MedWorm: Anesthetists

Math Tie

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Doomsday Preppers — "It's not a hobby, it's a lifestyle"

bookofjoe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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My first chopper

bookofjoe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Experts' Expert: JotNot best free scanner app for iPhone

bookofjoe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Breguet La Tradition Tourbillon

bookofjoe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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more on hand wounds

the underwear drawer — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Thanks for the input, guys, though I wish now that I had solicited your advice on how to more easily peel ginger (with a spoon? Really? And it doesn't just turn it into a mush?) BEFORE slicing a sliver of my damn finger off, not from the arguably more bloody world of the retrospective. This is why I can't have nice things. Like, you know, fingernails.Also, one commenter noted: "Wasn't there some big debate over bagel slicers at one point and now this? Is that irony I smell?" (Click on the link to read the debate itself, but for the lazies, briefly: Joe had this bad habit of holding his bagels in his palm while cutting them in lengthwise directly into his hand, and I had a problem with that, especially given that he's in a profession where hand tendon inj...

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The Nine Domains of Disgust*

bookofjoe — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Cable and cord control on the cheap

bookofjoe — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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I never finish anyth

bookofjoe — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Rock Paper Scissors Necklace

bookofjoe — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Less Than 100g — "A blog dedicated to tiny & beautiful stuff"

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the view from below

the underwear drawer — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

What I didn't tell you before because it seemed premature (poor word choice) was that during my 12 week ultrasound to measure nuchal lucency, my OB told me that he was "90% sure" that the fetus was a boy."Can you really tell that early?" I asked, trying to see the screen better. I saw what he was looking at, but from my (admittedly imperfect) memory of embryology from medial school, I thought that at 12 weeks gestation the unmentionables were simply classified generically as a "genital tubercle," with no real differentiation between male and female, blah blah blah something Wolffian and Mullerian ducts, blah blah. (I never said I didn't remember the words, I just don't remember what they mean or are.) Anyway, the OB said that was basically right, but sometimes one can get...

Vintage Radio iPhone app

bookofjoe — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Fork Knife Chopsticks

bookofjoe — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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CliffsNotes does Shakespeare — on video

bookofjoe — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Diptyque Santal (Sandalwood) Candle

bookofjoe — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Me and my widgets

bookofjoe — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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What is it?

bookofjoe — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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The Lisbeth Salander Effect

bookofjoe — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Toilet Tie

bookofjoe — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Experts' Expert: Which side of bubble wrap goes on the inside?

bookofjoe — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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World's largest Scrabble board — Limited-edition

bookofjoe — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson plays "Caldonia"

bookofjoe — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Corkcicle

bookofjoe — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Igor Siwanowicz wins Nikon Small World Contest

bookofjoe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Panic Button

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BehindTheMedspeak: Treato — "Posts about drugs, side effects, conditions and symptoms"

bookofjoe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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JMC Soundboard — Wood Loudspeaker

bookofjoe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Experts' Experts: How to hang your toilet paper correctly

bookofjoe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Stoneware TV Dinner Tray

bookofjoe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Alyssa talking backwards

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Outlet Stickers

bookofjoe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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16 weeks

the underwear drawer — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

I am starting to think I might be a bit overextended. Things are pretty OK for now but it occurs to me that with the possibility of a new baby in July (yes I say "possibility" because I am a medical person and therefore justifiably paranoiac) I may have to cut back on certain things. For one, I've been having fun with the speaking engagements but travel is the worst and I find it guilt-inducing to be away from my children, even though they can largely toilet and dress themselves independently (so long as you don't need things to be on right-side out or require pants to be on bottom, shirts on top, that kind of thing). Anyway, I have some speaking engagements booked through early Spring, but I don't think I'm going to be accepting any more after that nor for any appreciable amount of time a...

Who wants a signed Damien Hirst — free?

bookofjoe — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Pancake Plates

bookofjoe — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Experts' Expert: How To Find That 1 Thing You Lost Online

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What is it?

bookofjoe — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Floral Paintings by Fong Qi Wei

bookofjoe — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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AirTurn — "Music reading made easy"

bookofjoe — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Is that a cat in a canoe in George Caleb Bingham's 1845 painting "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri?"

bookofjoe — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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My wonderful new task lamp

bookofjoe — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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these are not the droids you're looking for

the underwear drawer — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Hey, can I recommend something to you completely unsolicited?If your kids like Star Wars but you like your walls/furniture/kids' skulls/wallet too much to get one of those stupid overpriced light-up light sabers from the toy store, might I suggest this thing?I think it's actually a party favor, but it's essentially a white foam tube--the consistency is similar to those foam pool noodles, only smaller--wrapped around a series of different colored LED lights. There are five settings, so you can have the light saber flash red (Darth Vader), blue (Obi Wan), green (Luke Skywalker circa "Return of the Jedi"), slow rainbow (in which it cycles through all the colors, including all the in-between colors like purple and pink and turquoise), and Cal's personal favorite, ULTRA-KINETIC RAINBOW ST...

Stone Drink Dispenser

bookofjoe — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Where not to go: Danger Zones

bookofjoe — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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into thin air and back again

the underwear drawer — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

It's been a little bit of a hectic week. On call Tuesday night, flew out to Sacramento Wednesday to give two talks at UC Davis on Thursday...(Which, while on the subject, thank you, UC Davis! You were lovely and gracious hosts and an impressively progressive school to boot. I have no doubt that you're producing some of the nations finest future doctors, and the administrative attention to the well-being of those future doctors is so admirable. Bravo to you all.)...and then hopped back on a red-eye back Thursday night which dropped me back off in Atlanta at 6:00am this morning, in time to take Cal to school. Then I went home and slept in my bed, like a lot. Well, four hours. But it felt like a lot. Now I'm all woozy and I don't know where I am...

Mary Antrim's million dollar sampler

bookofjoe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Burrito Lens Wrap

bookofjoe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Rodrigo y Gabriela — "As if the Gypsy Kings had taken possession of Jimmy Page"

bookofjoe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Cuboluce Lamp

bookofjoe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Folkstreams — "The best of American folklore films"

bookofjoe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Index Card Pin

bookofjoe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Experts' Experts: Decluttering your bookshelves

bookofjoe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Mouse Platform

bookofjoe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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The Higgs boson explained in plain English

bookofjoe — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Tipsy Glasses

bookofjoe — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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iPhone Joystick

bookofjoe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Helpful Hints from joeeze: How to label what's on a plate

bookofjoe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Trevi Aerating Wine Glass

bookofjoe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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The opposite of the U.S.-Mexico border: Baarle-Nassau

bookofjoe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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A stapler to conjure with

bookofjoe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Museum of Bags

bookofjoe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Liverwurst Rattle

bookofjoe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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continuity of care

the underwear drawer — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Let's talk, for a moment, about childcare.It's a topic that I've meant to discuss for a while, and certainly I addressed it a little bit in my book, but as a family with two parents who work long variable hours outside of the home full-time, our childcare issues fall into a specific subset. That is to say, without putting too fine a point on it, that we are utterly, utterly dependent on full-time, reliable childcare in order to function day-to-day. Neither Joe nor I work part-time or any kind of variable/abbreviated hours. We both work in the OR, which means we invariably leave home before sunrise, before the kids wake up. We both take overnight call on a rotating basis. This is not to be self-congratulatory or masochistic, and does not make us better or worse...

Philip K. Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

bookofjoe — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Healing Hands Chiropractic Massager

bookofjoe — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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What do you see?

bookofjoe — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Teddy Bear Skin Rugs

bookofjoe — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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MorphWorld: Meiko shredder into Jawbone speaker

bookofjoe — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39 — Marc-André Hamelin

bookofjoe — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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How can you break a fractal heart?

bookofjoe — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Costa Concordia Shipwreck From Space

bookofjoe — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Polluted Glass

bookofjoe — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Sigmund Freud envisions augmented reality in 1930

bookofjoe — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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This is my suitcase!

bookofjoe — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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My new kindle.com email addresses

bookofjoe — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Limited-Edition Hammock Bathtub

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hopefully it will be more like a "Toy Story 3" than a "Godfather 3"

the underwear drawer — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

It's different your third time around, certainly. Having your first baby is exciting. It's new and it's amazing and the change from being childless to parenthood is probably the biggest transition of many people's lives. Also you buy a lot of stupid crap that you don't need, like weird baby swings and matching crib linens and tons and tons of size 0-3 month onesies that get worn approximately one and a half times before being outgrown or irreparably soiled.Your second baby is exciting too, in a different way. It's the idea of having kids, plural. The prospect of giving your first child a sibling. Most of the hand-me-downs are still around and none the worse for wear yet, and there's the newness and challenge of having not one, but two kids to divide your attention and time. I remember righ...

"The Photograph" — Penelope Lively

bookofjoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Auto-On Illuminated Wall Clock

bookofjoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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"Psycho" violinist Israel Baker is dead

bookofjoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Cardstick — "Turn your credit card into a mini ruler"

bookofjoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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The miniature worlds of Jacqueline Schmidt

bookofjoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Good Morning Towel 祝君早安!

bookofjoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Every operating pinball machine in San Francisco

bookofjoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Split Decision Pie Pan

bookofjoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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the rule of threes

the underwear drawer — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

It's been a bit of a hiatus, one not deliberately planned--certainly if I had planned it I would have left a less humiliating entry at the top of the page--but after a period of time the interntia became sticky, and for that prolonged silence, I apologize. Obviously plenty has happened in these past few months (see: the entire holiday season Halloween through New Year's--HAPPY EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE), but as for the highlights, allow me to present them in triptych.THREEMack turned three about a week ago, and although I could go into the same hackneyed parental lament about how it seems like he was just born yesterday, how I remember when he was just a wee infant and look at him now--in other, more concrete ways, it is utterly plausible that three years has gone by. I got pregna...

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Confederate sub H.L. Hunley, sunk in 1864, unveiled

bookofjoe — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Steampunk Rotary Smartphone

bookofjoe — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Walk of Faith

bookofjoe — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Nostalgia Breakfast Maker

bookofjoe — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Experts' Expert: Neil deGrasse Tyson's 8 books every intelligent person should read.

bookofjoe — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Limited-Edition Shiro Kuramata Glass Chair

bookofjoe — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Comics Sans Project

bookofjoe — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Bacon-Flavored Drink Tablets

bookofjoe — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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World's longest-running lab experiment

bookofjoe — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Plug Hub Power Cable Organizer — "Your desk, untangled"

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One year captured in a single photograph

bookofjoe — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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iPhone Micro Projector

bookofjoe — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Exploded Flowers — Fong Qi Wei

bookofjoe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Ear Earbuds — "Talk to the ear"

bookofjoe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Helpful Hints from joeeze: Moving to 2012

bookofjoe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Swiss Army Presentation Master Flight

bookofjoe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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twtrland — Got vowels?

bookofjoe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Goldfinger's favorite condiment

bookofjoe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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"The Thing" — G.K. Chesterton

bookofjoe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Replacement furniture legs — Original equipment (only better)

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"Riddley Walker"— A modern classic by Russell Hoban

bookofjoe — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Putz Sink Plug

bookofjoe — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Limited-Edition Jonathan Adler x Cottonelle

bookofjoe — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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College football conferences know no bounds*

bookofjoe — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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TimeMug Thermos — Because time is coffee

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Elephant beauty contest contestant

bookofjoe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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Camera Earrings

bookofjoe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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Double vision: Leonardo da Vinci's "The Virgin of the Rocks" in 1483 and 10 years later

bookofjoe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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Panerai Travel Alarm Clock

bookofjoe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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Transparent Frog

bookofjoe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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Trashed Sticky Notes

bookofjoe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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NASA Meteor Counter App

bookofjoe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

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Close-Up Cuisine