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« Reply #286 on: September 05, 2006, 12:03:16 PM »
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Snakes on the plains?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/09/05/national/a082618D20.DTL


Yikes, what a nasty way to go.
Let's get right to it.

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« Reply #287 on: September 05, 2006, 04:19:52 PM »
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Snakes on the plains?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/09/05/national/a082618D20.DTL


ha! maybe the snake was framed.

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« Reply #288 on: September 17, 2006, 01:17:25 AM »
This just might be my favorite rap song of all time.  NB the clever Chicago sample.

De La Soul, "A Roller Skating Jam Called 'Saturdays' "
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #289 on: September 17, 2006, 04:17:19 PM »
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This just might be my favorite rap song of all time.  NB the clever Chicago sample.

De La Soul, "A Roller Skating Jam Called 'Saturdays' "


it's been one of my favorites for years, just for the line, "now let's all get baked like anita." i'm blanking on the chicago sample, though...

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« Reply #290 on: September 17, 2006, 07:18:37 PM »
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This just might be my favorite rap song of all time.  NB the clever Chicago sample.

De La Soul, "A Roller Skating Jam Called 'Saturdays' "


it's been one of my favorites for years, just for the line, "now let's all get baked like anita." i'm blanking on the chicago sample, though...


I'm guessing "Saturday in the Park"? :wink:

BTW princess, is it Anne Bancroft's birthday? Turner Classic Movies is showing Miracle Worker and The Graduate.
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« Reply #291 on: September 17, 2006, 11:24:00 PM »
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This just might be my favorite rap song of all time.  NB the clever Chicago sample.

De La Soul, "A Roller Skating Jam Called 'Saturdays' "


it's been one of my favorites for years, just for the line, "now let's all get baked like anita." i'm blanking on the chicago sample, though...


SAT-ur-DAY!  (scratch) SAT-ur-DAY! (scratch)
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #292 on: September 18, 2006, 01:36:16 AM »
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This just might be my favorite rap song of all time.  NB the clever Chicago sample.

De La Soul, "A Roller Skating Jam Called 'Saturdays' "


it's been one of my favorites for years, just for the line, "now let's all get baked like anita." i'm blanking on the chicago sample, though...


SAT-ur-DAY!  (scratch) SAT-ur-DAY! (scratch)


ahhhh, now i hear the horns. :)

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« Reply #293 on: September 26, 2006, 07:39:54 AM »
nice piece in the Chron about Sir Tom Jones, still sexy at 66.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/26/DDGINLBF7L1.DTL
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« Reply #294 on: September 28, 2006, 11:41:31 AM »
File under Things-I-Bet-You'd-Never-Guess:

Sesame Street's Elmo is black.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/28.clash/index.html
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« Reply #295 on: September 28, 2006, 11:55:36 AM »
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File under Things-I-Bet-You'd-Never-Guess:

Sesame Street's Elmo is black.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/28.clash/index.html


I thought he was red! :wink:
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« Reply #296 on: September 28, 2006, 12:33:35 PM »
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File under Things-I-Bet-You'd-Never-Guess:

Sesame Street's Elmo is black.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/28.clash/index.html


I thought he was red! :wink:


That's my point, so did I!
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« Reply #298 on: October 19, 2006, 10:11:41 AM »
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Is YouTube dead?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/19/DDG0FLRA0U1.DTL


as long as i can watch golden girls, french and saunders, and the amanda show reruns, i'll be happy. unless they do away with the freddie mrecury videos.

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« Reply #299 on: October 19, 2006, 12:45:10 PM »
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Is YouTube dead?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/19/DDG0FLRA0U1.DTL


Not dead, but their hipster cred is down the YouTubes.
Let's get right to it.