07 Mar 2006, 17:45 p.m.

Evidently Everyone But Me Reads Overcompensating

I know Leonard is a Rowland fan, so when MC Frontalot pointed him (and Goats's Rosenberg) out on Saturday night, I asked him for an autograph for my boyfriend. He indeed did draw a nice …

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05 Mar 2006, 19:47 p.m.

Fulfilling Weekend Socialization

Saw MC Frontalot live with Adam, John, John's posse, and a math postdoc who's like Cousin Vinay Meets Steve Shipman. Also met a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe and a neuroscience grad …

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03 Mar 2006, 10:35 a.m.

Krepichy On A Mac

"I didn't say any of those things. Why are you claiming that I said that?"

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02 Mar 2006, 19:01 p.m.

Snow's Stopped

More furniture's been rearranged at work. It feels as though I work in a living room, which is pleasant. Then again, I want to take my shoes off to read on the couch, but I …

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01 Mar 2006, 16:41 p.m.

Time Capsule

Fog Creek just rearranged some furniture. Probably the most minor effect of this was that I espied a copy of Linux Journal whose cover article was titled: Podcast And Reel In The Blogs And Wikis …

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01 Mar 2006, 11:28 a.m.

"We have not done the needful"

An awesome effort to put medical knowledge in the public domain to guard against patent hijackers, but also an example of "to do the needful" in the wild.

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27 Feb 2006, 8:43 a.m.

Various Articles For Your Perusal

Yesterday Leonard and I served as extras for an episode of Uncle Morty's Dub Shack. We were two people in a crowd watching a musical performance. Also yesterday, my column on my own musical tastes …

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26 Feb 2006, 9:02 a.m.

Subway

I'm fine using the subway system on weekdays. On weekends it falls apart. Freaking weekend advisories.

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25 Feb 2006, 15:48 p.m.

Old Love

"Crush" by Carol Ann Duffy.

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24 Feb 2006, 13:53 p.m.

How To Avoid The Cycle Of Customer Support Viciousness

Some good ideas on stopping yourself from responding to hostility in kind. Included: "check your ego at the door" and the reminder that someone has to be the adult.

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