Liprap's Lament - The Line

• Finally, we're off the road.We ...

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  Finally, we're off the road.
  
  We passed the time at places both swank and mundane, freaked my son out by touring a coal mine and a salt mine (too many dark places, though he did grow to like the salt mine when he found out about all' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:39am EST
  by Leigh C.

• I've opened this up on Humid ...

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  I've opened this up on Humid City as well, where I gotta cut the Cthulu somehow...
  
  ....but I couldn't pass this one up, as it features a certain Rising Tide keynote speaker:
  
  
  
  Remember where you came from, folks!
  
  And don't worry 'bout me. [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 5:56pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• Oh....don't forget the shayna maideleh.

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  Oh....don't forget the shayna maideleh.
  
  
  
  hehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehhehheh....
  
  And...before I forget...as a general public service to all around the holidays, settle things like one's sexual orientation with one's family members before you light the menorah.
  
  
  
  ...even if it does make for some great Hostilidays moments.[...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 1:38pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• Shecky's kicked it off ...

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  Shecky's kicked it off on two corners of the interwebs, dammit...
  
  ...now I have to go all farkakhte on his tuchus...
  
  
  
  Oy vey iz mir. It's that Hostilidays time of year. [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:44am EST
  by Leigh C.

• Some travel notes:Hearing my husband ...

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  Some travel notes:
  
  Hearing my husband tell my son,"In 1803, this was part of Louisiana!" makes me feel a bit better about traveling through the Midwest.
  
  Note to Iowa: folks, the people in your state are so nice, one of 'em even had me - a world class' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:40pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• Heading off to points north for a ...

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  Heading off to points north for a bit, folks. Gonna see friends and family, check how my parents' Frankendog is doing after his operation, try to transport a huge bunch of bananas to my family to show 'em our backyard banana trees can beat the heck outta their puny indoor [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:01am EST
  by Leigh C.

• So fine, now we have a campaign ...

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  So fine, now we have a campaign commercial that will most likely end up in the local TV ad pantheon. We must wait and see if it will be received like this or like this.
  
  What thankfully did not go completely under the wire as far [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• You know, the other night, I experienced ...

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  You know, the other night, I experienced a moment similar to this one on listening to one of the folks managing Leslie Jacobs' campaign:
  
  
  
  It's not an inappropriate way to look at the mayor's race, really...
  
  ...just...don't drag the yaller blogger into this. Things [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• Just a couple of PSAs:

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  Just a couple of PSAs:
  
  Go help save the Hippo if you can. And no, it doesn't involve putting the big goof's tongue back in his mouth. Even if you can't contribute monetarily, see what kind of strings could be pulled to ease his doggie pains.
  
  Also, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:25am EST
  by Leigh C.

• Observations and sneaking feelings on the upcoming ...

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  Observations and sneaking feelings on the upcoming mayoral race...
  Stop asking the mayoral candidates what they will do about education in this town, unless it relates to their past experiences (like, say, those of soon-to-declare-her-candidacy Leslie Jacobs). The state runs most of the schools, the mostly-neutered OPSB runs a [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:10am EST
  by Leigh C.

• OPINION POLL: 702-932-3401 shows up on the ...

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  OPINION POLL: 702-932-3401 shows up on the Caller ID, and I nearly let it run to voice mail...
  
  ...but I thought of this and decided to take a chance.
  
  My hunch proved correct.
  
  The pollster asked me about the 2010 mayor's race. I was asked first' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:38pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• It was revealed to us this morning ...

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  It was revealed to us this morning that the confirmation class at the synagogue is taking a different route this year on their class trip.
  
  They are headed into Alabama and Georgia to visit many places where the battles of civil rights were fought, where blood was shed over [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:27pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• Ahhh, inequality......on a regional ...

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  Ahhh, inequality...
  
  ...on a regional level, concerning the world outside the home...
  And then Jonathan asked us if we had started thinking about schools.
  
  I had not as...School is Mike's department. Another linchpin of our Marital New Deal, aside from trying to use the night for' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Leigh C.

• So I've been under ...

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  So I've been under the weather. No swine are anywhere near me, or their flu, thanks, but the collision in my body of antihistamines and cold virus is making for some bizarre dreams involving Maitri in a Bucky the Badger suit and some interesting [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:09pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• The things you learn through the ...

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  The things you learn through the Tweeter Tube...
  
  I have to wonder if the rappers who sampled the Miami Boys Choir have any understanding of the particular music they're rhyming over...
  
  Eshet Chayil - A Woman of Valor
  
  An accomplished woman, who can' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:58pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• So nice that Joseph Cao voted ...

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  So nice that Joseph Cao voted for "life" and against his party lines.
  
  Even more lovely is the list of 65 Democrats who decided to add the amendment Cao supported with that yea vote...and they have all redrawn the lines of health care reform [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:24am EST
  by Leigh C.

• FINALLY, the comic that ought to make ...

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  FINALLY, the comic that ought to make the term "Fujita-style" commonplace is online here. Just in time for the Saints to create the world's most incredibly pleasantly surprised emoticon.
  
  I got a call at Edie's, where we now go to watch most of the games, and it [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 10:16pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• I saw this in a snazzy ...

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  I saw this in a snazzy display in the local bookstore and couldn't resist venting to the bookstore employees over the sad irony of the sticker on the front proclaiming a free Gourmet subscription offer to the purchaser of the cookbook...especially after I'd seen the aftermath of Conde [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:49am EST
  by Leigh C.

• Tim says ...

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  Tim says it best.
  
  Get your adventuresome self over to the Bridge Lounge anyway, even if you haven't preregistered...because it is a FREE event, at the very least.
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:07pm EST
  by Leigh C.

• Jon Gruden, when he's not being ...

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  Jon Gruden, when he's not being a schmo on ESPN, was actually a mouthpiece for these mouthpieces during the Saints-Falcons game Monday:
  The company, Makkar Advantage, is keeping details somewhat secretive, but we do know the the inventor of the PPM's, Dr. Anil Makkar, has been in New [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:13am EST
  by Leigh C.