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11/26/09
Actually / if necessary: this will most likely / definitely happen.
P.s. Kerry to Sec St.
Seriously -- why would Obama NOT do this.
Term 1 neutered Bill. Term 2 will most likely require some frisson.
Then HRC gets to be president. If she can beat John Thune.
11/25/09
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11/25/09
Thunder only happens when it's rainin'.
11/25/09
So I'd say Joe B has every reason to be a'feared.
11/25/09
11/25/09
Biden just needs time to take care of his 1981 Pontiac Trans Am.
[www.theonion.com]
11/25/09
11/25/09
Oh. Sorry. Saw the record cover and had a little flashback to high school.
11/25/09
11/25/09
You going to argue with Chicken Shack?
11/25/09
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11/25/09
Maybe because they were scheduled to perform a concert the next evening, I convinced myself that it was Stevie Nicks, so I laid down in the grass nearby hoping to make a dream come true.
Neither of us said a word and eventually after maybe half an hour, she got up and floated away. To this day, I swear that it could've very easily been Ms. Nicks, but since I was tripping on acid at the time, I'll never know.
11/25/09
But I'm probably getting into "T.M.I." territory here, huh?
11/25/09
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11/25/09
Except maybe through a job swap with Hillary. Hmmmm. I could see that.
(Though I don't believe that anything being said about Obama 2012's ticket in Nov. 2009.)
11/25/09
11/25/09
#tips
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#tips
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#tips
11/25/09
And Biden, believe it or not, has been rumored to be the most dovish member of the new administration. I would welcome the switch (that is not going to happen).
11/25/09
11/25/09
There were about 10 of us sitting at the front table on the right, where you walk in. Everyone was drinking and having a good time. One of my friends went up to get a drink, and I asked him to get me another round. I noticed he was gone for a long time-- about 30 minutes. Finally, he sat down empty handed-- I was said "dude?" He said that the bartender (mid 30s woman who has worked there a while) refused to serve him because the last time he got a drink, he did not tip her. My friend is a very sweet guy; he sincerely forgot and sincerely apologized (more to the point, what if he was just waiting to tip her at the end of the night, like some folks choose to do). Still, the bartender refused.
I went up to the bar to order for me and him, and she says "Oh, friend of the non-tipper." I said, "come on, he apologized." She then flips out and starts screaming at me: "You have no idea what's going on in the world! Why don't you and your friends go twitter about it!"
I was flabbergasted because: 1) the 10 people were all in their late 20s, early 30s, mildly dressed 9/10 left tips for their drinks, 2) None of us were using a handheld phone or anything-- I have never used twitter, and 3) she went from 0-100 in 2 seconds- yelling and waiving her arms.
Anyway, I argued back that I don't use twitter and that I do understand that he should have tipped and that I used to work in restaurants for 5 years. She argued "Well I've been doing it for 15"-- to which I responded, then you should handle not getting tipped occasionally without freaking out.
Anyway, by that point my other friends gathered around, and we all told her we were leaving. Everyone was so upset after the argument we all went home, and that is how I spent my last night in NY for a year.
So yeah, I don't like that bar.
11/25/09
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11/25/09
You might want to ... you know, talk to someone about it. A professional. That can help you get past an experience like this and move on with your life ...
11/25/09
11/25/09
We're all friends here. We all go on a little sometimes.
Happy Thanksgiving! God bless us, every one!
11/25/09
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11/25/09
I remember hearing that GWB was going to replace Cheney, and that Clinton wanted to get rid of Gore, and that GB 41 would replace Quale as well.
11/25/09
Hillary Clinton has the demonstrated support of approximately half the Democratic Party right off the bat. Four years as Veep on top of her time as Secretary of State would give her the sort of resume boost that would make her extremely hard to beat.
11/25/09
11/25/09
#tips
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