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I HATE Santa Fe

2009-10-21T03:21:49Z

Many speak of this town with reverence..it appears to be a haven for art and artists and indeed, has generated some of the best art the US has ever produced.

Bullshit.

Santa Fe is a town of rigid conformity. Civic law demands that no building be over 4 storys tall, and they all must be ADOBE BROWN, even if the buildings are not actually made of ADOBE. The buildings are the same color as the earth around that part of New Mexico. You would think that this would be great..unintrusive human habitation..the result is somewhat different however..what you end up with is a monotonous, monochromatic urban scape.

Everywhere you turn, it's brown. Brown brown brown brown brown. I don't care if I never see that fucking color again, and I was only there 4 days. Growing up there must be a nightmare.

At this time of year it is rather bleak. It's winter, but Santa Fe only gets JUST cold ENOUGH to sustain a few inches of snow which quickly melts and turns everything into mud. BROWN mud. The trees are leafless and bare. You eventually get the feeling you are in one giant mud puddle.

The city boasts a huge number of galleries. For it's size this is true. There really is little else in the way of industry there. Canyon Road is considered the high culture area. The galleries are piled up next to one another, and you quickly learn that they are indistinguishable. Some are folk, some are contemporary, some show ancient artifacts, and some are SOUTHWESTERN. But once you have seen one Pueblo Blanket for 2500 dollars you have seen them all. The street is filled with looky-loos walking up and down..typically white folks in their late 50's.

You cannot swing your arms without hitting a dirty Subaru.

Driving around Santa Fe is an excersice in idiocy. Natrually, the roads are shit.

The people who live there fall into a few basic groups. You have the liberal aging hippie crowd who drone on about what a great city Santa Fe is. They like to wear broaches and native trinkets they pick up at the oh-so-quaint plaza where the indians are exploited for their Kitsch value. You have the cowboys...seriously. In 2004, the age of the industrial feed lot. These fuckers wear cowboy hats and jeans. Reminds you that you are close to Texas. Then there are the indians. Hopi, Adobe, Publo, Navajo, and Assante. They sell cheap trinkets in town or work in one of the BILLION casinos around New Mexico. They appear in post cards in the gift shops too. Lastly, you have the spanish..the last vestiges of european colonialism are evident in the mish mash of native and catholic religion that people practice in the state. They also do the working jobs like construction and garbage collection.

One cool thing though..the Hopi got into a fight with the missionaries a few hundred years ago, and managed to win a battle where they stuck the missionaries heads on stakes and left the church to decay as a monument to the victory. To this day, the Hope forbid anyone from going to this particular church and it decays still. Right on.

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Orange Efing Soda Lovers!!!

2009-06-25T20:26:40Z

I love Orange Soda!!! I'm on a mission to tell the world and rejoice with those who feel the same about orange soda!! Come Join the Orange Soda Tribe!!!!

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Why be an alt ?

2007-07-01T00:40:34Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/post_a_secret
1. Make an alt
2. Post a secret

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Bong Hits for Jesus

2007-03-21T14:54:51Z

Hi There,

Ok I didn't make the banner or take the case to the Supreme Court. But I did start a tribe for discussing the topic. I imagine this is going to generate some wonderful headlines and hopefully some serious discussion regarding Freedom of Speech and our rights as Citizens of the USA.

Please check out my tribe and consider posting topics to it.

tribes.tribe.net/bonghitsforjesus

Also I am accepting everyone as a friend (so if you are looking to up your friends count...)

Thank you,

Peace

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Hello....

2006-11-08T23:19:24Z

seasons greetings.Are we the biggest tribe yet? :-)
Will we be? :-)
who likes me so far?
wanna be my friends?
join my tribe....heh
pleeeeease...
:-)

and,I'll like you.......:-)

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Felonious Social Security Fraud to be Rewarded

2006-05-22T02:12:43Z

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Ensign Amdt. No. 3985 )
The Senate voted 50-49 in favor to table an amendment to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, which would have prevented illegals from claiming social security benefits they had obtained through illegal work done using fake social security numbers. Below is the breakdown. What are your thoughts on this subject? This is not Heated Debate, so let's be civil and thinking folks on this one.

Vote Number: 130 Vote Date: May 18, 2006, 12:50 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 3985 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 )
Statement of Purpose: To reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity.
Vote Counts: YEAs 50
NAYs 49
Not Voting 1

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How many people clicked on you?!

2006-05-17T19:46:56Z

Wondering how many people have viewed your profile... sort of a goofy question I know, but I've always wondered what gives certain people TONS of views, and others hardly any. I assume women are going to have more views than men, and avatar choice/name choice must have a lot to do with it as well. Start posting and we'll see!

Views: 2174
(Click on My Tribe at the top left hand corner of your screen, and look next to My Profile on the side bar)

Joined on: 3/28/04
(Click on the 'Hi, [username]!' button on the top right, and look just below your main photo)

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Help stop the clubbing of 300,000 seals by the Canadian govt in March

2006-05-03T14:32:11Z

go to veganesh photos for picture of
Canada's natural resources minister John Efford in a fulllength
seal coat stating that he would like to see 6 million seals slaughtered
in Canada.

Canada is better than the US in abolition of the death penalty, peacemaking,
opening borders to the suffering. Canada and the US compete over selling
the flesh of cows and dead trees.

Please stop the worldwide boycott of Canada by ending the seal hunt..
ended 30 years ago in other countries.

The government of Canada
can stop the planned clubbing
of 300,000 seals in March. Canadians have strongly opposed the violence of
war, of state murder or execution. Canadians have always opened their
hearts to suffering immigrants.

Stop The Clubbing Murder Next Month of 300,000 Seals

Please do these steps to achieve
victory.

www.harpseals.org
www.protectseals.org
www.boycott-canada.com/
www.seashepherd.org/news/med...13_1.html
www.greenpeace.org/usa
www.ifaw.org
news108.forumup.org in Action Alerts

3. Call talk shows. Write letters to
the editor.

4. Pray

5. See the action list at protectseals.org

6. View the video of sealclubbing
hear the agonized sounds
.. in a video narrated by Martha
Stewart
www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp

CALL NETWORK AND LOCAL TALK SHOWS
CANADA
7. Contact cbc.ca/aih
Phone - Talkback:
416-205-3331

Phone - Office number:
416-205-2600

Fax:
416-205-2639

Mail:
As It Happens
Box 500 Station A
Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6

Courier address:
205 Wellington Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3G7

E-Mail:
aih@toronto.cbc.ca
US
Jerry Springer 1 877 34 JERRY
NPR 1 800 989 8255 Talk of Nation 2 to 4 PM
Diane Rehm Show 1 800 433 8850 10 to 12

9. Contact Canadian businesses
by email

10c Niagara Falls Canadian Side
www.infoniagara.com/contact.html

10d Montreal tourism
www.tourisme-montreal.org/B2C/0...lt.asp

11.
www.hsus.org/web-files/S...eFeb2006.pdf
Please print out this brochure
on recycled paper
and have businesses sign it

12. Stop eating meat and fish
for your sake, the animals', and
to remove any connection
to the greed for fish of
Canadian seal clubbers
and Japanese and Norwegian
and Icelandic and Inuit whalers

14. Know the history:

Seal clubbing ended in the US
in the 70's...

Public Outrage Forces Ban on Vessel-Based Seal Hunting
Not until the 1980s did inhumane seal hunting practices, including clubbing and shooting of baby “whitecoat” harp seals, begin to foment public outrage.

the European Parliament banned the import of baby harp seal pelts from Canada in 1984. Meanwhile, the Britain-based (IFAW) called for a boycott of all Canadian seafood that same year. These actions forced the Canadian government to ban vessel-based seal hunting in Canadian waters (although land-based seal hunting was still allowed),

Recently Greenland has banned
the import of Canadian seal pelts

The government of Greenland
has banned the import of Canadian
seal pelts.

15. Stop the red ice. Expose the Newfoundland fur and fish
industry money which is causing Canadian moles to
invade the animal rights fora of the world.

16. Expose the role of the NY Times, Boston Globe,
Chicago Sun, LA Times, Fox and
other warmonger media in
mongering the pelts of these
butchered creatures and of other animals dying in traps or factory farms
so that their skins can be ripped off of them. Media has tried to obscure the role
of furriers and focus only on the fishermen in assigning blame.

17. Email this release or your release to every radio, tv, animal rights
group and business in Canada and around the world.

18. Bypass warjocks on talk radio to talk to their audiences. Call C Span etc.

19.
Post articles encouraging Canadians to oppose the clubbing
at
mr.open-publishing.be/featur...._Island/
hamilton.indymedia.org
mr.open-publishing.be/featur....abrador/
ottawa.indymedia.ca
vancouver.indymedia.org
winnipeg.indymedia.org
alberta.indymedia.org'
ontario.indymedia.ca
quebec.indymedia.org
montreal.indymedia.org
thunderbay.indymedia.org
windsor.indymedia.org
maritimes.indymedia.org
mr.open-publishing.be/feature..._Scotia/

20. Consider your own special action.

21.worldanimalnet.org/new.asp
contact maritime animal organizations listed at the above link

22. contact favorable media

23. For Americans only: www.zazzle.com/hsus special 'protect seals' stamps
from USPS

24. Senator Carl Levin has worked to stop the seal clubbing (God help him stop
the bombing of animals and people in Iraq and Afghanistan)

from Shantaram on another board:

Seals posting by Shantaram
Quote:
Quote:
The
Canadian Government PAYS to have over three hundred thousand baby harp
seals clubbed and skinned alive per year. When the seal hunters
slaughtered 30,000 seals over their quota, did the Canadian Government
punish them? No Way! They just raised the quota. Canadian Government
ice breakers even help seal hunting vessels get through the ice to
where the seal herds are, free of charge. In December, 2003,
National Resources Minister John Efford attended his first cabinet
meeting flaunting a thigh length seal coat, boasting how the seals were
hunted in Newfoundland, adding, "I think it's a great industry in
Newfoundland. I've promoted it for years and years." This follows the
pattern he's stuck to since the 1990's. In 1998 he said, "I would like
to see the six million seals, or whatever number is out there, killed
and sold, or destroyed or burned. I do not care what happens to them.
The more they kill, the better I will love it." It's great that Canada
has put such a concerned environmentalist and conservationist in charge
of natural resources nationally.

Year after year Canadian fishermen
have said 'screw you' to the rest
of the world. It's time to show
them where the power lies.

God who indwells all beings... all of us have in some way
harmed Your innocents through eating them, stealing their
milk and eggs, through driving on them, through neglecting them
or other.
We ask a firefall of Your grace to end now and forever
this savage clubbing or Your beloved seals and to end now and forever
all violence to any being.

www.negativepositive.org/sealcoat.htm

Minister flaunts sealskin coat
Irks animal rights groups with pro-seal hunt stance

Kate Jaimet
Ottawa Citizen; CanWest News Services

Sunday, December 14, 2003
Natural Resources Minister John Efford wears a sealskin coat as he talks to reporters after attending a cabinet meeting at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday.

CP

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister John Efford attended his first cabinet meeting Saturday wearing a sealskin coat and was promptly clubbed down by animal rights activists.

"They were hunted off Newfoundland ... and the coat was made in St. John's," Efford said, as he proudly modelled the silver-grey, thigh-length jacket. "I think it's a great industry in Newfoundland. I've promoted it for years and years."

Rebecca Aldworth, seal campaigner for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, condemned the minister's fashion choice.

"It's in very bad taste," said Aldworth, whose group numbers two million members worldwide. "He's promoting the largest and cruelest slaughter of marine mammals in the world."

Since the time he was Newfoundland's fisheries minister in the 1990s, Efford has been one of the brashest boosters of the commercial seal hunt, blaming seals for eating millions of tonnes of fish.

Efford butted heads with the IFAW in 1998, when he was seeking to have Ottawa increase the allowable seal cull, while activists went on a high-profile campaign to shut the hunt down.

"I would like to see the six million seals, or whatever number is out there, killed and sold, or destroyed or burned. I do not care what happens to them," Efford said in the Newfoundland House of Assembly on May 4, 1998. "The more they kill, the better I will love it."

Efford won his battle against the IFAW, and the seal cull has increased steadily since the 1990s. This year, Ottawa announced the largest seal quota ever, allowing 975,000 animals to be harvested over the next three years.

Still, animal rights groups are fighting back. In June this year, the U.S. Humane Society took out an ad in the New York Times calling on American tourists to boycott Canada. In November, 159 members of the British House of Commons signed a resolution condemning the seal hunt. And just two weeks ago, nine U.S. senators backed a resolution calling on Ottawa to stop the "cruel and needless" hunt.

"I'm surprised that John Efford's been included in the cabinet. As far as we're concerned, he's an embarrassment," said Andrew Plumbly, director of the Montreal-based animal rights group Global Action Network. "The fact of the matter is that the seal hunt has given Canada a black eye internationally."

Efford said he'll continue to wear his coat and support the sealing industry despite the protests.

---------------

CBC News
Green organizer quits over seal hunt opposition Tue, 06 Dec 2005 www.cbc.ca/story/canada...006/national/ 2005/12/06/elxn-green-sealhunt.html

An organizer for the Green party in Newfoundland and Labrador has resigned because of the party's opposition to sealing.

Lori-Ann Martino, who was a candidate in Labrador riding in the 2004 federal election, says she cannot abide the party's opposition to a commercial seal hunt.

"This is a terrible strategy," said Martino, who feels the Green party is attempting to recruit voters who are morally opposed to the seal hunt but may not be informed about it.

Grace's comment:
As she stomps away in her seal skin boots. Good by to bad rubbish.

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The Hypocrisy of the Canadian Government

The Canadian government has been making plenty of accusations against
seal defenders. They have even gone so far as to fabricate lies that
they actually then appear to believe.

For example, Canadian Minister of Natural Resources John Efford debated
Captain Paul Watson on the seal slaughter in April.

Captain Watson was on his ship at sea off the coast of Newfoundland and
Efford was at his desk in Ottawa.

Efford is the former Newfoundland Minister of Fisheries who publicly
has advocated the extermination of the seals.

During the debate, Efford was not interested in talking science or
facts concerning the seal hunt. He did not want to talk about seals at
all. Instead he accused Captain Watson of raising millions of dollars
and stuffing it in offshore bank accounts. He then called Captain
Watson a coward for refusing to debate him.

Captain Watson said that he had never refused to debate the Minister
and demanded that Efford set a time and place and he would meet him
there. Efford ignored the challenge and went on to talk about how seal
defenders were gorging themselves on lamb and veal on the Farley Mowat
while protesting the killing of seals and called the hunt opponents
hypocrites.

When Captain Watson pointed out that the Farley Mowat was a vegan ship
and meat and fish were not served in the ship's galley, Efford
plucked ignored that response and immediately plucked another
fabrication from his propaganda kit. Captain Watson also demanded that
the Minister produce evidence before making accusations of hoarding
money in offshore accounts. "Do you think," said Captain Watson to
Efford, "that it is responsible for a Federal Minister to be making
unsubstantiated accusations?

Efford refused to answer.

It was a bizarre debate. What struck Captain Watson about Efford is
that he appeared to actually believe everything he was saying.

Captain Watson pointed out that Sea Shepherd finances were an open book
and that the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was not a wealthy
organization. In fact it is a rather small organization with fewer than
one million dollars in contributions annually and most of the budget is
spent on the operation of our ships.

Captain Watson also pointed out that it was interesting that such bogus
accusations were being made by a Minister of the most scandal ridden
and corrupt government in Canadian history. Canadians knew what Captain
Watson was referring to without him having to explain the details.

For non-Canadians, this is a little primer on the current elected
members of the Canadian government.

Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 300
employees and has the following statistics:

30 have been accused of spousal abuse.
9 have been arrested for fraud,
14 have been accused of writing bad cheques.
95 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses.
4 have done time for assault.
55 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit.
12 have been arrested on drug related charges.
4 have been arrested for shoplifting.
16 are currently defendants in lawsuits.
62 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year.

Such is the record of the 301 Members of the Canadian Parliament.

This same Parliament unanimously endorses the annual slaughter of
seals. In other words we can find 62 drunk drivers in the Parliament of
Canada and not one compassionate defender of seals. One third of all
Members of Parliament have bankrupted a business and now are in charge
of managing Canadian resources including the fisheries.

The statistics listed above do not even include the $100 million
Canadian Unity slush fund that the Liberal government of Canada used to
pay bribes and provide "incentives" for Liberal members of
Parliament, including shopping sprees for the wife of former Prime
Minister Jean Chretien.

The good news is that The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul
Martin is not expected to survive next week's vote of confidence on
the Canadian budget. It looks like there will be a Canadian Federal
election this summer. The bad news is that the same group of losers may
all get re-elected. Why because the government of Canada simply does
not attract people with the education, skills and talent to hold down a
real job.

However, the election will be an opportunity to see where the
candidates stand on the issue of killing seals.

Of all the political parties in Canada only the Federal Green Party has
a policy of opposition to the seal hunt.

Captain Paul Watson said, "I am not speaking for Sea Shepherd because
this is a political issue but I am speaking as a Canadian when I say
that Canadians should not contribute to or support pro-sealing
candidates and should encourage those candidates who are prepared to
oppose this obscenity that has given Canada such a bad reputation
around the world."

Paul Watson elaborated by saying, "I know that governments should not
be elected or defeated on single issues but the seal slaughter is an
issue that reflects the morality of the candidates involved. What kind
of person could endorse the senseless, cruel clubbing of helpless baby
seals? The answer is the same type of person who abuse their spouses,
write bad checks, drive under the influence, commit assault and fraud
and run businesses into the ground - in other words, the
irresponsible and egotistical Parliamentary members who have so
shamefully sold out Canada to line their own pockets at the expense of
the people and the nation. These are not the kind of people we need
protecting our forests, our fisheries, our wilderness and the economy.
Unfortunately these are the kind of people we've got. It's time to
throw the bums out and bring in more responsible and more compassionate
people with integrity and a sense of responsibility to the future.
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Deadly Virus

2006-02-08T06:01:28Z

Don't open any "Life is beautiful" Email..!

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7th Annual Women's Belly and Womb Conference

2005-10-11T18:15:09Z

I am ALisa and I am writing to you today from Massachusetts. For the last seven years about a 100 women a year come dressed in red to honor our belly and womb in multitudes of ways. Brothers, please let the women know if you choose. It is an awesome way for the women to viscerally honor themselves.
There is among other things, belly dancing (some tribal style this year), belly healing, belly painting, belly communication, belly singing, belly honoring. I am the organizer and for the last seven years I also founded Priestess Path Apprenticeship on the East Coast, Women in Power and Daughters of the Earth Gathering. This year it happens on November 5th in Massachusetts.

I am among many things your sister, a dancer, a singer, ceremonialist and women's empowerment trainer since my early twenties. Tomorrow is my 46th birthday. What matters to me right now is the state of the world and women's power in relationship to what is next on our planet, carrying out the visions that come through me, and knowing that we can enact outrageous beautiful ceremonies that liberate and reshape our future. Needless to say, I have a great life in this realm because women are amazing as you know. If you don't know, come hang out with more amazing women and they will mirror your own beauty back. Right? You don't need a conference for that however. We are everywhere!

The Women's Belly and Womb Conference was a vision from my first firewalk. After walking about eighty times over the coals and being under the full moon in the snow, I had a vision that we must gather as women and truly honor our shared stories of our bellies and wombs as well as activating our power here.

If women come the night before we have both bellydancing as well as Sheri Winston's, The Maps of the Clitoris (fascinating actually) and the opening of a live Red Tent. I've been very busy this year including recording a CD of my belly chants that I named Women Rise Up. Shawna Carol will be here too, recording artist of Goddess Chant. Pass the word if you can because we actually could use these kind of days for women all over our planet. Many blessings to each of you. Keep the magic of our bellies alive, awake and sacred. Oh yes, if you want to check out more go to members.aol.com/alisastar/BellyWombConf2005.html
Many blessings, ALisa

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Is Tribe.net Dead?!

2005-10-10T05:24:56Z

Helloo..? *helloo..?*
Echo!! *echo..*

There has been ZERO activity on tribe for close to a week. WTF?!

Thoughts..? Anyone?

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Those stupid yellow wristbands

2005-10-09T00:50:25Z

Is the colored bracelet the "aids ribbon" of the new millenium? It started with that Lance Armstrong "Live Strong" yellow bracelet that every trendy corporate WHORE wears..and now there are a bunch of different colored ones for different causes.

I have no problem with the cause of fighting cancer. Or aids. Or diabetes..or whateverthefuck. I have a problem with corporate attempts to seem concerned about society. They are not...Nike is behind the LIVE STRONG campaign...like they care about human suffering. Yellow armband or not, they build their overpriced crap in third world sweatshops, using child labor. They put Americans out of jobs to get that bargain, and they didn't even have the courtesy to pass those savings onto the consumer. Now they pretend they give a shit about life!

Or Revlon and it's Run For Life breast cancer pr event. I guess they care about life....life is sacred..unless you are a rabbit or dog, in which case you are vivesected in their labs. And we KNOW they love women..after all, they profited for years by keeping women painting their faces in patriarchal conformity with notions of beauty.

Hey, we all know corporations are liars.

But how about the cattle who wear them? Cause-as-fashion-statement. I garuntee you that 90% of the peons wearing the wristbands are doing it out of peer pressure and fashion. Few probably even know what the fuck the cause IS. It's more important to LOOK like you care than to ACTUALLY care.

If the money spent on the illegal, agressive war in Iraq were spent on breast cancer, it would probably be cured by now.

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New Coffee-House in MI

2005-10-03T20:01:07Z

Hi all,

We've started a Yahoo Group for the purpose of gathering support and interest in an independent coffee house we plan to open in the northern suburbs of Metro-Detroit, Michigan. The group description is as follows:

"This group is for any and all individuals with the vision and desire to see a truly unique independent coffee house and rare/hard to find/used book-store open in eastern-central Oakland County."

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boundandgrounds/

If you are interested, or even just curious, please check it out.

Key differences between our coffee-house and many corporate chains will include, but are not limited to:
- in-store roasting
- custom blended teas/ herbal infusions
- nonproprietary techniques; we plan to hold classes in home-roasting and tea blending
- the inclusion of a rare/used book store
- regular open-mike poetry, local bands/musicians, and game
tournaments
- design and wall space given to local artisans; we hope to allow gallery space for special viewings of photo, print/painting, jewelry, and small sculpture; artists may chose to sell their work through our location
- a desire to foster a feeling of community.

Our mission statement places high priority on making this a place where the customers feel like regulars, and the regulars feel that they have a say in the way we do business.

We look forward to seeing many of you there.

Yours in the bean,
Jaime and Adam Magy

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Hi new here!!

2005-09-09T23:09:52Z

I was off tribe fir a while now I am back ... HELLO !!!!

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hey really big tribe!

2005-08-26T23:46:47Z

holy cow! so i just created a private tribe that i'm trying to make the biggest private tribe possible. anyone here interested in joining, send me a pm and i'll gladly invite you!

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When Celebrities Pretend to Care

2005-08-24T20:44:39Z

Well, Live 8 is over. The star-studded extravaganza to “raise awareness” of poverty in Africa, scheduled to coincide with the G8 summit in Gleneagles, a meeting of representatives of the 8 largest economies in the world.

What did Geldorf, Bono, McCartney, et al. accomplish?

They probably put on some good shows. They gave the establishment media an orgy of celebrity coverage. They rubbed shoulders with well-heeled fans (not the little people) and paid small fortunes to members of the hospitality industry in Scotland. They may have even made some of their audiences aware that Africa is an oozing, festering sore.

But what did they do for Africa? Frank Cudjoe, of the organization Imani: The Center for Humane Education in Ghana, says,” Highlighting the problems of Africa is a noble thing, but beyond that, stars' solutions to the problems are suspect." Cudjoe believes that the proposals put forth by the celebrities at Live 8 only help prop up corrupt governments. According to the Sunday Times of London:

“The £20m it [Live 8] raises will go not on poverty but on itself. Not a penny will go to Africa. Indeed a potential fundraising opportunity, which might at least have bought a planeload of anti-Aids drugs, has become an exhibition of high-tech media co-ordination and a celebrity fiesta. Geldof has given up on money. He rephrases Lennon’s ‘All you need is love’ as ‘All you need is awareness’. “

I have already written about why debt forgiveness for Africa is a bad idea; I won’t rehash it. I’d like to take it down a level. Let’s look at what went on at Live 8 and what goes on in the celebrities lives.

The day of the performance, while millions in Africa do not know where their next meal is coming from, or whether they will even have a next meal, the stars were served an opulent buffet which included filet mignon and lobster. Luxury hotels for miles around were sold out – hotels that cost up to $500 per room per night. Brad Pitt acted pissy about not having a private dressing room, while hundreds of thousand of non-Muslims in Darfur are homeless because of ethnic and religious persecution. Sir Paul McCartney threw a tantrum because soccer star Beckham’s wife first missed his opening performance, and then flitted off to talk to some other celeb.

Actually, McCartney probably is the best example of what these celebrities are really about. When his dead wife, Linda, a US citizen, died after living in the UK for 30 years, McCartney spent several hundreds of thousands of dollars to get her sizeable estate (approximately US$300,000,000) probated in New York, rather than pay the 40% death tax demanded by the Exchequer of the Crown. You see, it’s all about money, power, and fame. Celebrities like those at Live 8 are just like any other business. They know a good publicity op when they see one and will do anything they need to in order to exploit the opportunity.

I’m tired of wieners like Bono telling me what I need to be doing. What is he doing? How many African orphans has he adopted? How sacrificially has he given to charity? How many young students has he opened his house up to?

I will have to admit that I may have to backtrack on my opinion of Geldof’s intellect. When asked what he really thought Africa needed, he responded, “Read Adam Smith.” I hope that was a heartfelt sentiment. As we have seen throughout modern history, collectivism in its many forms (fascism, socialism, communism, etc.) is a murderous system. Free enterprise would do more for Africa than the $500 billion handed to it since 1965. It will do more than the $40 billion in proposed debt relief. In my opinion, if any more aid or debt relief is allotted to Africa, it needs to have heavy strings attached in the form of democratic elections, free trade, and social liberty for all ethnicities and religions. But this is not the overwhelming message coming from Live 8. No, Live 8, for the most part, was all about taking from the “rich” (read: hard-working taxpayers in countries with relatively free economies) and giving to the “poor” (read: corrupt, despotic regimes who don’t care that their own people are starving). I can just see Robert Mugabe laughing all the way to his Swiss bank.

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The Meatrix

2005-08-24T20:35:28Z

http://www.themeatrix.com

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Zombies made real!

2005-08-09T23:53:04Z

http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm

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Concentration test for men

2005-07-27T17:42:52Z

http://www.gjk2.com/test/test.swf

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HAPPY

2005-07-05T01:14:20Z

Happy Independence Day weekend everyone!
It's my hope that you have a safe and sane one!

:)

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When Corporations Pretend to Care

2005-07-01T12:06:25Z

Never be fooled by a brand wrapped in a cloak of social concern.

Take the current "Revlon Walk for Life" promotion in which they organize a marathon, the proceeds going to breast cancer research. What could POSSIBLY be wrong with that? Breast cancer is a serious concern...who would dare complain?

Me. I would complain. While I like money going to breast cancer research, I don't think for a minute that Revlon genuinely gives a shit about breast cancer. To them, "Breast Cancer" is a marketing opportunity..a chance to associate their name with the moral highground, appealing to the growning demographic of 18 to 35 year old women concerned about such issues. Brand Mapping on the socially concerned side of the tracks. Might get them a tax break too.

Like any corporation, Revlon is amoral. What matters is money. It really chaps my hide to see such companies cheapen social concern for brand appeal while committing atrocious acts at the gritty end of their production line. Revlon experiments on animals, including dogs. This isn't experiments designed to fight breast cancer, they are designed to see if their makeup's chemicals burn skin.

Then there's The Body Shop. Although they used to put "Not Tested On Animals" stickers on their products, they bought the ingredients from contractors who did the animal testing FOR them. Thank god for class action! Now they say "Against Animal Testing"..as if that were meaningful in any objective way. It is corporate epiphany marketing, describing philosophy as logo.

Or Nike....they were the power behind those faddish yellow wristbands that say "Live Strong". They are possibly the LEAST concerned with human life of any company out there. How can they claim to be concerned about suffering and cancer when THEY RUN SWEATSHOPS???? Fucking children are putting their crap together in indonsesia, people are dying from heat prostration in their columbo factory, and they make a couple of yellow wristbands to show fattned Americans that they care.

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just invested in...

2005-06-28T04:40:39Z

a canon digital camera today. sure it put me in debt to the tune of 1000 bucks, but i figure it is a small price to pay to get my freelance career up and running.

and it's so much fun to play with!

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graveyard shift

2005-06-12T17:20:26Z

who here works the graveyard shift or is normally up till 7AM most nights?

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crazy customer service people

2005-06-09T04:00:27Z

okay, so i called webnutrition, the company through which i ordered a supplement on amazon, because i had gotten a recent e-mail indicating that they were trying to make another transaction.

when i called this girl answered, and i went into explaining my purchase process and then the e-mail i received, to see if i could find an answer. i was polite because i know how crazy customers can get in customer service, and i wanted to be considerate.

she was angry from the start, trying to argue with me, talking down to me, and asking me what my problem was. i finally got frustrated with her tone and bitchiness and said, "you have a really bad attitude right now, so i'm gonna need you to chill out a little"

her response: "excuse me. you are not my mother and you are not my boss. i don't have to take that kind of abuse from you. i don't have to be nice to you, i just represent this company. don't you ever talk to me like that again." *CLICK*

that's right! she hung up on me, for no real reason. i called back, and a man answered. the dialogue went as follows:

me: "one of the women representatives i just spoke with was incredibly rude to me."

rep guy: "oh, the girl you were cursing at?" (in a hostile tone).

me: "excuse me? no, i was not cursing at her."

rep guy: "i work just two cubicles down from her and she told me you called her a fucking bitch. (in hostile tone still)

WHAT THE CRAP?!!!!

i was working on my stories for the week, just called to ask a simple question and had a bunch of my time wasted, because some stupid girl that works at a call center in new jersey is out of her damn mind!

long story short, i got her name and complained to the manager, who said he would review the tapes and reprimand her (what about fire her?), but i will never get that time back.

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READ ME!

2005-06-01T19:39:02Z

HELLO EVERYONE! :-)

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intense frustration

2005-05-27T00:22:34Z

argh! i'm so frustrated! i like this guy, and i shouldn't. i don't want to like him, but i can't help thinkin about him all the time and replaying these fantasies where we are alone and we finally kiss. but this is all after constant frustration and giving up over my attempt to decipher his signals.

why can i not turn this crush off?

get out of my head! get out, get out, get out!

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Porn name

2005-05-11T03:07:08Z

http://pornname.tribe.net/

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Orange!

2005-05-09T22:40:56Z

do you like orange? here's a tribe for you: team ORANGE at http://teamorange.tribe.net

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Reasons to hate Starbucks

2005-05-01T17:06:23Z

There are many reasons to hate Starbucks. For one thing, the coffee tastes like shit..but that's just my opinion.

There is the "Fair Trade" Coffee issue, which Starbucks remains totally silent on. You see, to get that 5 dollar Starbucks coffee from plant to your cup requires all kinds of middlemen between here and Columbia. Or Sumatra. Or Guatemala....the worst of them are the buyers who deal directly with the farmers. They are known as "cyotes" and have a habit of ripping off the farmer by lying to them about the market prices..and looping them into deceptive contracts.

To counter this, a few organizations have sprung up which support collectives of farmers..these are called "fair trade" groups and they pay the farmers in the collective more than the lowest possible price. Some of the profits are turned into education and medical programs.

Starbucks wants none of this, of course. It refuses to sell fair trade coffee and will continue to do so until the marketing department realizes it's a good idea.

But that's just one issue..what bugs me most about Starbucks is the "Semiotics of Intellectualism" they have perfected, fooling even strong liberals into beliving the atmosphere inside a starbucks is a bastion of artsy thought and freedom.

Starbucks is like McDonalds in it's corporate policy of uniformity among individual stores. They want a customer who lives in St. Louis to be able to go into a Starbucks in San Diego and feel right at home. This policy is anti-thetical to the original atmosphere of coffee-houses past that they are exploiting.

There was indeed a time when coffee houses WERE centers of liberal arts movements..poetry readings, new bands, public awareness campaigns, and untold numbers of heated poltical conversations. Back then, no coffee house was the same. None belonged to a chain. The mainstream conservatives thought such places were a threat, which meant that they were serving their purpose.

Starbucks swooped in and killed them all. That's it's policy. When seeking out a new location, Starbucks picks a corner with a successful coffeehouse already on it and moves in across the street. Sometimes it buys out the place. It doesn't always work though..for some coffeehouses manage to hold on due to NOT CHARGING 5 BUCKS A COFFEE.

I wandered into a Starbucks early yesterday morning..my first foray into such a place in years. I say the "semiotics of intellectualism" everywhere. They were advertising Elvis Costello CD's, and mixed Jazz CD's...they were selling New York Times papers.....what a deceptive trick. Jazz discs or not, it's a corporate enterprise run by white collar cubical slaves far away. It really doesn't take much to fool a suburban liberal who swoons for coffee stink and acid jazz. Peel away the promo cd's and it's all corporate boilerplate.

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Showin' luv for Napoleon - Heck Yes!

2005-04-27T17:00:40Z

Article about the Dynamite Craze - Best Article Ever

http://www.FlowFeel.com

Pretty much the best i know...

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Teach at CELLspace!!!

2005-04-24T04:08:33Z

CELLspace is a volunteer-based collaborative art center which fosters community through art and education, performance and community building. Through cooperative relationships and multi-disciplinary programs, we encourage the celebration of intergenerational and cross-cultural collaborations.

CELL, (Collectively Explorative Learning Labs), offers communal art workshops and learning labs in a variety of artistic mediums. Our 10,000 square foot facility serves as an arts incubator, enabling emerging Bay Area artists to create, develop, exhibit, and perform new work in an affordable, cooperative, and collaborative environment.

We are currently seeking creative individuals to teach during our Summer (June-August) season, and potentially continue with us for following seasons.

See the following list of classes and send your resume to classes@CELLspace.org
For more information about CELLspace visit www.CELLspace.org
(Deadline: Wednesday the 20th of April)

List of CELLspace Classes, June- August

*Painting (intro and advanced techniques using oils,
acrylics, tempura and water on various traditional and
non-traditional surfaces.

*Drawing (intro and advanced, using non-traditional
techniques, such as including the use of a projector
for making large banners)

*Public (Guerilla) Art (silk-screening on cloth and
paper, stenciling, wheatpaste and banner making,
large puppet/ figure making, muralism and spray
painting).

* Traditional/ Cultural Art (inc: Cartoneria (using paper
and recycled materials), pi?ata making, Mexican tin +
copper stamping + carving, Mihndi(henna paint),
origami, African mask making, lithography, etching,
linocut,woodcut...etc).

*Maille (Chain mail) (inc. clothing/ armor, inlays,
jewelry, bags,... ).

*Costumes (inc: wings, clothing, masks, using beads
for clothing and jewelry,latex clothing...).

*DIY Classes (book binding, papermaking, gifts, bags,
etc. Integrated class focusing on DIY craft
techniques for creating goods)

*Art Therapy (inc. all forms of artistic mediums
developed by an experienced art therapist/ healer)

*DIY Musical Instruments (inc. glass goblets, Poor
Lady's Gamelan, percussion devices using miniature
mics, spoons, washboards, bass instruments, etc.)

*Music Classes (for not as popular instruments, such
as: the theramin, singing saw, harmonica,accordion
and more).

*Dance Classes (inc. Flamenco, Salsa, Hooping …'''')

*Film Classes (history of film and different genres,
global films, documentaries...)

*Exercise, Kick Boxing, Karate, Jujitsu, Tai Chi and
Self Defense

*Traditional Global Recipes (focus on peasant-scrap
food centered, inc. component on nutrition and
health).

*Veggie/ Vegan Dishes (focus on affordability,
nutrition and health).

*Healing Foods (inc: herbs, ointments, potions,
concoctions, tonics, tinctures...etc)

*Bartending (exotic drinks from around the world, using
affordable alcohol and ingredients).

*Meditation (focus on healing).

*Yoga

*Alternative Parenting Classes (Meeting the Child
Development credit meeting court requirements).

*Metal Welding: (intro, inter, adv.)

*Wire Sculpture

*Metal w/ Inert Gas ( aka wire-feed welding)

*Furniture Renovation (working with found, discarded
and recycled pieces).

*Woodcarving

*Stone Carving

*Sculpting with Cernit (no oven required clay)

*Quema de Judas (Burning Giants).

*Wax sculpting/ Candle making

*Theater History and Performance (influences: Teatro
Campesino, Agusto Boal, Paulo Freire...)

*Puppetry

*Creative Writing

*Cultural Studies (Chican@ / Latin American, African
American, Asian American, Middle Eastern American,
Filipino American and Native American
with heavy focus on Arts, Film, Theater, Literature).

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food fight

2005-04-16T23:05:54Z

just got covered in all kinds of food for my friend's film.

he wanted to set a huge food fight to music.

i think the best part will be when my one guy says happy birthday to the other guy, then slams him in the face with a birthday cake.

i will never get the chance to get that covered in food again.

or will i?

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wonders cease, and start up again

2005-04-16T22:55:42Z

http://losangeles.tribe.net/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/tribe?page=1&currentoffset=4&parentid=53771c46-797a-4fa1-8157-1a315584d562&sortby&rows&r=10025

THOSE FRENCH GUYS SURE DO GIVE UP A LOT

I hear the french also drive on parkways and park on driveways!!!! What is up with that!?!

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Keren Ann

2005-04-16T00:27:34Z

I just discovered her music. She sings a mixture of French chanson and folk/blues sound. It is awesome.

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independent woman played by kittens

2005-03-18T01:28:29Z

it's been around for a while but i still like it!

http://www.rathergood.com/independent_woman/

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new tribe - have your cake and eat it too

2005-03-16T01:13:17Z

screw choices, i want it all!

http://haveyourcake.tribe.net/

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Dodge Trucks Exposed...

2005-03-15T23:28:55Z

http://california.tribe.net/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/person?page=1&currentoffset=0&parentid=01712bc2-6bba-4e19-99af-816615f91c6b&sortby&rows&r=10513

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found this on another tribe...

2005-03-15T23:26:37Z

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

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Illegal Downloading

2005-03-15T18:25:32Z

I am split on this issue....

On the one hand, there are thousands of people who's living depends on making a profit from produced entertainment products..it's not just actors or rock stars, it's sound engineers and the clerks at the video stores too.

But I have a friend who works for Warner Music. He says that from song writing to manufacturing and retailing a music CD, it only costs Warner about 5 bucks per CD. The retailer can mark that up by 2 dollars to cover all costs making it viable to sell a CD for 7 dollars. Yet, most new CD's are in the 20 dollar range because they feel the market can bare it and they are greedy..so the profit margin is HUGE all along the way. This mark up is why Jessica Simpson can afford a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for doing little more than making noises infront of a microphone.

Movies are a little different, but not much. It might cost 200 million for a standard hollywood production, and if the film makes 10 million in profit, all the people who helped make the movie and all promotion is covered EXCEPT the celebs, who can ask for 20 million plus in pay all by themselves. When theaters charge 12.50 per ticket, you only need perhaps a 200 theaters nation wide and 500 world wide showing the film for 3 weeks, then moderate rentals of the DVD or video for 6 months following theatrical release to make that money.

What I am saying is that in a free market, it's not the producers who should dictate the nature of the market, but the consumers.

Production companies complaining about internet technology and trying to kill it in the courts are a bit like buggy makers in 1905, trying to stop the production of the automobile because it hurt them. You either change to fit the market or die..those are the rules. Unfortuneately, producers don't see it that way and rather than change the nature of their work to fit the market, they are asking the government to force the market to remain static..in order to protect their stupidly inflated mark-ups.

They should be doing at least one of two things...1) develop interent distribution that they can profit from instead of protecting old fashioned per/unit production or 2) be dropping these huge margins so that their products are competitively priced..attracting sales and customers away from illegal downloading. This might mean Tom Hanks only gets 4 million per pic instead of 30 million..and people will go to the movies to get out of the house and eat popcorn more readily for a fee of 7 dollars instead of 12.

My father in law puts it this way: "I bought the Beatles White Album back in 1968 when it was new..then I had to buy it again in 77 for the 8 Track..then I bought it again in 85 on cassette, then I bought it AGAIN in 97 on CD..I am NOT FUCKING BUYING IT AGAIN!!" He paid the mark up several times over..it's been the customer who has bore the brunt of techonolgical change, not the producers....until now that is.

It's hard to feel sorry for entertainment companies. After all, they are the ones who really screw the artists. They loop hungry young artists into binding contracts in which they take the lions share of the price gouging and absolutely control the content of the art..making nothing but market safe pap. God only knows how much good art has been kaiboshed by record company excecs afraid of trying something new. And successful artists are hard to feel sorry for too...they don't really deserve 100 million for rapping about how they load their gun and shoot cops or even for strumming a guitar. Let's pay teachers and nurses more and entertainers less!

There is a growing movement afoot to keep downloading legal because on political grounds. Information should be free, but mostly the entertainment industry is now forced to adjust it's price gouging because of the will of the market. While I can understand them wanting to prevent illegal re-sale of their product, I cannot find it in myself to feel sorry for them when their stuff gets distributed for free.

It's silly to put something out there and expect to remain in control of it FOLLOWING it's sale. I can do whatever I like with what I buy.

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Brickwallers and Douchebags

2005-03-07T06:10:36Z

http://www.rockandrollconfidential.com/hall/index.php?page=15

Hours of fun, catty comments.

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butterflies

2005-03-01T15:06:16Z

i have been planning and organizing a concert to raise tsunami relief money for the past month and it is happening this saturday! i'm very excited, but a little nervous. i hope everything turns out okay and i hope we can raise a good amount of money.

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"The Terminal" is like going to the suburbs

2005-02-28T22:21:06Z

My wife brought home "The Terminal" two nights ago.

"The Terminal" is one of those movies with mega-hit deliberately sewn into the fabric. Speilberg directs, Hanks acts, Oprah drools, Soccer Mom's spend.

The story is loosely based on actual events, but as usual producers got nervous without a love interest and created one starring Catherine Zeta Jones.

What's most frightening about the movie is that there is hardly a frame without a corporate logo in it. It takes place in the international terminal of JFK. Most such places look the same..you have a Borders, a Starbucks, A Burger King etc. As most scenes take place in the terminal, most shots have the neon logo shining proudly in the background. If you have read Naomi Kleins "No Logo" and seen this movie, I am sure you found yourself mentally immersed in the book again.

To call such rampant advertising "realism" based on the images of our daily lives is naieve. Each and every appearance of those neon signs and the duration of those appearances were laid out in liscensing agreements, and each one paid for. It wasn't as if Spielberg just showed up at JFK and accidentally caught those logos in the frame. The reason the pitch was so successful was the potential for advertising inherent in the premise.

"The Terminal" takes product placement to an entirely new level, including the staff of these companies as characters in the film with speaking lines. The products are not really placed, the company name just glows in the corner as the characters speak. Remember, this Speilberg guy is the one who realized the power of shamelesss corporate promotion in another Hanks/Speilberg/Winfrey piece of garbage known as "Cast Away"...a 120 minute Fed-ex commercial.

When you look at urban sprawl these days, you have a similar experience, as if the mental landscape is cluttered with the same stores over and over...each subdivision in America looks pretty much the same..when you get to the commercial areas of the burbs you see big "plazas" with the Starbucks, the Pizza Hut, The Burger King..all the same stores with all the same stuff. It hardly matters if you are in Rancho Cucamonga or Colorado Springs or Newmarket, Ontario. The experience of watching this movie was like driving out to the burbs.

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What is...

2005-02-27T22:07:47Z

Greetings:
I am working on a project for a class. Perhaps you can help. Please answer these six questions -- what you believe the answer to be or the truth to be: if the question is "I am..." address the answer as to who you are, i.e., I am British, I am a person, I am intelligent, and so on. - there is no specification as to the length of the answer, ergo no answer is too long or too short [a word, a sentence, a paragraph, a page, two pages - whatever].
Thank you for your participation and your help.
Thanks for all the fish!!!
T ~
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
QUESTIONS:

I am...

Life is...

The world is...

The future is...

Love is...

The mind is...

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look no further

2005-02-26T05:02:39Z

I found the perfect gift!

http://www.viceversa.com/Dynamic/Products,intCategoryID,34,intItemID,1447.html

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The politics of Hunter S.

2005-02-24T18:36:37Z

Nice article on the Gonzo man himself and his influence

www.remixingamerica.net

Enjoy and Rest easy -

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Phone Virus

2005-02-23T02:03:08Z

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-sci-8-l0&flok=FF-RTO-rittz&idq=/ff/story/0002/20050221/1405454598.htm&photoid=20040502PEK021D&ewp=ewp_news_0205cellphone

Wow...first cell phone virus.

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requiem

2005-02-22T00:18:15Z

hunter.

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Ringtones

2005-02-21T00:28:28Z

I just got a new cell phone, and one of the first things I did was download a few ringtones to it. That got me thinking, the ringtones on your cell phone can say something about you. What ringtones do you have? Here are mine:

Secret Agent Man -- my default ringtone, sort of a nod to my wife's cousin's mishearing of the lyrics as "Secret Asian Man" and the song's subsequent status as my theme song.

Rascal King (Mighty Mighty Bosstones) -- my favorite band in college

Tender Love (Force MD's) -- my wife loves this song, so I have it assigned to her ringer ID.

Various TV Theme Songs:
Knight Rider
Diff'rent Strokes
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

One ringtone I want, but have not yet found, is the Imperial March from Star Wars. I'd assign that one to my boss. Really nice guy, but the leitmotif fits him.

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Oscar Party

2005-02-20T04:31:27Z

I have a friend who throws a party to watch the Oscars and you have to go dressed up as someone from one of the nominated films. It's going to be kinda lame this year because most of the nominated films have just regular costumes. I guess I can come up with a Phantom of the Opera costume even tho I have no interetst in seeing that movie. I did see the play and I can come up with an Opera Gown....but I'm open if anybody can come up with a better idea.

I know somebody is already going as Katherine Hepburn from the Aviator and somebody else is going to be Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine so those two are out of the question.

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i'm an idiot

2005-02-18T23:16:56Z

okay so i work at a newspaper in a small town, so i usually feel pretty safe.
but this morning, i was walking up to the entrance of this coffee shop to meet with a couple i was going to interview.
there was a man outside smoking a cigarette, looked like he was in his late 40's.
he stopped me before i walked in and said, "i don't mean to be nosy, but are you local?" i told him no and that i lived in the next county over but that i worked there. he asked me where i worked, i said the newspaper. he asked me how old i was, i said 22, not thinking anything of this. then he told me about how he was depressed because his wife left him. i told him i was sorry and i hoped things started picking up for him, but that i had to interview some people.
i genuinely felt for him, but did feel like he had kind of a creepy vibe about him.
i told my parents and my friend about the encounter i had this morning and they said that he could be a stalker or a serial killer or a rapist.
now i'm all paranoid. i have to work tomorrow, and no one is going to be at the newspaper office. i keep running scenarios in my head where i walk out and as i'm locking the door to the building the guy grabs me and takes me somewhere to kill me. my mom gave me some pepper spray to make me feel better, but i'm so scared right now.

what can i do? i feel so helpless. being a young girl sucks.

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french braid

2005-02-16T22:10:47Z

okay, could you guys help me? i love french braids, especially french braided pigtails and i wish i could wear that style on a more regular basis, like on really busy days at work, so it could be out of my way and still look nice.

but i don't know how to french braid it. i mean, i have an idea, but i always screw it up as soon as i start it. i want to learn how to do it easily and correctly. i know people can do it, so why can't i?

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Culled from "Hot Tubbin"

2005-02-16T00:54:02Z

Q. Is it possible to catch anything from being in a hot tub?

A. It's very rare, but it happens. My girlfriend got pregnant from being in a hot tub. I wasn't there, but she said there were only other guys there. It's lucky there weren't any other girls there, or they might have gotten pregnant, too. I know it was the hot tub because she said she couldn't have sex for a couple months for personal reasons, so she had no other way to get pregnant.

We're going to name the baby after one of her friends. I'm very proud. But if you don't want to get pregnant, I'd advise always wearing clothing, to filter microscopic crawlies like sperms and infectious diseases. Cotton stops them cold.

I feel sorry for people in the bad old days, when no one knew to wear clothing in hot tubs. Man, they must have all been masses of pregnant, seeting, dripping infectious diseases.

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Valentines Day

2005-02-15T15:09:35Z

Happy Valentines Day Freaks!

What did everyone get?

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Valentines Day is BULL

2005-02-15T07:24:00Z

It's almost a cliche to call it a "hallmark holiday", but that's just what it is. Stiripped repeatedly over the centuries from it solemn catholic roots, valentines has become yet ANOTHER retail "holiday" designed to move more product at an otherwise dead time in the retail cycle.

People who take it seriously as a love holiday have been manipulated.

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Introductions

2005-02-14T07:24:05Z

lets all say something about ourselves:
im kelly, i live in georgia, grew up in hawaii and north carolina and i just graduated college with a communications degree.
next...

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something a bit...

2005-02-11T05:38:28Z

more serious now.

http://daemlich.net/2736

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No AF for me!

2005-02-11T05:10:01Z

Well, the long awaited question has been answered. No Air Force for me, I was not selected.

Only 22 non-priors were selected out of 144 in the nation that applied, so I don't really feel bad or anything.

Now I'm just looking at all the other options open to me. I definitely want to do something that involves travel. I'm a community journalist right now, but I'm restless to get out of my comfort zone.

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The Return of Creativity

2005-02-08T05:36:47Z

Great article i found and loaded. Check it out

http://www.remixingamerica.net

Enjoy -

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Spot the dick.

2005-02-05T20:18:56Z

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0002/20050128/1657505226.htm&photoid=20050127AUS118

Nuff said.

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Make Your Peace

2005-02-05T06:23:36Z

Sick from drinking
I've numbed the pain
A life was snuffed out too soon
The ceremony is for the living
I spoke to him the other day
He left without saying goodbye
I know he's in a better place
But Why?
You have to make peace
To have peace
The pastor said
It makes sense
Death sometimes doesn't
Another of my friends is gone
Creating another absence
I have to tell my friends I love them
Before its too late again
Life is fragile
Life is sweet
Life is friendship
Life is love
Make your peace
Before you miss your Chance
Call your friends
So the ceremony is easier

Chance Patrick Dobbins
Dec 9, 1966 - Jan 28, 2005

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ARE YOU A CANADIAN?

2005-02-02T03:56:34Z

just curious as to how many of this tribe's members live in the true north, strong and free.
Q.how many canadians does it take to change a light bulb?
A. NONE. we don't have electricity.

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Cheating on his wife!

2005-02-01T21:53:33Z

There is a guy at work (actually, he is the BOSS) and he's cheating on his wife with a subordinate.

Now, I personally don't care WHO he fucks or who she fucks. They are adults, they can do that if they want.

Problem is, he's a bad boss and everyone wants to get rid of him. HR complaints have been flooding in against him lately for all manner of things from sexist comments to labor law violations. He doesn't do anything he is supposed to and dumps all of his work on his assistants, who are getting mighty pissed. As a matter of fact, he showed up yesterday for a meeting early in the morning and within 20 minutes, booked off sick, leaving ME to conduct the meeting. I was only prepared for MY part of it, not the whole thing. She then called in too. Sick. When he left he said to his second in command "If my wife calls, tell her I am at the corporate head office, if my boss calls, tell her I went home sick.".

I work as a fraud investigator for the company, and I usually look into Workers Comp fraud and general embezzlement. I used to be a PI and investigated many an extra-marital affair...so I have a skill set that is perfect for this situation.

People keep asking me to come up with something to get rid of this guy.

The stresses have been piling up against him..the complaints have his bosses eyeballing him, and this affair must be a stress, despite the fact that it must be thrilling. He and he go on long lunches..together but through seaparate doors. In order to prevent her losing money for these long lunches, he has been adjusting her time clock, paying her for time she isn't there. That, in my opinion, and the opinion of the comany is TIME FRAUD.

Anyhow, my chance came yesterday. I answered the phone and it was his wife..she asked for him and I said "Oh, he went home sick early today...you mean he is not there?". I then began to call his house and hang up when his wife calls, just for stoking the fire at home. Hey, I "didn't know". He didn't tell ME to lie to his boss and wife.

Ain't office politics dirty? It's amazing how dumb guys get when there is sex involved.

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CAN YOU DO IT 100%?

2005-02-01T17:10:24Z

This should keep ya busy if you are bored...hahaha

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

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High, Middle, Low Brow

2005-02-01T16:00:31Z

High Brow: Chateau Brion
Middle Brow: Fillet Mingon
Low Brow: Chicken Fried Steak

High Brow: Hermeneutics
Middle Brow: Semiotics
Low Brow: Communications

High Brow: Derrida
Middle Brow: Neitzsche
Low Brow: Limbaugh

High Brow: Roquefort
Middle Brow: Bleu
Low Brow: American

High Brow: Tuscany
Middle Brow: Santa Fe
Low Brow: Disneyland

High Brow: Becks
Middle Brow: Heineken
Low Brow: MGD

High Brow: MLA Reader
Middle Brow: The New Yorker
Low Brow: Readers Digest

High Brow: Cannes Film Festival
Middle Brow: Toronto Film Festival
Low Brow: Die Hard Box Set

High Brow: 18th Century Erotic Lithographs
Middle Brow: 9 and a half Weeks
Low Brow: asian street meat.com

High Brow: Cal-tech
Middle Brow: Berkley
Low Brow: Bryman College

High Brow: The Medici Library
Middle Brow: Barnes and Noble
Low Brow: Blockbuster

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New VW Commerical

2005-02-01T15:57:19Z

http://www.newstoday.com/vw-sing.php

I kinda like it.

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room raiders

2005-01-29T20:36:59Z

my friend david was on room raiders on mtv yesterday.

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lost my faith

2005-01-29T06:42:01Z

well..I have lost my faith in human nature...
I fell down tonight at the gas station in front of about 20 people and NOT ONE PERSON said ANYTHING... not "are you ok?" no one helping me.. nothing.. it makes me sad... and I got scraped up and broke my coffee cup too...

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Sewing lessons in Oakland/ Emeriville, CA.

2005-01-27T03:43:00Z

Hi all,
I'm starting sewing lessons at my studio in Oakland.
They will be on Wednesday nights and Saturday
afternoons. If you wish to see the schedule please go
to
groups.yahoo.com/group/laluzdesigns and check
out the calender.
I also have a regular mending circle on Monday nights
where you can learn to mend your own clothes.
Starting in March, on the first Saturday of each month
I'll be hosting the Chop Shop where we will turn your
boring old clothes into fun new ones.
Please pass this info on to anyone you think would
be interested.
Thank you,
Luz Maria

=====
La Luz Designs
Play clothes and costumes!
Luz Maria Maynes
luz_maria_designs@yahoo.com
510-388-8514

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The Urge To Purge

2005-01-24T02:55:38Z

Okay, okay. So having lots of friends is cool, but are they friends? When someone you don't know and have little chance of actually meeting wants to be your "friend," what do you do? Personally, I accept, because I'm a wuss, but then I go back a day or two later and remove them. I know i have a lot of friends here, but I really do know 90% of them. Sorry if you got purged, but really, you aren't a better person for knowing me, so why pretend?

So people, I urge you to purge your list of "friends." Tribe is good because it is about staying contact with your real friends. Sorry Tank. Let me know when you hit 10,000 friends. Maybe you'll win a Tribe mug. I hear Mark P is a great potter. At least I think that's what they said. It was a loud bar. Hic.

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Where are you from?

2005-01-24T02:47:52Z

Where you were born, where you grew up, where your parents are from where your family is from or where you live?
When people ask where I'm from I feel compelled to give this long explination because all of those variables are diffent with me

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50 Worst People, 04

2005-01-22T15:55:03Z

http://www.buffalobeast.com/66/50mostLoathsome2004.htm

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As long as we are sureying each other....

2005-01-21T09:29:15Z

Ok, c'mon, how old were you? I always see these surveys that say the average person loses their virginity at like 17! No way is that accurate, IMO. So SPILL it, how old were you?

I had just turned 15, but first fooled around at 13.

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ON THE JOB FRONT...

2005-01-12T18:46:11Z

hey guys, i know i've not been posting a lot, and i want to thank all of you that keep this tribe active. i'll do what i can to post as often as possible and keep things alive and kicking....

in other news...

by the way, i have a job! im a reporter for a newspaper about 30 minutes away from where i live. this was my first week. its good so far, hard work, but i'm meeting a lot of new people very quickly. im overjoyed to be working within my field.

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Look At Me!!!!!!!!

2005-01-10T04:57:12Z

Just 30 more views and I move into the 4 digits. Come on guys, help me out here. I want to feel popular...

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My landlord is a slumlord!

2005-01-08T00:03:16Z

Grrrrr, it's always something, and they never fix anything. For two years now, the roof has leaked. I don't even know how many times we've told them. My bedroom window is cracked and if I close it just a bit too hard it will fall out. They've known about that for a year. I've asked them three times for a deadbolt on the front door. It's illegal to rent a house in california without a deadbolt on the main entry. The door jamb is completely stripped where the bolts go for plate that the door knob latches into. So the plate and bolts have tons of play and probably in about two weeks it will probably fall out and our front door won't close anymore. Actually last night I got up and found the front door wide open. The landlord knows about that too. It was super windy last night and it blew down our fence. I was trying to lock all the doors in the house and found that the side door doesn't even lock! Our landlord knows that because the majority of the time he comes into the house that way. They also show up unannouced all the time (also illegal). Now, for the most part we've put up with it because the rent is really cheap. Now they want to raise it! They haven't told us (the current tenants) but they told the new person that will be moving in. When they do tell us we're going to tell them either we're moving out, they need to fix all of these problems and rent legally, or we're turning them into the housing authority.

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Finding Mr. Wrong

2005-01-07T00:07:15Z

Hi, I'm new to this tribe. I thought I'd put my experiences in 'Relationship School' to good use and share some essential tips that no woman should be without. Want some (amusing) advice on avoiding creeps, social misfits, or other men who will probably make you cry?

Check out the article 'Finding Mr. Wrong' on GKFA.com & Enjoy!

http://www.gkfa.com/life/FindingMr.Wrong.asp

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LJ??

2005-01-02T02:48:42Z

So does anyone here in *Our Big Ole Tribe* have a livejournal?
if so whats your name?
Mine is KaozEvolution

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Happy new year!

2005-01-01T15:54:45Z

Hope y'all have a good one.

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Polygamy????

2004-12-31T22:07:03Z

This was brought up in another tribe and I'm curious what other people's takes on it are.
I don't know much about the legal or tax part of it, how it would work out or whatever. I do know, however, that as it is, people that practive polygamy get married then get divorced before getting married to the next person. The women then go and collect welfare, yet they all still live in the same household. Doesn't seem very fair to the taxpayers.

However, I feel that if it's among consenting adults and everyone is happy with the situation, then it's fine (I'm not into polygamy what-so-ever, but that's a personal choice). I'm not just talking about a patriarchal type polygamy. It could go either way.

What problems (other than ones monogamous marriage could have) do you think polygamy would have?

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So what did you all get?

2004-12-30T16:34:25Z

Let's stop pretneding xmas is not about presents, what did you get?

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Lost Expressions of the 80's

2004-12-29T03:17:36Z

Yes, things change as time goes on.

Nobody says "Keen" anymore. Even fewer use the term "the bee's knees" without intending to sound archaic.

And that's it, isn't it? Those expressions are SO old that they have retro-cool. Post-modern chic.

But expressions of the 70's and 80's have not reached that age yet. They lack the power of half a century behind them, and if used they can make the speaker seem very strange indeed.

Take pop music. In the 80's, artists suddenly became inexplicably fond of the word "heat". "Heat" implied sex, law, intensity, pressure and, sometimes, high temperature. Expressions with the word HEAT in them became pop song cliches: Running in the heat, feel the heat, can you feel the heat, the heat is on heat heat heat heat heat.

"Heartbeat" is another one. The poetic catch-all for romantic themes. It symbolized the core, exitement, arousal and emotion. It was used in nearly every song and in every television script. Don Johnson, of Miami Vice fame put out a pop album back in early '87 called "Heartbeat" and the lead single from it was called..you guessed it. Heartbeat. And who can forget Tiffany's prodigious cover of "I think We're Alone Now"? As the song fades, she says "hearbeat" 4 times! I have not heart the word used in a song since 1989. Oh well..at least it was never as rampant as "Extreme" or "X-treme".

SPAZ! This was everywhere in the schools when I was a kid. Everyone who was a little idiotic was a "spaz". It was so common that characters in flims were often called "spaz" (Remember MEATBALLS? "Spaz..spaz..spaz...spaz.."). It was short for spaztic, as in PALSY, and went the way of the dodo in the 90's.

In the 70's, things were "Dynamite". It wasn't just JJ on Good Times who was saying it....it was almost everyone. "It's Dynamite" became an advertising tagline. The 70's were a decade notoritous for overstated, gleeful expressions. "Fantastic" really took off in the 70's. Back then, everything was "Super"...just put SUPER infront of anything, and sell twice as much of it. "Supermarket, superglue, supersaver, supergas, supercar.." all had their origins in this decade.

"Disco"...like or hate the music genre (I kind of like it), the word "Disco" itself became slapped on everything, be it music related or not. There was DISCOpizza, DISCOdeodorant and DISCOunderpants. You know, the europeans still use "Disco" when talking about clubs.

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SEX!!!

2004-12-27T04:46:00Z

Thoughts?

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merry christmas all...

2004-12-26T03:22:27Z

merry christmas/happy holidays to all!

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Job Titles

2004-12-25T08:31:54Z

I don't remember when it happened, but one day, probably after the grand branding revolution started around 1992, "clerks" became "associates".

"Staff" became "Crew Members" or "Team Members" or "Baristas".

Let's face it...they are drones. Worker bees. Proletariat. The rise of the Consultant Guru led to the management-speak metamorphasis of job titles.

Having the official title of "Associate" ads a scent of professional importance to a menial job. It made people less ashamed to admit they were bagging groceries at the Albertson's when asked the always-painful social question "So, what do you do?" because for a moment, the person who heard the word "associate" might think they were a lawyer or architecht...you know..one of those jobs where you can afford higher status-symbol material goods.

It implies an education and intelligence. Do you REALLY think the Custodial Engineer has a degree in Engineering? Well..these days he or she just might, but you know what I mean.

It's not just the drones. Almost every job you can think of. "Teachers" are becoming "Educators". That sounds more socially important..it stresses the impact teachers have on society. Well, at least PART of it..many teachers don't educate, they indoctrinate. Some don't even do that. Many teachers would flunk their own tests without the answer sheet.

"Store Detectives"..already an inflated title in previous decades are now "Asset Protection Team Leaders".

People who input tedious data into corporate machines are no longer "Data Entry Personnel", they are "Information Control Specialists".

And lest we forget the ever-helpful profession of Self-Help! It is a field in which you can make up absolutely ANYTHING and have it sound professional. "Life Coach", "Happiness Expert", or "Actualization Specialist".

The upgrade for the job title never seems to come with an upgrade for the wage, does it?

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Lurking....

2004-12-24T00:19:59Z

I feel like such a lurker tonight. Have you ever felt that way? Where you just can't get into the conversations. But you can't walk away either, for fear that something cool might happen and your going to miss it!!

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FREE TONIGHT in San Francisco!

2004-12-23T22:33:54Z

Come celebrate Christmas Eve-Eve with everyone's favorite quasi-retro-blues-groovin'-alterna-folk-and-roll band, Plasterkatz!

We'll be playing your favorite PK originals, a few groovy covers, our rock & roll versions of some traditional Irish tunes (Irelands 32 is, arguably, the most Irish pub in The City, after all.), and we'll even throw in a Christmas song or two for good measure.

The show is TONIGHT, December 23rd from 9pm till Christmas Eve, at Irelands 32 - 3920 Geary Boulevard at 3rd Avenue in the inner Richmond district of San Francisco.

The show is absolutely FREE - NO COVER!!! - Merry Christmas!

So come on out! You have tomorrow off. There's nothing you can do that's more fun that's not illegal, immoral or fattening, and you know Megan will be wearing her sexy new boots again!

SEE YOU TONIGHT!!!! :)

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weekend

2004-12-21T16:04:13Z

So...what is everybody doing this weekend?

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Feel like a loser..

2004-12-19T14:27:50Z

ok i feel like i loser no one talks to me on here nemore! ahhh! lol

sad times....=\

jillian

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Flirting

2004-12-18T10:48:39Z

Endless post made me think of this....I suck at flirting! To some people it just comes naturally and they seem to have so much fun with it but I just can't seem to. not only do I not know how to flirt, but I ussually have no idea when someone is trying to flirt with me until after I have offended or embarrased them by my lack of response...please tell me I'm not the only one with that problem!

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Chemistry

2004-12-18T04:32:22Z

I have a theory that chemistry between two people can never be one sided. You can only feel it if the other person feels it too.

I'm not talking about attraction, because you can certainly be attacted to someone who doesn't even know you exist. In the instance that only one half of a couple thinks there is chemistry, it's probably just attraction.

Any thoughts?

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duuuuuuuuuuude

2004-12-17T17:03:36Z

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/12/08/dude.study.ap/index.html

interesting.

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Video Camera

2004-12-14T21:36:48Z

Hi. I'm going to Iraq. I want to make a documentary about my experiences over there, from a soldier's perspective. Right now I only have a home video camera. I want to get a higher end camera (specifically Canon's XL2), but $crilla is kind of low at the moment. I'm going to begin writing letters to some companies and people to donate a camera, sell me a discounted camera, or to lona me one. Does anyone have any contacts, ideas, or help in general?

`Michael
www.myshtick.com

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Addicted?

2004-12-14T03:56:31Z

I was talking to a friend of mine today, a girl as you'll see, and she said I'm addicted to women. This makes no sense to me. I date rarely and dabble often, but don't many women do the same? Are they addicted to men?

Just an idle thought, wondering what you all think.....?

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God I love my job!!

2004-12-11T03:57:30Z

Where else can you drink and on the job and get away with it!! Woot!! for Orange vodka & 7up and co-workers to drink with you!! :D

Next on the menu Jaeger bombs!!! ooohhh yea!

hehe

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what planet are you from?

2004-12-09T23:33:36Z

http://www.blogthings.com/moon.html

me:

You Are From the Moon

You can vibe with the steady rhythms of the Moon.

You're in touch with your emotions and intuition.

You possess a great, unmatched imagination - and an infinite memory.

Ultra-sensitive, you feel at home anywhere (or with anyone).

A total healer, you light the way in the dark for many

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pointless fun

2004-12-09T13:49:47Z

http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2004/campertramps/index.html

This makes me laugh like a moron.

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i am new

2004-12-09T05:13:55Z

i just came arcoss this tribe
seems like a great idea

my name is tyson
i am from calgary alberta
i like progressive house joni mitchell
and love

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Drinking

2004-12-09T02:19:34Z

Not a rant on drinking or anything. Ok, a friend and I just got into a debate on whether or not drinking is okay. I personally don't touch alcoholic drinks. It's just the way I am. Now...he thinks in order to have a good time at a party, you need to drink. I believe a person can still have a good time dancing, socializing, etc. without having to consume alcohol. I'm not saying you can't have alcoholic beverages at a party though...

All I'm asking is...does drinking necessarily equate to having a good time at a party? Am I alone in thinking you don't have to?

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Holiday Shopping

2004-12-07T19:53:31Z

Blah! just not feeling it yet...
I have time.. right?

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The right Definitions

2004-12-07T17:21:01Z

1. Cigarette : A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool at the other.

2. Love affairs : Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test.

3. Marriage : It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master

4. Divorce : Future tense of marriage

5. Lecture : An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either".

6. Conference : The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

7. Compromise : The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

8. Tears : The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine water-power ...

9. Dictionary : A place where divorce comes before marriage.

10. Conference Room : A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on.

11. Ecstasy : A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before.

12. Classic : A book which people praise, but do not read.

13. Smile : A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

14. Office : A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

15. Yawn : The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

16. Etc. : A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

17. Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sitto decide that nothing can be done together.

18. Experience : The name men give to their mistakes.

19. Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

20. Philosopher : A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.

22. Opportunist : A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.

23. Optimist : A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in midway "See I am not injured yet."

24. Pessimist :- A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.

25. Miser : A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

26. Father : A banker provided by nature.

27. Criminal : A guy no different from the rest... except that he got caught.

28. Boss : Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

29. Politician : One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.

30. Doctor : A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.

31. Computer Engineer : One who gets paid for reading such mails...

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