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Computer Desk for Sale in Queens

Hey, computer desk for sale in Queens! http://newyork.craigslist.org/fur/10851528.html Yes, that's mine. Better price for friends. Laptop not included.

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By: William Shunn

I'm a High Roller, Baby

Check us out: http://www.perspectives-iff.org/sponsors.asp True, it wasn't a cash donation, but still, I've never been such a high-rolling charity donor before. (Oh, yeah, and this is a worthy cause you SoCal-ers should consider supporting.)

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Little-Known MetroCard Fact Gleaned Through Hard Experience

You can't buy more than one MetroCard at MetroCard vending machines in the same day using the same credit card. It's not that they tell you so explicitly, but if you try to buy a second MetroCard before the day is out, you get a mysterious

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Iraq 'N' Roll

My brother Tim is on his way to Iraq now. His unit flew out from Fort Lewis this morning and expect to end up somewhere not far south of Baghdad.

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Today's Fortune

Sesame kitten for lunch today. This was in my fortune cookie: * Your co-workers take pleasure in your great sense of creativity. Somehow I'm not convinced.

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By: William Shunn

Fortunes

I walked over to Macy's on my lunch break to buy a new wallet, which I've needed to do for some time. Back at the office, I was transferring the contents from old wallet to new when I discovered a little cache of slips from fortune

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Lehi Goes to Africa

Self-proclaimed prophet Mr. Embaye Melekin of Eritrea has written to enlist me in his campaign to spread the news that the Book of Mormon, far from being American scripture, is actually a record of African origin. As he says at his web site: I was compiling this book to

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The Rogers Sisters

Dear friends in the UK and/or EU: Please go see my friend Miyuki's band The Rogers Sisters on their upcoming European tour. They start in Sweden on April 23rd, then finish up at The Spitz in London on May 8th. Oh, yeah, and on May 7th they&

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"So Who Really Did Save Private Jessica?"

From the Times of London: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5944-648517,00.html As appalling as his story is (if you take it at face value, that is), I smiled at the Iraqi doctor's obvious and sweet schoolboy crush on young Pfc Lynch. Maybe we

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Wired and Wireless

I haven't gotten nearly enough sleep this week, and I'm exhausted. Work has been nuts with the launch and debugging of our new web site, and last night I was up until 3:30 am finishing a spec for a site I'll be building

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The Smoking Ban Claims Its First Victim

A tragedy in the East Village last night: Bouncer killed in brawl over city's smoking banA brawl broke out after the bouncer, 32-year-old Dana Blake, told two brothers that they were not permitted to smoke in the bar, Guernica on Avenue B. Blake tried to eject

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Having All the Answers

Okay, here's the thing. If you want to have a discussion with me about religion, but you're arguing from a position that your answers are immutable because God gave you a feeling that told you so, then we may as well not talk at all. It&

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