Last Christmas season I went to L.L. Bean to order some rain gear and repeatedly watched my computer curl up like a constipated dog every time I clicked on the order button.

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It's when it's dark, it's raining, you think oh I've got to go and walk outside with one baked bean can and that's... and then I'll maybe.. if I do it, then I'll sometimes think oh I won't wash it out.

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And I appreciate the warm welcome from Rick Cummings and Dennis Bean and all the folks at Oasis.

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Like many, I've been waiting for an upgrade to Jelly Bean ever since HTC first promised it back in July.

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Am I the only one who doesn't think a carbonated jelly bean is a good idea, who prefers to build a high wall between food and beverages?

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What we should have been trying to do in this farm bill cycle, I think, is adjust so that corn and wheat and soy bean farmers who are making good money in the marketplace, they should have gotten less money than they're going to get.

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But the sight of tiny leaves unfurling on the bean vines and the scent of soil filling the room when I water them have been surprisingly gratifying.

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Captain ALAN BEAN (Former NASA Astronaut): Owen would say to me - I'd say what's going on to your family.

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When not traveling for business, I make fruit, yogurt and unsweetened soy milk smoothies for breakfast and a brown-rice and bean salad for lunch.

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