05 Nov 2002, 16:51 p.m.

A very transit-y day. I've taken BART, I've bought…

A very transit-y day. I've taken BART, I've bought an AC Transit pass, and I biked to the polls to vote. I'm an ad for Carfree Living. Tonight's The Keillor Poem-O-Rama, I guess, and I …

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04 Nov 2002, 15:14 p.m.

Very odd dreams recently. Sam Seaborn/George Stephanopolous in love…

Very odd dreams recently. Sam Seaborn/George Stephanopolous in love with me, chopping kale (Pauline Kael?) on a picnic with Garrison Keillor, that sort of thing. In other news, I am trying rather hard to figure …

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31 Oct 2002, 9:59 a.m.

I tore through almost all my packed-up clothes looking for…

I tore through almost all my packed-up clothes looking for the ingredients for a costume, any sort of costume. Failed dot-commer? Too hard; I'd have to hold a cell phone to my ear all the …

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30 Oct 2002, 23:23 p.m.

Thanks to Adam, Leonard, Nandini, Yasmine, Michael, Devin, and luck,…

Thanks to Adam, Leonard, Nandini, Yasmine, Michael, Devin, and luck, I am now moved in. Modern plumbing, a larger room, a better location, broadband internet access, and no cats! Whooeee! I celebrated by eating pizza …

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30 Oct 2002, 9:34 a.m.

A recent New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item:…

A recent New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item: Some earnest artists made a snowglobe that contains a tiny John Ashcroft and plays "White Christmas." It passed through many hands, and now it belongs to …

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30 Oct 2002, 9:23 a.m.

I'd advise you to avoid catching a cold just before…

I'd advise you to avoid catching a cold just before Moving Day. It's just so darned inconvenient. Yesterday I started moving stuff in earnest to my new place. I stopped by beforehand and ended up …

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28 Oct 2002, 21:40 p.m.

I read Midnight's Children. I read Cryptonomicon. And…

I read Midnight's Children. I read Cryptonomicon. And now I've read Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White. And now I say to you that a modern author who dazzles you with his witty, …

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27 Oct 2002, 20:49 p.m.

I'm moving soon. Argh, I feel burned out already.…

I'm moving soon. Argh, I feel burned out already. I have to be out of my current place by Thursday night. I'm borrowing my sister's sedan Tuesday and Wednesday, and hope to be all but …

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27 Oct 2002, 20:42 p.m.

These last few nights I've been dreaming West Wing characters.…

These last few nights I've been dreaming West Wing characters. Yet consultation between G.W. Bush and Leo McGarrity is less plausible than last night's invention, a marriage between Britney Spears and Sam Seaborn. You see, …

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27 Oct 2002, 20:24 p.m.

From Cam:Blogger Hacked! If you use Blogger, you need to…

From Cam:Blogger Hacked! If you use Blogger, you need to change your server password RIGHT NOW! Whoever has hacked into Blogger has changed most of Blogger account passwords, so you are unable to get into …

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