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Add me to the list ... :-) ... for .99 it seems like a heckuva bargain! - Hieronymus Murphy

I'm sorry, is this English: "Clarium is a broadly opportunistic investment fund that pursues absolute returns across a global macro spectrum by studying and exploiting distortions present in most global macroeconomic markets." Really? - Hieronymus Murphy

There's gonna be a special place in Hell for these shooters. - Hieronymus Murphy

I was more than a little intrigued about this movie, until I read several reviews that went beyond the "wow! amazing visuals!" reviews and mentioned plot elements that are apparently supposed to make it an ecological parable. The plot element that made me decide to wait until Avatar reaches pay-for-view before I see it is the rare mineral called "unobtainium," only available on the Avatar planet. I find that ham-handed and annoying — very, VERY annoying! I don't need to be preached to by a multi-millionaire director with an ego the size of Montana. - Hieronymus Murphy

Dear Ashley, To be taken seriously, it helps to use the correct word. In your first paragraph, fourth sentence, the word you wanted was "elude." That's when I stopped reading. Regards, Murphy - Hieronymus Murphy

Aaaaah, yes — one of the more notorious staged photos from early in our Iraq misadventure. Long shots of this pull-down were first explained as a "spontaneous demonstration by the Iraqi people." Yeah — right! More like "U.S. soldiers pull down a statue while Iraqis watch." - Hieronymus Murphy

Good, I'm glad someone in the justice system is putting the alleged threat posed by the Gitmo detainees in some sort of reality based perspective. - Hieronymus Murphy

This looks interesting — but if I read the phrase "rich and meaningful experience" one more time, my head may explode. - Hieronymus Murphy

And always, ALWAYS, ask "why?" It get to motivation, while all other explore nothing more than mechanics. - Hieronymus Murphy

Yeah, tabloids have left an "indelible mark" on journalism — a really bad tattoo of a skull with flames shooting out of it's eye sockets. - Hieronymus Murphy

Hmmmmm, I thought testing Google Chrome was invitation only. Glad to find that's not the case. - Hieronymus Murphy

It is so, so nice to have a President who can both write and speak well. - Hieronymus Murphy

Okay — Tiger Woods was a dawg — we get it. Now can we get on with the real news? - Hieronymus Murphy

I'd like to see citizen journalists do a story like this — then I'll start taking them seriously. - Hieronymus Murphy

My first thought: a jealous husband? Heh! - Hieronymus Murphy

Actual good writing by someone other than a "citizen journalist" might have avoided this problem. But then, everyone with a keyboard and a burning desire to write, no matter how badly, is given credibility in this day and age. Tip: writing — good writing — ain't for the weak-of-heart or the unqualified. - Hieronymus Murphy

Another #simplesolution? Don't follow mundane, boring people. - Hieronymus Murphy

Friedman points out what any student of history knows: if you don't learn from the past, you're doomed to repeat it. Here we are, 46 years on from the Cronkite-Kennedy interview - and all you'd have to do is substitute "Afghanistan" for "Vietnam," and you have the same damned result! - Hieronymus Murphy

Aetna bastards! - Hieronymus Murphy

I like the Chicagoist photo galleries a lot! - Hieronymus Murphy

Downright knuckleheaded oopses on the Google map that 10 minutes consulting with almost any resident of the city would have fixed ... sheesh! - Hieronymus Murphy

So, soooooo wrong ... in a good way. Heh! - Hieronymus Murphy

Hysterical and very nerdy-cool! - Hieronymus Murphy

Wow! Pretty damned good use of social media! - Hieronymus Murphy

This, from the company that once its entire customer base as beta testers ... Quelle surprise! - Hieronymus Murphy

The fireman analogy is faulty. Firemen are on call 24-7 when they're AT the station, NOT when they're at home. Sure, they might get called in (maybe), but only in the most dire emergencies. - Hieronymus Murphy

It's my wish that all news outlets completely ignore these people. Oh, I'm sure they'll be interviewed by someone, but wouldn't be nice if they were ignored? - Hieronymus Murphy

And why they didn't capture bin Laden when they had the chance will be an enduring geo-political mystery. - Hieronymus Murphy

This is hysterical — management never stops trying to get talent, experience and smarts on the cheap! In addition to having little clue what they need. - Hieronymus Murphy

If what Cohen describes comes to pass as he describes it, I'll be immeasurably disappointed. Argh! - Hieronymus Murphy