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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Cheering oneself up

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Today I 1. bought two pairs of shoes 2. shared a bowl of microwave popcorn with Nic the cat 3. bought tickets for Albuquerque and investigat...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

Don't mistake my silence for lack of outrage

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I think I mentioned in an earlier post that I've been promoted here at work to "Director of Communications," which is a very n...
Friday, March 07, 2008

What is wrong with this passage?

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From a NYT article on the Democratic primary in Florida and Michigan: Mrs. Clinton won the most votes in primaries in Florida and Michigan ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Random shots from Budapest and Copenhagen

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My favorite shot from the trip: No matter where in the world you are... Conor's author picture St. Basil's in 80 kg of marzipan:

My relationship to time right now

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You know when you're almost out of toothpaste and you have to squish the tube with all your might to try to get one more day's worth...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Facts about Budapest you may not know

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1. Everything is so terribly overheated that it's impossible to sleep with the windows shut. 2. Construction people begin work at 6am. 3...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

It's such a perfect day...I'm glad I spent it with you...

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Any day that includes exploring a castle, getting a 90-minute Thai massage, and going to the marzipan museum is, by definition, a great day....
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The virtues of untidiness

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All in all, we had a wonderful time in Denmark. Though the coffee--as the Swedes will tell you right off--is not the best in Europe, I defy ...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Observations after spending a day wandering Copenhagen

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1. What the Danes call "a beautiful day" wouldn't make the cut in LA. "Beautiful day" in Danish translates to someth...

Greetings from the land of cheese, depressing philosophy, and fairy tales

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I arrived last night in Copenhagen for a two-week, multi-workshop trip for work. I'll be here until Tuesday and then it's on to Buda...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Story of the day

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What if Howard Stern turned to a life of crime? That's what this story makes me think. Running across that story and then being treated...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Site of the day

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This just totally cracked me up so I have to share it. A just forwarded me an email thread between herself and her cousin about mohels, and ...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

2007 Darwin Awards

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They've announced the Darwin Awards for this year, and I really think the wrong entry won. The winners of this years' Darwin Award ...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

What we talk about when we talk about copyediting

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The New Yorker has published a copy of Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" including Gordon Lish...
Friday, January 11, 2008

QOTD

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"It's not uncommon for hunters to be shot by their dogs."

Help me out here people

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I'm trying to think of an occasion where having the capacity to play .mp3s on your taser might be important, useful or convenient but I...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008

If you can't say it, you can't bomb it

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As I've noted here in the past, at some recent time "nu-cu-lar" became an accepted pronunciation according to Merriam-Webster...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Never mind cats and dogs

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It's raining gazelles and giraffes out there. Bison even. Couldn't get through the pass tonight to get to K's house. Went part w...
Sunday, December 23, 2007

I got my sonic reducer. Ain't no loser

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Greetings from travellers purgatory. I am on hour twelve of my trip east and I have made it no farther than the Delta terminal in Las Vegas....
Friday, December 21, 2007

Challah back

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Okay, I know Hannukah is long since over, but I just got this clip a couple of days ago, and it's totally worth sharing. Merry Jewmas ev...
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