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Update: Snuck up on garbage can with wasp nest in the dark. Captured nest + wasps in garbage bag. Put nest and wasp in negligent caretakers shed via an air vent. Feeling lots better.
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From the Texas is going bat shit insane File: Police: Woman killed her infant, ate part of brain SAN ANTONIO (AP)
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WOW. As upset as she seems to be, you would think that old growth tree had jumped out on the highway and totaled her SUV.
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well... there's a lot of truth in that
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Thanks guys! I'm really looking forward to the lap dance.
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I don't know about other parts of the country but Red wasps are having a banner year here in Mississippi. Yesterday I stopped by a garbage can and tossed the remains of my lunch and several hundred really pissed off Red wasps boiled out of the garbage can looking for the punk that threw garbage at their house. I got away but was stung twice. The little commie b@st*$#s have no sense of humor. It didn't hurt so bad but today it's swollen and sore. Any suggestions about how to treat it?
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Today I completed the last site on my list (of 30 statewide). I came in WAY under budget, 30 days early and am looking at a sweet bonus. The HOT, HARD work had an unintended but welcome side effect: the hot Mississippi sun burned off about 30 pounds. I'm trimmer and bulging in all the right places. There's even less gray in my hair. Who needs a health club when it's 150 degrees in an attic? I haven't told the story of the good looking Air Force guy I fraked in Bay St. Louis Thursday. I will only say that I bask happily in the afterglow. Once I bank my change, I'll start thinking about taking a little vacation and the next contract.
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Merging: the ultimate challenge
JamesSavik commented on Mark Arbour's blog entry in Mark Arbour's Pride
There's a good reason that they don't sell guided missiles at WalMart. Otherwise I'd nuke that crazy smart ass in the Chevy Tahoe that cuts me off every morning at 7:23. -
Meh. People talk too much and don't listen enough. I'm still waiting for Google HandJob .
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Tell us about your sexual conquest of the entire continent of Europe. Please leave me a few Swedes, Danes or Greeks. I enjoy your writing. You definitely have talent. If I may be so bold, I suggest you write about something that stirs your passions. Rock climbing, surfing or perhaps the guys that enjoy those past times... In my day I was known to play a sport, or more precisely a position, that I didn't care about much because of someone I did care about. I was once in love with a very beautiful and skilled quarterback. I asked and was allowed to play on the offensive line to protect him because the O-linemen were crap. I ended up playing both ways (lol) which just goes to prove: no good deed goes unpunished.
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Picayune, Mississippi: Dan's Seafood Best gumbo I've had this side of New Orleans- hands down. It's worth finding Picayune which is on the road from Hattiesburg to New Orleans. (or New Orleans to Hattiesburg depending on how you look at things). Picayune has another great place to eat: Frost-Tops has GREAT Po-boys. Roast beef and shrimp are excellent!
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I'm for peace through overwhelming firepower. Nothing sez FU like a daisy-cutter
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I thought that they were just... gay.
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brown roux Roux (pronounced "roo") is a thickening agent for soups and sauces with roots dating back more than 300 years in French cuisine. Made by cooking a flour and oil paste until the raw flavor of the flour cooks out and the roux has achieved the desired color, a properly cooked roux imparts silky-smooth body and a nutty flavor while thickening soups and sauces. Roux can be made with a variety of oils and animal fats. It is commonly made with vegetable oil, olive oil, or clarified butter, but can also be prepared with bacon grease or other rendered fats. Its distinction from other thickeners is that the starch, in this case flour, is cooked before use. Cooking removes the flour's raw taste but maintains its excellent thickening properties. This enables roux to be a stable, smooth, and delicate thickener. When cooked to a golden or brown stage, roux takes on a rich, toasted flavor, adding color to a soup, stew, sauce, or other dish. 1 cup vegetable oil 1 cup flour Salt and pepper Directions In a large saute pan, add the oil. When the pan is smoking hot, carefully whisk in the flour and reduce the heat. Season with salt and pepper. Stir the mixture constantly for 30 minutes or dark brown in color with a nutty aroma. Remove from heat.
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passive-aggressive tendencies often lead to murder. just say no!
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Beats the heck out of clam chowder!
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It's great stuff but there's no surprise that you haven't seen it in Tennessee Lacey- it's a dish native to the Gulf Coast. To get the real thing, you would have to go to New Orleans or have someone cook you a pot.
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Radiation treatment for cancer is known to kill bone marrow cells causing the need for bone marrow transplants. It appears that they are using stem cells to rebuild the bone marrow. That alone would be a major step forward. Bone marrow transplants are needed by all sorts of people but finding a match is extremely difficult. It has been known for years that the HIV virus can be reduced to undetectable levels with drugs. The problem has been that HIV hides out in all sorts of cells, sometimes for years, before reestablishing itself.
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There are hundreds of recipes for gumbo but I thought I would share an easy one that produces good results. Ingredients: * 1 1/2 cups crabmeat * 2 pounds shrimp, in shells * 3 quarts water * 2 small bay leaves * 1 teaspoon lemon juice * 1 small onion, cut in wedges * salt and black pepper * parsley * 1 pounds okra, sliced * 4 tablespoons bacon grease, divided * 2 tomatoes, peeled & chopped * 2 red onions, finely chopped * 2 green peppers, finely chopped * 1/2 teaspoon crushed cayenne pepper, or to taste * 4 tablespoons brown roux * reserved shrimp stock * salt, pepper, thyme, parsley, to taste * hot cooked rice Preparation: In a large Dutch oven boil the water with bay leaves, lemon juice, onion wedges, salt, pepper, and parsley. Wash shrimp and add to pot; boil for 2 minutes. Peel shrimp and return shells to the stock for later use. Put shrimp and crab meat in refrigerator until ready to add to the gumbo. Saute okra in 2 tablespoons bacon grease in large heavy skillet. The okra will turn darker as it cooks. When okra is soft, transfer to a stew pot and add tomatoes. Stir and mix together well. Clean skillet and heat remaining 2 tablespoons bacon grease. Saut
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And they think that texting while driving is dangerous.
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Mormons are psycho anti-gay. They go well out of their way to give gay people a hard time. They are one of the strongest blocks of money, votes and influence that come out to oppose any gay rights issue anywhere.
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You would not have survived what I've been through and I watched it kill most of my friends. Watching some a-hole get rich by making fools out of us ain't exactly something I've got any patience for.
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I think I see a pattern here: the younger generation that has NOT had to fight for decades to be taken seriously, has NOT been considered mentally disordered and has NOT been the butt of every fag joke in history is much more forgiving of that piece of shit Cohen. That figures. You've go to bleed a little before you really understand.
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I was pleased to land the contract: 30 stores from July to mid-August. As far as contracts go it was modest but for a solo operator like me it was just right. I got the package in the last week of June that covered the stores and the scope of work. I was expected to come up with a schedule. The contract was administered by a nation-wide systems integrator that I had worked with from time to time. They would be skimpy on the hours but as long as I was good about documenting the expenses, things would work out just fine. I wanted to do a couple of the closest stores first to get an idea of what was involved so I scheduled Jackson for Monday, Pearl Tuesday and Yazoo City for Wednesday. After doing three, I would know what to expect. I scheduled Biloxi and Gulfport for Thursday and Friday so I would have an excuse to spend a night on the coast. Monday morning I showed up at Graybar Electric and purchased the supplies that I needed and headed off to do the Jackson store. It turned out to be a wiring nightmare. Whoever had set up the network had either been on acid or just planned on making a mess. I spent three hours fixing the mess and finally got down to installing the new equipment and upgrades. Total time on sit: a little over 8 hours. It was hard, physical hot work. A lot of the cabling is done in the attic or crawl spaces. I got everything working and discovered that the sites could be a real mess. The Pearl store was easy. It was under good management and wasn't nearly the mess that the Jackson store had been. I got 5 1/2 hours. Yazoo City was difficult because of the building. Pulling wire through that monster solo was like trying to use dental floss on a Saber toothed tiger. I got 8 hours and felt like the building had fallen on me by the time I was done. I was looking forward to Thursday. I hadn't spent any real time on the coast since Katrina and I wanted to see how things were. I left my home in Byram at 6am, had breakfast in Magee and arrived in Biloxi a little before 10:00. The Biloxi store turned out to be a piece of cake. It was newly rebuilt since the hurricane and I was able to get the wiring and equipment in four hours. After I finished up, I grabbed a late lunch at Lil Ray's Po-Boys in Gulfport and checked into a hotel north of I-10 to avoid the beach front premium. When I arrived I stowed my gear in the room, cleaned up and drove around Biloxi and Gulfport to explore. Keesler Air Force Base sits right in between Biloxi and Gulfport and Thursday they were putting on quite a show. I saw F-15 Eagles, F-16 Falcons and A-10 Warthogs flying over all day. Both towns took a horrible beating during Katrina. There are still a lot of empty spaces on the beach where hotels, resterants and amusements used to be and have not returned. Many of the places that I remember are just gone. What is there is brand new and the areas off the beach are growing wild. Pass road which runs parallel and a quarter mile off the beach is wall to wall business. I ate supper at Claw Daddies in Gulfport and had Cajun styled crawfish for supper. It was great. After supper I went back to the hotel room and did paperwork for a while. I put on my swimsuit and decided to cool off in the pool and sit in the hot tub for a while. When I arrived at the pool it was obvious that the Air Force had landed. They were all over the place hanging out. I turned out that they were performing manuvers that day. I got out of the pool and sat in the hot tub for a while. The Air Force guys were talking about the days work. They were working on SAM suppression and everything was electronic. By 10 most of the Air Force had vanished. I went to the room and went to sleep. The next morning I packed my gear and got to work on the Gulfport store. It was new too and I was done by 2. After I was done, I packed the truck and headed home. I stopped for a sandwich in Hattiesburg and was home by six.
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Yeah- I kinda figured that Bruno would be craptacular.
