25 Feb 2002, 12:41 p.m.

"A bizarre piece reports that the owners of a crematory…

"A bizarre piece reports that the owners of a crematory in rural Georgia were stashing bodies (almost 300) all over their property and passing off potting soil or concrete dust as mortal remains." Is the …

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25 Feb 2002, 8:18 a.m.

Leonard and I saw The Muppets Take Manhattan on Saturday…

Leonard and I saw The Muppets Take Manhattan on Saturday evening. We borrowed a copy from Michelle when we serendipitously hung out with Seth, Andy, and Michelle that same day and we noodled on guitar …

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24 Feb 2002, 8:49 a.m.

Possibly Steve's best-ever diary entry. Very funny. …

Possibly Steve's best-ever diary entry. Very funny.

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23 Feb 2002, 10:36 a.m.

I only recently realized that I got some of my…

I only recently realized that I got some of my interest in political science from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Many of the Hard Questions raised in TNG concern government policy! The Prime Directive is …

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23 Feb 2002, 10:29 a.m.

Q. What would a Roman farmer take for minor coughing? A.…

Q. What would a Roman farmer take for minor coughing? A. Agriiicolaaaaaaaaaa!

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23 Feb 2002, 10:29 a.m.

Back when I was in high school and Nandini was…

Back when I was in high school and Nandini was in college, she called me for ideas sometimes. Once she had to design a simple experiment for a psych class just to show that she …

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23 Feb 2002, 10:23 a.m.

I evidently got the second-highest grade in the class on…

I evidently got the second-highest grade in the class on the second Linguistics problem set. Go me! And Adam! Behind every good Linguistics problem set is an Adam. The rhyme "reduce/deduce" came to me the …

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23 Feb 2002, 10:16 a.m.

The other day I woke up with a sentence in…

The other day I woke up with a sentence in my head, fully-formed: "I probably grew up in a town called Satellite that you've never heard of."

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23 Feb 2002, 10:14 a.m.

All of this is true. Jeana and I visited…

All of this is true. Jeana and I visited the oxygen bar and relaxed, but I don't know if the oxygen was the causative agent. I'd want to try an oxygen tent with no focus …

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22 Feb 2002, 23:55 p.m.

Paul Conrad on the difference between soft money and hard…

Paul Conrad on the difference between soft money and hard money.

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