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jdickerson

  1. "Portion size, on the other hand, has consistently been shown to affect how much we eat." washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-kle…
  2. @mollyesque You're going to get a visit from the No Irony Police on that one.
  3. When one door closes a bedroom door opens MT @jimgeraghty: if Edwards had been elected veep in 2004, he may never have met Rielle Hunter.
  4. Mayor Bloomberg? A law perhaps? RT @washingtonpost: MD man admits eating another man's heart, brain: wapo.st/JUA4wv @AP
  5. Because of its greater ratio of fructose to glucose, New York will now be called the Medium Apple.
  6. Overheard Joe Biden: "If only photographers wrote the stories." Bi-partisan sentiment.
  7. George W. Bush's portrait unveiling at WH was charming, a word that gets unveiled in D.C. about as often as presidential portraits.
  8. "babies lost interest when pattern of objects displayed on the screen became too predictable." Like Campaign reporters. nytimes.com/2012/05/29/sci…
  9. Obama and "kill list: "awkward secrecy rules, polarized political commentary and the president’s own deep reserve. nytimes.com/2012/05/29/wor…
  10. If this press conference is a part of the pageant of Democracy then all the contestants are starting to look like Toddlers & Tiaras
  11. Crazy hair day at school. Overnight rag curl instagr.am/p/LSoBIFC-5J/
  12. Has a campaign aide ever said "I'd rather be them than us."
  13. Business uncertainty ain't what it used to be. bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-2…
  14. When a person extends himself to another in a trusting way.. makes her less likely to hold back & less likely to cheat online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…
  15. "Locks protect you from the 98% of mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock." online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…
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  17. After the tracker came out of the hills after the avalanche surviving only on bark, the wise elder was heard to say: "His Twitter is large."