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Posted by Travis on 2006-03-17 14:19:23 +0000

ummm?

...quite drunk, just won a fair bit of cash on the horses, saw this on a newsletter email (www.ntk.net - worth subscribing - free) thought it was amusing

"big media is a bit like pre-invasion Iraq - famously dictatorial, sitting on a vast stockpile of desirable resources - making it the duty of all right-thinking web-users (or "second superpower", if you will) to liberate these resources purely by force of technological superiority, despite the lack of any clear plan for what the old regime ought to be replaced with."

thats all

TTFN
Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-03-17 14:20:59 +0000
They celebrate "Evacuation Day" over in England? Oo, how ironic.
Posted by Travis on 2006-03-17 14:33:01 +0000
Qua?

St. Patricks and the Cheltenham Gold Cup
Posted by tgl on 2006-03-17 14:44:40 +0000
Here in Suffolk County, MA we are busy celebrating Evacuation Day.
Posted by pchippy on 2006-03-17 14:48:11 +0000
Hey Travis,

When are you coming to America? I need a few blocks of Kendal mint cake, and apparently it isn't available in the States.
Posted by lrf on 2006-03-17 15:12:09 +0000
america is awesome
Posted by tgl on 2006-03-17 16:30:01 +0000
Any Irish Catholics out there that want to explain what you eat instead of corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's Day when it falls on a Friday during Lent?
Posted by tommy on 2006-03-17 16:57:23 +0000
As a recovered Catholic, I'll answer: you get a "dispensation". Basically, you go ask your priest if you can have permission. You can do this for anything: "I'm going fossil-digging in a remote area of Borneo for 2 months; may I miss mass?", "I want to eat corned beef on Friday because it's St. Patricks day; may I?", "My unborn fetus is gay; may I abort it?" Etc. Catholic "theory" basically says that if the church says it's okay, then it's okay.

Some dioceses will proactively grant dispensation for things like this. Probably O'Malley has already done this for all Boston-area folks. Some Catholics will even diocese-shop to get dispensations.

Dispensations are a bit like indulgences, which are even better: basically, you get forgiven for arbitrary (even future) sins in exchange for doing something the church wants you to do. This sometimes even takes the form of cash payments to the church.

Indulgences are awesome.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-03-17 17:31:11 +0000
Line of the week:
"My unborn fetus is gay; may I abort it?"
Posted by Travis on 2006-03-20 07:35:20 +0000
how many do you want?

I have access to the franking machine at work, can snail mail you some no bother

normal, peppermint or chocolate covered?
Posted by Miriam on 2006-03-21 14:21:46 +0000
It's so funny it hurts. Make it stop! Make it stop!
Posted by pchippy on 2006-03-22 08:47:34 +0000
One of the BIG bars or three or four of the smaller ones. Romney's blue label if possible. No choco-covered!

If you were able to get me some, I'd be eternally grateful and would bring you as many cans of beans as you want on my next trip to the UK.

Cheers.
Posted by Travis on 2006-03-22 16:17:41 +0000
not sure where to get it in london but my mum is coming down in a week or two - will put her on the case - consider it done

remind me though, i have a shocking memory
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