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Vera the Enormous Spider
Vera the Enormous Spider
Vera the Enormous Spider
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When I picked up my kids for the weekend, I was introduced to Vera the Enormous Spider. I took these with my iPhone, which doesn't have a macro lens. Vera appears to be a Golden Silk Spider. She has a mate who is so small, he really doesn't show. - Chris Baskind
And those are two of may way-cool kids in the background: James and Alexandra. They're the youngest. - Chris Baskind
wow...hi James and Alexandra *waves* :) - Anna Haro
Like and then HIDE.. so cool but.. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. *runs* - Alix Whitmire
If you wish to live and thrive let a spider run alive -- an old saying. - Sprague D
"Like and Hide" is epic. haha - Chris Baskind
Kids are cool. Spider is TERRIFYING! AGHHHHHHHH! - Abby Martin
"like" then "hide" spiders = ;kjlj;lkjjshd;a;lja;lksj;lk but kids and pac man hoodies ftw! - Mona N.
I love spiders. I hate webs. Specifically, walking into them. - ·[•_•]·
Yeah, James' Pac Man hoodie rules. I gotta get one. By the way, it's 90 degrees in that photo. They were showing off their new stuff. - Chris Baskind
I love the web and I hate spiders - AJ Batac
So huge spider. is it dangerous? - Mahdi Ebrahimi
Mahdi: No, if that's a Golden Silk Spider, it bites but isn't particularly dangerous. Seems quite docile, too. - Chris Baskind
I have one of these guys by my front window at home: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B... they get pretty big - Matrixx333
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Shey posted a message
yesterday at 9:18 pm - Link
WELLCOME - Akiva Moskovitz
Yahoo! Congrats! :) - Phil (scribkin)
The sun shines on you Shey. - Hutch Carpenter
Good, then can you please tell me where we are? :p - Anna Haro
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2 hours ago - Link
Nice...gotta love the haters. - David Cook
Scoble...don't let the douchebags get you down. - Sean McGee
Scoble backlash! You're taking it like a champ. - Pete Delucchi
am I wrong, or did you not just criticize only the WEBSITES that these companies put up? How does that make you anti-startup? - Nathan Rein
@Scobleizer So, if you don't review something favorably, you're a douchebag? So, all reviewers with high standards or differing opinions are douchebags? Bad form to review the reviewer. People and companies have to either accept a review or in isolated circumstances offer up a calm, rational counterpoint. Anything else is a bad pr move and impolite. - David van Sunder
it all worked out like you planned scobes, eh? - jeneane is in the house
As much as I like what you have to say, your recent post on start-ups was way off the bat. I don't think "you suck" but I do think the post was not a good one. - Candace Holly
Kevin: you aren't the only one to agree with me that the sites sucked too. Jeneane: I honestly didn't have any idea what the feedback would be. - Robert Scoble
Candace: which startup post? And what did you disagree with on it? - Robert Scoble
If these guys were smart, they'd listen to your comments constructively instead of taking it all personally. People can't be honest and constructive any more - that's what sucks. If they disagree, that's fine, but it doesn't make you a jerk for being constructive. I wish more of my critiques were as constructive as you made yours. - Jesse Stay via twhirl
The post; Startups: your web site sucks . I personally think winelibrary.tv is a ridiculous site. I also think the host of the show belongs on a bad infomercial late at night. It's just a site with a blog post and a video on the front page. And why compare tech related companies to a wine company anyway? Two different things. The post seemed to just say "this is why you suck" but there was no solution or even an offer of "here's how you can suck less". It's one of a few posts of yours I didn't like. - Candace Holly
@Jesse when you are involved with something like a startup anything said about it is personal, take Jason Calacanis and Mahalo. I'm not saying its right, I'm saying I understand. As far as your post Robert, if you're a journalist and you aren't getting hate mail, you aren't doing something right. If they spent as much time making sure your accusations were unfounded as they did taking shots at your level of credibility in the startup field (which is suspect btw) they would have nothing to worry about. - Aaron Krug
Why should anyone expect Scoble to stick up for them? Bad design is bad design. Sometimes getting your feelings hurt makes you wake up to things that need change. - Ben Rhudy
Aaron, I work for a startup - just started, and I would love for Scoble to write about us, good or bad. This is awesome exposure opportunity for each of them. - Jesse Stay via twhirl
What's important is that he's honest - if he were lying about us to make us look bad that would be a different story. - Jesse Stay via twhirl
It should be noted that Scoble's post is also now on Techmeme and each one of those startups is now getting traffic from that as well. - Jesse Stay via twhirl
Scoble, only advice: calm down, take a deep breath before talking. Remember there are real people on the end of your barbs. You've done a lot of good in promoting startups, don't fuck it up now. - Duncan Riley
Candace: OK, then I'll come up with some better examples. Winelibrary.tv is just one that is doing something interesting to me and keeps me engaged, both because it has interesting video as well as an interesting community. A better example might have been something like Evernote, Seesmic, MaxRoam, or Tripit, which are far closer to the usual Demo kind of things. - Robert Scoble
Duncan: there are real people on the other end, that is true, but they need to step up the game big time. To me Demo is the equivilent of the Super Bowl and these sites look like high school. Trying to pretend otherwise doesn't help this industry one bit. - Robert Scoble
@Jesse what startup do you work for? I know what you are saying with "no news is bad news", and of course any criticism from a guy who has been able to see so many startups could be used constructively. If you are talking exposure though, didn't these guys do the right thing then, since Robert wrote another post about it, getting them more exposure? I think the best idea is to focus on your product and the other things under your direct control (website), then the journalists come to you instead. - Aaron Krug
Robert, from what I can gather, at least a decent slab of the sites you're talking about are pre-release in that they'll be launching new sites post DEMO/ TC50 etc. just give them a little time and credit. Sure, some don't get the marketing aspect, but I'd bet not all of them are like that - Duncan Riley
Aaron http://staynalive.com/articles... - we haven't launched yet but you'll hear more about it this week. I can already say that our website isn't very good right now either though. (but then again, we haven't launched yet, nor announced much about it) - Jesse Stay via twhirl
Duncan: OK, fair enough. I'll look at all 70 again at the end of the week. I'll also compare them to TC50 and I'll be just as harsh on them. But, many of these companies have spent months preparing for Demo, and way more than $18,000 (Shel Israel and other demo coaches tell me that companies often spend more than $100,000 preparing for, and bringing their teams to, Demo). So, to spend that kind of effort to have a Website up that doesn't even work is inexcusable. - Robert Scoble
Our total expenditure for Mobilize will be about 2k - but we're working our asses off true bootstrap style! I've wasted plenty of $ (mine & others) in previous ventures. Not this time. - Dean Terry
@Jesse thanks for the link, I look forward to seeing more soon. As far as the site goes, you're right. The same defense you made could be made for the Demo companies as well, as there is actually an embargo on writing about them until Monday(as you know), so I think we could safely wait until after their Demo debut to pass this kind of judgment. If Duncan is right about many companies having new sites after as he stated a few comments above here Robert may have jumped the gun. - Aaron Krug
@Duncan I hear what you are saying about the pre-release deal, but when you say some companies don't get the marketing bit, you can add those companies to the list that WILL FAIL. Marketing is as or more important than the product itself, and you know it. Robert may have jumped the gun here but the point still stands. Marketing matters. - Aaron Krug
Scoble is the Simon Cowell of Social Media.. he's going to tell it like it is, whether you like it or not, either you can build a site, or you can't .. there is no use in half-assing it :) FYI, anytime I see a site that is not in English, the first thing I do is look for country flags. - Tim Hoeck
My comment on the blog: Unfortunate events, looking forward to your next post on this. Even an investigation in the topic could be done as it'd disseminate facts from the parties as it seems the situation is somewhat doing a ricochet by bringing up old stories, I think that storyline will effectively be settled in a definite and decisive way. To the best thinker -Zu - [ zu ]-eBailey
Bring some more intel! I'm somewhat of a researcher and the story seems interesting enough it made me imagine some kind of a social-web-documentary-document, where every posts related to the topic could be disseminated by all, with fact-checking and the like, anyways... ;p - [ zu ]-eBailey
wow, well if companies "often spend more than $100,000" going to Demo, assuming they spend similar money going to TC50, that kind of torpedoes the whole "TC is the side of Truth and Justice because they don't charge startups" argument. (Not that anyone was buying Arrington's argument that the fee constituted "payola" anyway.) - Karim
Karim: actually that's a good point and one that I wish Shipley had made better in her blog post. She decided to knock my ego down a few sizes instead of explaining this and making her conference look better. Oh well, my ego always needs a knock and I don't have any interest in either of these conferences. - Robert Scoble
My honest opinion of your piece was that it looked like you were locking arms with Arrington and Calacanis to destroy Demo. I think the over-the-top bombast and timing makes it smell a bit, if you know what I mean, esp. since you're an adviser to TC50. I would like to think that you look at the startup itself and don't favor one or disfavor another because of how they choose to launch. Your post is a bit jarring to me, actually. Seems to me like you could have made the point about the websites not being good without making the leap that the companies and products themselves are bad and basically screaming to the world that Demo is going to suck. Sorry, but it LOOKS like you're taking sides against certain startups just because of politics. I've always respected and trusted your opinions. I hope that's not the case. - Dawn
I think the kicker was many posts about how Demo sucked that you were posting. Everybody knows you're associated with TC, so it looked obvious even if it wasn't intended. - Patricia
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possibly my favourite music video ever. - Trent Olson
Mine too! I just told my husband it's one of the best videos ever. - Evangeline
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Charlie Anzman posted a message
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That commercial sucks - Far
No, it doesn't. - Akiva Moskovitz
I hated it...and I LOVE Jerry...I was just so disappointed he sold out for THIS crap. - Sean McGee
it sucks - Chris Martin
Sean - EVERYONE has a number. 11 mill - I'm there - Charlie Anzman
You're *that* old Charlie??? ;-) - Jesse Stay
Jesse - Shhhh !!! - Charlie Anzman
Now I feel young! - Tad - just Tad
It's a lame ad. They're trying to be Apple. Try hard. - jjprojects
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Jesse Stay posted a message
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This is an army I would love to be drafted into. - Shawn Farner
Semper Find? - Louis Gray
Semper Find?? ha! - Yolanda
Sounds like world domination has begun -- wiring up the entire globe with wireless - imabonehead
Don't worry about it. They're just going out for a three-hour tour. A three-hour tour! - Akiva Moskovitz
+1 Louis - David Cook
+1 Louis - That's gotta be a top 50 comment of the month - Charlie Anzman
+3, Akiva - Trent Olson
+1 Louis - Morgan
+1(n) Louis, dynamite - Marko
If we all +1 ed at the same time, I'm deleting mine. - Charlie Anzman
FF really needs "like"ing comments so we can get rid of all the "+1"'s - Jesse Stay via twhirl
Akiva!! Sorry, Louis, I'm transferring my +1 to Moskovitz. - Yolanda
I'll start worrying when they get a stargate. - Kevin Johnson
Take THAT, Gray!@$~ - Akiva Moskovitz
A satellite? Just one? Why not one each for NA, Euorpe, and Asia, then deploy planes to areas of intense searching/app usage. For example, during Olympic, float a barge and a fly some planes to China or nearby to provide extra processing power. It does sound very militaristic, especially when information is the most powerful weapon any force can have. - klecu
Army of Chrome?...naa...Louis' was better! :) - David Cook
A satellite. Wow. Hail Google - Varun Mahajan
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Jesse Stay posted a link
My FriendFeed Compatibility Chart (all checked)
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Someone quick ... frame this one before I disappear from another !!!! :) Jesse back in the 'favorites' ... heh - Charlie Anzman
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Duncan Riley posted a message
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I like that you gave the old PC to the mother in law. Veiled angst? :-) - Louis Gray
Louis, it was either that or the bin :-) - Duncan Riley
We usually give our old computers away to family members as well. We tend to regret the tech support calls from them, tho'. - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy
That's an argument for gifting old computers to complete strangers. Cheaper in the long run. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
Helen, and that's the downside, I was only on her laptop because it kept asking her for a password for a service I'd forgotten to uninstall :-) - Duncan Riley
Duncan - Did you peek at her cookies or history to see where she's hangin' out? (Tell the truth :) - Charlie Anzman
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oops... - Jesse Stay
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Beautiful Photos: Animal Kingdom's Odd Couples
Beautiful Photos: Animal Kingdom's Odd Couples
Beautiful Photos: Animal Kingdom's Odd Couples
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"I'll never let you go..." - imabonehead
i love that first one. The cat looks grumpy but willing to make a go of it... :) - Zee at WeDoCreative
Incredibly Sweet! - Terri Tippett
awww...we have come so far *tear* - Anna Haro
Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends... - Chris Rivait
i wonder if any of these are photoshopped - Zee at WeDoCreative
That monkey is a pigeon whisperer. - Christopher Harley
how could they leave out Owen and Mzee! http://www.owenandmzee.com/omw... - Nathan Rein
Oh! This is one of my favorites :) Thought I'm still on the fences about anything with a squirrel in it... - Anna Lynn M.
I actually thought that was a rabbit you know. Yeah screw squirrels... - Zee at WeDoCreative
so lovely !! - Mahdi Ebrahimi
cute! - Fu_
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Akiva Moskovitz posted a message
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I hear ya. I think we are all dazzled by our own occasional brilliance sometimes, even if noone else is. :) - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy
On the request list ... 'post-likeys' :) - Charlie Anzman
But then you'd never leave home............wait for it..........wait for it...... - Josh Haley
Sometimes I try to like something I posted minutes ago :P - Michael W. May via twhirl
well, i actually post only what i like :) even in retrospect i like what i posted! - Hayk Hakobyan
stability:) - Igor Poltavskiy
you can. post a "Like" in the comments and bump it to the top again. - Carlos Ayala
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Steven Hodson posted an entry on Hodson Report
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Rafe Needleman posted an entry on Webware.com
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Reading this piece, Jason's note about how TC will be giving other outlets prime opportunities to get stories is very good. I assume that having other outlets interested in talking about TC50 will only help them, so it's the right idea. - Louis Gray
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The right one ftw. Laughter + curiosity + optimism = life :) - Mona N.
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Saturday morning
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awww..... - Patri Friedman
adorable! :) - Anna Haro
awe! - d e f c o n
happy family photo op! nice! - Susan Beebe
Cute! - Charlie Anzman
Very cute. Got one one the way myself. :D - Tsega Dinka
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Jesse Stay posted a message
See any major blogs in this list?  This was my referral traffic from yesterday.  Notice most of them are early adopter sites. (note this is just referral traffic, not Google or directs)
yesterday at 10:34 pm - Link
One thought...interesting to see the mix of regular vs. beta FriendFeed. - Hutch Carpenter
Are these sites where you spend the majority of your time, participate? - Hao Chen
Finding the Buzz Yahoo interesting - Charlie Anzman
Hao, yes - for the most part they are all sites where I participate. This is why these sites are changing the landscape - Jesse Stay via twhirl
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Mona N. posted a link
Ok, so for those unfamiliar with the San Francisco Bay Area...
Ok, so for those unfamiliar with the San Francisco Bay Area...
yesterday at 9:44 pm - Link
Left = some FFers and where we are / Right = Map from USGS. Key: The red "X" = where it was felt the most. Hope this helps! :) -- please excuse my drawing 'skills'. - Mona N.
Helps lots, Mona. Where's Polly on that map... I forget. - Yolanda
Oh sure, I didn't make the map! - Jennifer Leggio
Polly and Anna are down south.... This is just San Francisco and its surrounding area. :) - Mona N.
Jennifer, I forgot to add you and your launching couch! - well, truth is I suck at drawing and couldn't draw a couch :( - Mona N.
nice maybe should make a pilgrimage south to see the SF FF peeps? - Cecil Sandus
Thanks Mona. This Texan didn't have clue. :) - Yolanda
Mona = best newsgirl ever. - Geoff Schultz
I'm in San Jose and didn't feel a thing. 4.0 is a relatively minor quake. - Jeff P. Henderson
Geoff: Ya cuz I'm always parked in front of a computer LOL @Jeff: So I heard lol. I felt my entire house shake! I thought a bomb dropped or something haha - Mona N.
Mona - I'm San Franciscan! - Hutch Carpenter
Mona -- Haha, it's OK. :-) - Jennifer Leggio
Yeah, most of the time you can't feel 'em until they are 5 and above. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
Hutch, I thought you were in the South Bay!! Jennifer, if I had the skills, I would've SO drawn a launching couch. I can see it in my head. My fingers are just retarded HAHA - Mona N.
Why The H)*%^* do you crack me up so much .... Here's the recap (If anyone has a weird problem with screenshots .. I'll pull it (He ducks) http://www.behindtheweather.co... (Suitable for framing) - Charlie Anzman
The N stands for News anchor FTW - Cecil Sandus
LOL, we were all just caught off guard. Glad to amuse, Charlie! ;) - Mona N.
I can see me on your map, I think you wrote my name in blue on top of the X in really small letters. - Pete Delucchi
Pete, you're in the Bay, too? - Mona N.
Hey, I'm glad it wasn't bigger and you're all OK plus you bailed me out of a heated economic discussion ... - Charlie Anzman
Mona just floats out there on the Bay. - Hutch Carpenter
ONOZ! They haz u surrounded. - Jack Carlson
should put this on Flickr and then everyone can add a note where they are - Jim Goldstein
O Hai. I am near LG next town over. - Elliott Ng
With my chicken scratch? omg LOL. But that's a good idea! - Mona N.
Mo, San Jo, yo - Pete Delucchi
Great map. :-) This explains everything! - Louis Gray
Except I positioned Hutch wrong, and left some people out! :\ - Mona N.
An epic example of modern cartography - Chris Baskind
The one thing that I care about is Moscone. I'll be up that way for Oracle OpenWorld in a couple of weeks, but I'll probably spend most of my time within a few blocks of Moscone. Of course, in that area you have to think about tall buildings. Thankfully, we have earthquake building codes in California. - Ontario Emperor
Hutch: done. @Chris: More like EPIC FAIL lol. @Ontario: you're in SF too? - Mona N.
See that X? That big red X? That's where I live! - AJ Kohn
Walnut Creek? I'm adding you to the map, too AJ! - Mona N.
Another SFer here. Terestita Blvd in da house. - Mike Doeff
Mike? Teresita? We're neighbors! - Hutch Carpenter
I am in Newark. I felt the quake barely. Would have missed it all together if my wife didint ask who was rocking the couch. - Adam Helweh
+8000 Mona - woot :D - Morgan
AJ - WC FTW! - Morgan
My chicken scratched map is on Flickr, too :) Here http://www.flickr.com/photos/n... - Mona N.
good fishing where scoble is at - Rodfather
chew R a stick figure with puurdy hair :D - Caroline
Hutch, that's cool that we're neighbors. We should meet up for coffee. - Mike Doeff
I'm a former SFer and soon to be again! Currently living by the big red x. Yikes. I was in SF during the quake, though. Surprised that it was only 4.2. I felt it all the way over at UCSF on Parnassus. Felt like a car crashed into the house where I was babysitting. I can only imagine how it would have been at home. Power was only mishap. Had to reprogram clocks and stuff when I got here... - Lisa L. Seifert
YAY, Lisa! You're moving back!!!! - Mona N.
I'm somewhere on that map as well. I was driving at the time and didn't feel a thing. - Alan Le
Ya, I put a note on my Flickr: "Alan Le, somewhere" and made a super duper stretched boxed of the East Bay hahaha! Lemme know if you want to be taken off :) Ps. Thank you everyone for your concern! :) - Mona N.
Yup. WC. FTW for sure! Now if it could just get below 100 for a day some time in the near future ... - AJ Kohn
:O Mona's HUGE! - Mo Kargas
I can barely fit on the map... lower right corner in the brown, next to the RFID plant and IBM Almaden... You also need to scale that the map is 100 miles wide. SF != SJ. SF = 1hr easy from SJ on a good day with supersonic jets and no other citizens on the roads. :) - Eric Rice
YAY! So you're gonna fix it for me!! Thanks, Spin! :) - Mona N.
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Mona N. posted a link
"Keeping AMEIRCA Strong" at the RNC
yesterday at 5:35 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
And illiterate apparently. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
Go AMEIRCA! - Mona N.
RNC For The FAIL! - Steve Isaacs
That's kinda how W pronounces it though. "Keep Ameirca safe from the terrsts" - Tad - just Tad
From the newclear weapwns? - Mona N.
LOL Mowna :D - AJ Batac
+1 for No Child Left Behind - Michelle Martinez
++1 for War - Mona N.
+++Michelle Martinez - Anna Haro
Hrm...illiteracy tends to make for a violent personality...interesting - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
? - Mona N.
can't read, feel violent, become a warmonger...that sort of thing - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
Hey Dave, did you see this? - Mona N.
Because, you know, everyone in the DNC is a perfect speller right? Then again, there is at least one prominent far left blogger who spells "Canada" as "KKKanada" so that's alright then :) - Soulhuntre via twhirl
Touche, Soulhuntre. Toouuuu-cheeee. ;) - Mona N.
So "ameirca" is making some political point similar to "KKKanada"? The latter is deliberate, the former, I'm not so sure. - Jack Carlson
@soulhuntre fess up you sneeky person ... you made an intentional spelling error ... mission accomplished! clever very clever ... how do they find talent like you? - Wes Schadenfreud
Yikes. Please duke it out by the bike racks and not here :) Thank you for your cooperation! :) - Mona N.
Nucular weapons! - nouhad
I posted another one like this with a different sign. So, either they are dumb and no one is pointing it out or its photoshopped - Adam Helweh
Ameirca, F*ck yah! - Bren
Nah, pretty sure I saw these signs on TV. - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
newclear weapwns! - Mona N.
This is what happens when you even outsource your campaign signs. - Chris Baskind
Yaaaaay, America! LOL - Mona N.
Them Republicants shore is smart, ain't they? No wonder they vote that way. - Jody C
Quiet you unpatriotic Frenchies! Criticise the uneducated and the terrorists win! LOL. - Mark O'Neill
Nice, make fun of the dyslexic people. Or maybe his child made the sign. Question, is your spelling perfect all of the time? When you're not using spell check? I really don't understand why it is acceptable to make fun of someone when you don't agree with their political views. - ChiliMac via twhirl
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