meme: a unit of cultural information transmitted from one mind
to another.
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| from april 2002 to october 2006 (when we became too obsessed with littleBiggy) bigredwire released 5 memes in each monthly bulletin.
pick+> your favorite meme.
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| 22october06 |
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| "to be still is to be stupid. to be stupid is to die. and so we shall live."
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| 22september06 |
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eccentricity is such a badge of honour to be given in
these conformist times.
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| you might need to read some pages over and over +>> and |
| 22august06 |
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| doesn't get easier, or more delicious, than this+>>.
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| "a woman has the age she deserves."
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| 22july06 |
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if you love someone, tell them.
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| 22june06 |
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| challenging but well worth it+>>.
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| hate the sin love the sinner.
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| 22may06 |
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when in rome be yourself.
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| you don't +>> need to wait another month to wear white. |
| 22april06 |
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| get into him+>> while he is still alive.
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| hay mas tiempo que vida (there is more time than life).
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| 22march06 |
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no expectations, no disappointment.
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| its been 5 years so let's call it+>> a classic. |
| 22february06 |
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| sure it's 80s, you couldn't do the finale+>> with an ipod.
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| invite him+>> to your next dinner party.
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| 22january06 |
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purpose->journey->happiness.
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| snappier+> and about 100 times as concise as frommer's.
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| a perfect marriage+> (with a warning: do
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22december05 |
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| no desire -> no suffering.
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| 22november05 |
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something to be thankful for? how about all your ancestors that survived long enough to have children.
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| put 6 djs together and it sounds like this +>>.
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22october05 |
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| what happens when you dont have hills or beaches+>>.
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| you never regret being bigger.
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| 22september05 |
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it's destiny once you believe.
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| and you thought they +>> just got stoned and improvised.
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| more insightful than his+>> press conferences.
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22august05 |
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| maybe they will earn this+>> name ( meme 210 has).
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| and you thought you were nerdy +>> for reading this.
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| never give up. (do this by giving up).
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| 22july05 |
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22june05 |
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| won't even say his name because he+>> raps it so many times.
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| 22may05 |
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the opposite of confusion is fusion.
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if you love the matrix you'll be upset to see how many ideas it takes from this+>>.
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| three years later this +>> holds up better than the strokes.
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| a charming kid's site +>> is only annoying after you've heard the song 100 times . |
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be translatin any site on da world wide wizzo+>>. |
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| enough of the hood? try these singers in hoods+>>.
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| the chairman of the department of hitler studies is waiting to make you laugh +>>.
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| close your eyes and see what you are dreaming right now.
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| 22march05 |
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22february05 |
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| beautiful and violent slums+>>. that entertain.
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| but wait there's another sci fi twist +>> (gasp).
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| don't like what you see? close your eyes and open your ears.
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| they sell themselves short because there are many awful things on this site+>>. |
| 22january05 |
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a mad dog only sees straight paths before it.
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so abstract they +>> make doc, lola and chuck jealous.
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22december04 |
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| fight with kids over who gets to play+>> next.
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| it's natural - mistakes (mutations) are the source of progress.
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| write you're own punk song+>> as fast as 1-8-2. |
| 22november04 |
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find an objective - if for no other reason than to put everything else in perspective.
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| hip hop makes it to portland +>> and it was worth the journey.
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| if you are designing a factory or a bathroom or a piece of software you've just found inspiration +>>. |
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22october04 |
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| best of the new high voiced guitar bands+>> (take that franz).
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| you don't have to be in hawaii to do it +>>.
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| dont let a win get to your head or a loss to your heart.
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| cruel and funny reviews+>> you wont find in the new yorker. |
| 22september04 |
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consider where you are - in time as well as space.
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you can't laugh at a kung fu movie +>> that laughs at itself (but you can laugh with it).
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| they're +>> not brand new anymore but they still sound like it.
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| like madeline cookies? then you'll just love this +>>. |
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22august04 |
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| not a g, or even a hustler. more a loveable juliard kid+>>.
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| goofy stops +>> for your trip across the usa.
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| a summer getaway +>> isn't complete without a few police cars. |
| 22july04 |
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| if you're reading this +>> you're self conscious. |
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have you noticed that your 20 gig hard drive (or ipod) is missing a few gigs? it's an old conspiracy +>>.
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22june04 |
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| kind of a meme 10 for video +>>, and canadian.
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| there's always a beat waiting to connect with you.
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| 22may04 |
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8 years into their sentence they +>> sound like they might be lifers.
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| if you've had it with 117, sickened by meme 88, then try this+>> (and live into your hundreds?).
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look as far as you can, feel as deep as you can.
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22april04 |
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| hop on board a loose and entertaining train +>> of thought.
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| enjoy this western+>> discreetly, we wouldn't want anyone to attempt a remake.
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| having trouble talking to that sexy swede? help +>> is on the way.
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| after twenty three years it's no longer a question of whether they+>> might be.
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| 22march04 |
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they don't sound like they're still in beta +>>.
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if you've had it with all the modern music memes then brush up on brahms here +>>.
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| if meme 88 isn't appetizing how bout some of this+>>?
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remember you beat out 6 billion sperm just to make it to this round.
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22february04 |
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| it's not just that encyclopedias have gone from door to door salesmen to clicks. their back end +>> has evolved too.
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if you don't have an inner fifth grader that loves to laugh avoid homestarrunner+>> .
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| most vegas movies are as initially enticing and ultimately unsatisfying as a trip to the city itself. not so this time+>> .
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| what if you only worried about...worrying. |
| 22january04 |
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you haven't hit the fast forward button he really raps like this +>>.
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does your browser have a (dirty) mind of it's own? then it's been hijacked +>> and you can fix it.
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| video +>> as frightening, as fragmented, and as long as a nightmare. |
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| one year after his+>> death the legend gains momentum. |
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22december03 |
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| you remember the space program and you were sure you'd get your chance before you die. close enough+>>
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right click +>> on any word to find its definition or search it in google. without charge, hassle or advertisement.
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| now this year is last year it's a good time to watch this+>>.
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| 22november03 |
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accept this premise: that all music is the reproduction and rearrangement of pre-existing notes. it's just that guys like this +>> reproduce bigger handfuls.
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do you want your computer probed every time its's connected to a file sharing network? the folks at peer guardian +>> don't.
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| what a twenty first century movie +>> should be. |
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22october03 |
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| before they got the urge to do romantic comedies the cohen brother's used to make movies like this+>>
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windows click saver: right click on your task bar, select
toolbars and address. now you can type in a web address without looking for your
browser.
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| for five nights last month suede+>> played each of their albums to sold out, delighted audiences. how many groups would you sit through this for?
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| if it looks like magic, smells like magic, and tastes like magic, its reality. |
| 22september03 |
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computer keeps getting slower? chances are you have a pest+>> and you don't need a new machine.
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the raw food debate +>> shows no signs of heating up soon.
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| forget the hollywood remake, the soviet bureaucracy did a lot better.
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22august03 |
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| your instincts know the facts too. |
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more good music derived from #64 +>>.
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we could all use friends like this+>>.
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| k10k +>>chronicles web design as (graphic) art.
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| for each connection your brain has to the external world it has 1,000 more internal
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| 22july03 |
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maybe you can trick your cholesterol addicted friends into eating something healthy this way. and they +>> do taste great.
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a young jacqueline bissett will distract you from the subtitles +>> but you'll be entertained either way.
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| now you can find elvis, jack nicklaus (working together as detectives), a drunken abe lincoln, and jesus' brothers all on one site +>>.
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| sure it +>> deserved the oscar but wasn't speed racer worth an emmy? |
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summer! now get that tar off +>> your feet.
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all you can ask from an online radio
station+>> - great new music, impressive live sessions, and no commercials.
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| once we can love ourselves we will love each other (submitted
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| is your desktop plastered with junk shortcuts? use the advanced option when
you install software; it's easy and lets you keep control of your computer. |
| 22may03 |
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| this is either the catchiest tune of the year or the best
animation or both+>>. |
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are we really inside+>>
the matrix right now? |
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| it's not just the short fiction (about hum drum english towns), granta's+>>
outside perspective on america is why its worth reading. |
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summer movies not really existential enough? how bout a
game of chess with death+>>
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| a situation becomes a problem the instant you fear it. |
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if you can bear the thought of paying for online information
(acceptance takes time) consider an mlb radio
pass+>>. 20 bucks for every game of the season.
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| cnn doesn't offer much video news on their site but bbc
world+>> does. |
| 22march03 |
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| if a french computer ruled the world and it was a baritone computer and the world was black and white, then certainly it would look a lot like this+>>. |
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you don't have to live near the beach to feel the sensation
of surfing+>>
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elvis costello's been at it for 25 years so that must make
you old enough to enjoy this+>>
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| zerotv+>>
the funniest video images out of milwaukee since laverne and shirley. |
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| life is a verb, when you try to make it a noun you're always disappointed. |
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| barbara stanwyck wasn't that pretty and burt lancaster couldn't really
act. doesn't matter, this
shade of noir+>> covers it all up brilliantly. |
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kurzweil+>> has been a prolific inventor. now he spends most of his
time figuring out a way we can live forever. |
| 22january03 |
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if you liked #27, you'll like this+>>
if you liked #40 you'll like this+>>.
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| in heaven you can speak the truth without hurting anyone. |
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22december02 |
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| every holiday you survive makes you stronger. |
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watching from below, tism+>>
sees american pop culture for what it is: a joke you can dance to.
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| do you keep reading when you don't recognize a word? it only takes one second+>> to change that. |
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| when they advertised this
movie+>> they mistakenly put the words "ben", "kingsley", and "sexy"
together. ignore this and see it. |
| 22november02 |
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| another tv beater: hit the npr
archives+>> for any topic you're interested in, turn up your speakers
and take it in. |
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you're sitting on a small planet circling a small star, in a littler than average galaxy that is a member of a undersized local group of galaxies. so relax.
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| online, on couch - it+>>
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| hot...or not? that is the question. and this
site+>> is the answer to your narcissistic curiosity. |
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with riffs lifted from the stones and titles like "lou weed"
the dandy
warhols+>> owe more than their name to the 1960's. dig it.
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| # 18 goes for (pungent) burping too. |
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| over the course of your life you will spend 6 cumulative days typing "www" and ".com" into internet explorer - if you don't know this: type the name of the
site then the control and enter buttons simultaneously. |
| 22september02 |
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| for the last 10 years the buzzcocks+>
only existed in the sound of green day. now they are touring again, with
spiritual grandchildren, blink 182. |
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why cant a $2,000 computer keep time as well as a $2 clock?
don't ask, just install this+>> |
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it helps to untangle the complex. it hurts to deliberate
the simple.
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| horrendous page design, haphazard navigation and the world's
greatest minds make www.edge.org+>>
wonderful. and yes you have to type in the "www". |
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| you get home after work and feel too tired for subtitles. ok then, watch it+>>
on sabado. |
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cut some slack - whatever a friend has done to hurt you is something she does to herself. only 10 times worse.
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cornershop+>>
just like the beatles would be if they came out today: a little more electronic, funky and ringo would be indian.
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| think popular music is all formulaic? could do better yourself eh? we believe
you but you might want this+>>
for some help. |
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| what's a decade or 2 among friends? the lightning
seeds+>> sound 80s, recorded in the 90s, and are still appreciated in
the 00s. also, they wrote meme 11. |
| 22july02 |
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| how many bitches make it to real icon status?
tantrums and tabloids don't cut it. betty davis in all
about eve +>> does. |
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if you've just farted and someone is approaching your cubicle
warn them. it's difficult but better than pretending nothing happened. |
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email edition+>> is not only a perfectly measured dose of news.
it's one of the last free fixes you'll find online. |
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it's+>>
not carcinogenic or even a very serious eating disorder to substitute this for
every meal. and like the box says, it will will make you thin.
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| odds are you missed the
jam +>>, when they were around. its okay, they weren't that great live.
but their work in the studio may be the best thing you've ever heard. |
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| the real player behaves like an unwelcome guest, leaving reminders of its
visit all over your computer. right click on its symbol in the bottom right corner
of your screen and disable the start center. then use winamp
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brad pitt and a dumb title, you would think it
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this+>>
costs 1/2 as much as a corolla and is sexier than a porsche. the older you are
the better, statistics show that kids are much better at killing themselves with
these things.
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| what if everything you had just made you want more? |
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rather than trying to be a newspaper plastic+>>
plays to the web's strengths and delivers something better.
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face it. lynyrd skynrd is dead, and they took originality
in southern rock with them. enter a3+>>,
known for the soprano's theme song, they have updated the genre to satisfy both
yankees and confederates. (just don't tell anyone that they're english.)
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| do you really need windows at home? microsoft office is totally
compatible with the
mac+>> and the internet is the same. but you can get a much cooler
looking machine and feel like you are at play, not work, the minute you turn it
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| the
3rd man+>> is nearly as good as citizen kane. a trim orson wells sets
his film noir light on post-war vienna, where intrigue is even thicker than the
girth the young genius would eventually reach. |
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| tell your friends when they are good at something. they might
not act like it but they are insatiable for praise. |
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where did frank, dino, and sammy go after the show? straight
to louis
prima's+>> late night act.
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22april02 |
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| wish you could press a button and send something back to
the fools that pop ads all over your screen? until e- electrocution launches try
pressing alt and f4, this will kill the pop-up and save you the mouse hunt for
that little x. |
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| 20 years before your tv became a scumbucket, this
movie+>> predicted everything. and talk about acting - peter finch got
so good at faking heart attacks he stroked out before he could collect his oscar.
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| put one end of this+>>
in your sound card and and the other in your stereo's aux input. play your mp3s
right from your computer and you're finished with cds. |
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| if you're young give an old person a kiss on the cheek. if you're middle aged kiss them on the lips. if you're old
use your tongue. |
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memes: units of cultural information transmitted from one mind
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meme suggestions and comments to
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