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TODAY
Saturday, April 1
Fuel
wackpuma / February 2, 2005 12:45 PM
. . .giving a shortcut from one place to another, anywhere in the Cook, Dupage, Lake, Kane, McHenry counties.
Ramsin / February 2, 2005 1:03 PM
Trivial Pursuit 90's Edition.
Heather S. / February 2, 2005 1:12 PM
...making popcorn on the stove. Canola Oil + Yoder's Tiny Tender White Popcorn = yum!
Andrew / February 2, 2005 1:50 PM
...at saying, "I am a mother pheasant plucker. I pluck mother pheasants. I am the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker that ever plucked a mother pheasant."
Ian / February 2, 2005 1:50 PM
weaseling out of obligations
emily / February 2, 2005 1:51 PM
breaking new year's resolutions.
Steve / February 2, 2005 1:53 PM
...goofing off at work.
RH / February 2, 2005 1:57 PM
Procrastinating. Spelling. Getting babies to sleep.
Stas' / February 2, 2005 2:02 PM
Timing traffic lights, having the worse attention defecit disorder, approaching anybody in conversation, making them my friend, and changing the mood or atmosphere of a room.
Leo / February 2, 2005 2:07 PM
Rock, paper, scissors.
Michael / February 2, 2005 2:09 PM
...beer bongs.
karen / February 2, 2005 2:11 PM
being able to name what a song is within the first couple of notes
Naz / February 2, 2005 2:22 PM
Knowing what song/person/movie you're talking about before you even properly encapsulate what it is.
jgs / February 2, 2005 2:30 PM
scathing criticism.
Pete / February 2, 2005 2:43 PM
Filling in blanks. Oh, and also being an unrepentant smartass.
Eamon / February 2, 2005 2:44 PM
...identifying the voice in that commercial. Also, Scrabble. Also, deep-frying.
jen / February 2, 2005 2:50 PM
...singing bad top 10 songs from my younger days and subsequently getting them stuck in others' heads.
Steve / February 2, 2005 2:56 PM
...loading a dishwasher. My kung fu is mightier than yours.
Mike / February 2, 2005 2:59 PM
...brutal, unvarnished honesty.
I've said that someone's baby was ugly (not to her face, but to a room full of people...it did get cute later). I'll tell people that I don't like their favorite music, TV shows and movies.
I'm learning to control it.
e_five / February 2, 2005 3:04 PM
Selfish sex.
Maggie / February 2, 2005 3:09 PM
baking brownies.
j3s / February 2, 2005 3:12 PM
- Connect Four.
- eating ridiculous amounts of chocolate.
- getting drunk and doing stupid stuff so I can have something to laugh at myself for.
- not recognizing people I have met 10 times.
Andy / February 2, 2005 3:29 PM
looking much younger than I really am.
breaking up with someone in an honest, tactful way.
eep / February 2, 2005 3:30 PM
...alphabetizing backwards
Naz / February 2, 2005 3:31 PM
...doing Snow's "Informer".
j3s / February 2, 2005 3:52 PM
I'll vouch for Naz's cover of "Informer." I might even still have some video if it from one of Shylo's parties.
Gretta / February 2, 2005 3:54 PM
being able to completly wipe the slate clean.
jima / February 2, 2005 4:05 PM
playing the ukulele.
Alice / February 2, 2005 4:11 PM
forgetting things I don't want to remember.
Eamon / February 2, 2005 4:16 PM
Like what, Alice?
jm / February 2, 2005 4:25 PM
Self-blame. I excel at the Art of Self Criticism.
I know. It's a gift. Probably from my mother.
am / February 2, 2005 4:30 PM
making people cry. not that i'm proud of that but every so often, it does come in handy.
and shopping.
kelly / February 2, 2005 4:55 PM
eating all my vegetables...
Leelah / February 2, 2005 5:12 PM
teaching "Macbeth"
daruma / February 2, 2005 6:26 PM
staying friends with the ex-es. It's "my thing."
Veronica / February 2, 2005 6:53 PM
Naming X-Files episodes within ten seconds of viewing, from any spot during the episode. Up through season five, at least. It's all one blur of crap from that point on.
Rebecca / February 2, 2005 8:24 PM
Teaching nerds how to flirt.
Joe / February 2, 2005 8:43 PM
...filling in blanks
chris / February 2, 2005 11:46 PM
life
paul / February 3, 2005 5:23 AM
No, I'm way better than you at sleepnessless. Posting at noon, geesh, what an amatuer.
Shylo / February 3, 2005 7:52 AM
Snow's Informer? I do not remember this from my parties. Oh, please! Video!
I have instant recall of ever Golden Girls episode ever. Also, I am a really good house painter.
Erik / February 3, 2005 9:24 AM
combing moustaches.
I get a little lonely sometimes.
monkey / February 3, 2005 9:57 AM
Bases Loaded 2, original nintendo. Jersey rules!
Jason / February 3, 2005 10:15 AM
playing old time fiddle tunes on a trumpet.
Erica / February 3, 2005 10:29 AM
Impulsive Internet shopping. Some of it downright pathetic, like the collection of Dream Pets I bought on Fred Flare Dot Com.
Fred, you are the devil with cool junk for sale.
roderick / February 3, 2005 10:51 AM
Knowing offbeat information. Or BS'ing that I know it. You'd never know.
waleeta / February 3, 2005 12:50 PM
Oh yeah Paul? I haven't slept since I wrote that sh*t!
davin / February 3, 2005 12:52 PM
watching tv.
hands down. i am so good.
meg / February 3, 2005 12:52 PM
Remembering precise details about people I've only met briefly.
c / February 3, 2005 1:57 PM
...making risotto.
Ellie / February 3, 2005 2:26 PM
knowing the words that make up acronyms.
Moustache Man / February 3, 2005 2:51 PM
Cunnilingus.
Kris / February 3, 2005 2:52 PM
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
Margaret / February 3, 2005 2:56 PM
giving cats scritches behind the ears.
Veronica / February 3, 2005 3:02 PM
giving myself weird haircuts
Charlie / February 3, 2005 3:09 PM
...being turned down by chicks.
L / February 3, 2005 3:40 PM
Smoking copious amounts of herb.
w / February 3, 2005 3:55 PM
Moustache Man and L, you are both hereby invited to my house.
sarah / February 3, 2005 4:25 PM
- walking for miles in a fourth of july parade wearing a giant papier-mache baby head
steve_sleeve / February 4, 2005 1:05 AM
THE INTERNET(s)
amyc / February 4, 2005 9:04 AM
...nothing. Sigh.
kerry / February 4, 2005 11:33 AM
. . . keeping balanced on a moving train.
Oh, and not shaving my legs. I totally rule at that.
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