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In the 1980s, I saw this commercial for Polly-O String Cheese a lot. My cube neighbor Paul reminded me of it when I returned to my desk with a different brand of string cheese. (Mine was organic, but it’s just not the same as Polly-O’s — now Kraft.)

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Photo: Failblog
Recently, one of my housemates and I drove past the Checkers at 14th Street and Maryland Avenue NE, and I noticed that it was boarded up. Considering there were a couple of crime-related incidents there in the past, I figured that either the shop was closing up for good or they decided to board [...]

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If you ever wanted to include music notes in your HTML code, you can use the following:

♩ produces ♩ (quarter note)
♪ produces ♪ (eighth note)
♫ produces ♫ (beamed pair of eighth notes)
♬ produces ♬ (beamed pair of sixteenth notes)
♭ produces ♭ (flat accidental)
♮ produces ♮ (natural accidental)
♯ produces ♯ (sharp accidental)

And now you know. Just [...]

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Photo: FredoAlvarez (flickr)
As a follow up to my Tuesday post on the 227 television series, I thought I’d post a photo of the numbers on my front door.
As the show’s theme song said, “There’s no place like home. I mean no place child! (Ooh!)”

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In the 1980s, NBC aired a sitcom called “227,” set in Washington, D.C. Someone on a listserv I’m on asked, “[Did] they ever establish in that series where in DC it was supposed to be set?”
I did a little poking around and found out that the show takes place at 227 Lexington Place. Anyone familiar [...]

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Gizmodo goes to Lego. Cue the geekgasm.

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Good thing I caught this one before GLBT Pride Month came to a close: the Gay 10 Commandments. Among them, “Thou shall participate in the political process” and “Thou shall learn and understand Gay History.”

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Photo: Point-Shoot-Edit (flickr)
Shit. Piss. Fuck. Cunt. Cocksucker. Motherfucker. Tits.
Upon hearing the news this morning about George Carlin’s passing, “shit” and “fuck” — two of the seven dirty words you can’t say on television — seem the most appropriate right now.
Damn.

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From the people who brought us Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispies come Lego Fruit Snacks.
Seriously? Someone either needs to cut the dose or get an award. (hat tip to Penny Arcade!)

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The vanishing leather scene of New York City.

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