27 Mar 2009, 10:22 a.m.

A Quiz! And, Thoughts on Ads for Nonsensical Products

Last night Ron came over and we played The Big Idea, the Cheapass Game where you get cards with nouns and adjectives on them and have to combine them to create products that you then …

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26 Mar 2009, 11:51 a.m.

Links

I usually keep stuff like this in Delicious but I wanted to bring a few things to your attention. Dreadwhimsy is incredibly short stories inspired by weird photos. Flea of One Good Thing linked to …

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26 Mar 2009, 8:50 a.m.

Fine Line

It's such a small step from a shotgun wedding to a shogun wedding.

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24 Mar 2009, 0:06 a.m.

'Well, I'm back,' she said

I finished Toil by Jody Procter, read Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat, and got most of the way through Infected by Scott Sigler during my journey back home (via bus, subway, rail, airplane, AirTrain, …

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22 Mar 2009, 21:07 p.m.

Relief

Now that I've watched the Battlestar Galactica finale, I can read my RSS feeds without fear of spoilers!

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21 Mar 2009, 8:06 a.m.

Startled

Someone hit on me at a Campaign for Real Ale event last night. I think I'm still blushing.

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20 Mar 2009, 6:33 a.m.

London-bound

I think the job interview went well. I told them to chalk anything they didn't like about me up to jet lag. Haven't been run over yet by the Vauxhalls and the double-decker buses driving …

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18 Mar 2009, 9:01 a.m.

Settling In

Evidently every time I take the train from London to Cambridge, it's a GLORIOUSLY SUNNY DAY and I just gape at sheep and whatnot. Also evidently the well-known series of river bridges belonging to various …

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16 Mar 2009, 15:15 p.m.

Dara, Your Style/Substance Thoughts?

These Anacruses are not technically Bad Pennies, but Ana, @job, Taggert, Chronastromy HQ Officer Training: Final Exam, MAXBETTY92, Branford, #13102099, and The Musical all deserve to be grouped together. Any others?

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16 Mar 2009, 14:40 p.m.

BART-Approved

Not only did Seth translate into Latin and many friends enjoy my poem "BART Spokesman Linton Johnson", but Johnson himself just wrote me and said he loved it! Yay! Okay, moment of validation over, back …

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