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What happens when you sell a broken laptop on eBay, refuse to refund the money, but leave the hard disk full of your data and pictures for the new owner? Pure blog comedy.
The chicken [...]

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You can finally Adopt a German man or woman! Or at least for the duration of the 2006 World Cup.
Two You-Tube videos you can’t miss:
Mr. T, renowned singer, teaches you to treat your Momma Right. (This one’s for you, Mom)

The next video is a Senate hearing in 1969 where Mr. Rogers (of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood) [...]

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Think you have high-maintenance hair? Not compared to these ladies.
Did they or didn’t they pay a ransom for the hostages?
Like I promised you in a previous post, I will always follow up an unpleasant/ranting/down post with a NFPC (Nature-Food Porn Chaser) to lift your spirits again.
Today’s chaser comes from a trip to Southern Italy with [...]

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What can $1 buy you? A custom sketch from Sketch-It! - Some talented artists with a good biz idea
I didn’t think it was possible: Taco Bell’s Dress the Sauce Packet

Adidas’ Adicolor Short films are all out now. Different directors, same budget (keep this in mind!). The only stipulation? A color. Each short is really interesting [...]

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(The little canal next to my house)

Pavia is green and lush, and humid and sweaty. The rice fields have been planted and are in various stages of harvest. On my train ride I see thousands of fields, some flooded, some overturned, some already sprouting with rice shoots.
Rice is coming and that means mosquito season is [...]

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Have you seen the Evolution of Dance video yet? Get down on it.
If you’ve been to Italy, you’ve probably discovered that an insalata, or salad, can look like this:

(Image from Agritour)

After being served many a “salad” with mostly iceberg lettuce and oil (to their credit, good oil, but iceberg lettuce isn’t the right base to [...]

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Italy has elected a new President. Read this for what powers he has. (Does anyone know why they have to be so old??)
eBookwise Reader (& bookstore) - an electronic reader at a pretty decent price!
Before my next post, I felt I should give some background. Way back when, when the Italian phrase “Less is More” [...]

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In the U.S.? Start trading your paperbacks for free! Paperback Swap
Hilarious viral marketing for Phillips’ Bodygroom - Get your Optical Inch (NSWH - Not safe without headphones) Especially click on “Where to Shave”
So, after my last rant about not having good books to read and though I have received quite a few good books [...]

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