you as it did for me!
oh yeah - an the remaining pain? In my case that was caused by the swelling from the operation. It went away too. All I have now is a mild twinge about 10 inches higher than where the original sciatic pain used to be.
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Old 11-22-2013, 04:32 AM
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Where has Gonzo gone? Should we post rewards?
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Old 11-22-2013, 07:49 AM
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Old 11-23-2013, 07:11 AM
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Oh hey. I'm okay. I'm poor again so I am working on finding a new source of money. Art classes weren't the greatest idea and I still have to take quite a few classes to graduate from my current school. My student aid was taken away, not because of my GPA, but because I was mostly taking elective courses (I think). I have three weeks to decide whether or not to begin taking out student loans (or figure something else out), but I would rather transfer credits and move to a university if I am going to start building debt, if only I hadn't had social reasons to stay here for another semester, so I'm kind of at a crossroad, considering.
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Old 11-23-2013, 09:54 AM
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I am exite!

A few of us are going for Tea at The Ritz this afternoon, for a friend's birthday celebrations.

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Then we are going for cocktails somewhere in the West End.

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Old 11-23-2013, 10:04 AM
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I say, how simply splendid!
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Old 11-23-2013, 12:02 PM
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Just a spot of milk in my hot water, old girl, wut wut.
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Old 11-23-2013, 02:15 PM
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Old 11-23-2013, 05:27 PM
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So jealous! :teaparty:
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Old 11-24-2013, 03:02 AM
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I saw a Korean newsclip today. It said there was a book found inside a statue at a Korean Buddhist temple. The book is a journal dated 1378. Unfortunately, I can't find anything about it on the internetz, no matter how hard I google. :gah:

The interesting thing about it is that it contains Hangul writing, which wasn't supposed to have been invented until the mid 15th century. In any case, Hangul is an interesting subject all of its own, a tale of snobbery elites suppressing a simple but perfectly effective phonetic alphabet. They favored a more complicated idio/logogramatic writing. This kept most of the population illiterate until early in the last century.
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Old 11-24-2013, 08:55 PM
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Dear Mssrs Pea, Matlock, Conseula, Esmeralda, Butty and Muffing et al,

I think you know what do with this.

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Old 11-24-2013, 10:13 PM
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I will try except that ugh that means I have to put on boots and go leave the porch and stuff.

And I am NOT going to stop taking pictures of when the snow falls straight down and you get those big weird snow hats on your furniture and your fence and stuff.

THOSE ARE HILARIOUS AND NOT BORING SO QUIT LYING THAT THEY'RE BAD OR WHATEVER. *mic drop*
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Old 11-24-2013, 10:57 PM
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Ouch!

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Old 11-24-2013, 11:24 PM
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Oh. L'esprit de l'escalier.

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Ferrets are awesome dancers.

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Old 11-25-2013, 12:41 AM
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Yay weasel war dance! Them pillows had it coming.
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What a lovely weekend I've had. The Ritz is fabulous - like going back in time. There was a harpist and a choir and the food and tea was just perfect!

Shame it's been spoiled by a stupid so called friend posting shit on Facebook about the dinner yesterday. I just don't understand why she did it. Of course, I've now commented because I'm mad at her, adding to the situation. But why the fuck do grownups act like 15 year olds on FB?
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