07 May 2002, 10:38 a.m.

I'm not watching The Daily Show right now because when…

I'm not watching The Daily Show right now because when Crystal moved out she took her VCR with her, so our TV no longer can comprehend the presence of channels above 64, such as channel …

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06 May 2002, 21:17 p.m.

Thanks, John, for sending me a link to this ad for…

Thanks, John, for sending me a link to this ad for Extreme Checking!

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06 May 2002, 16:15 p.m.

Man, I hope Eric Raymond doesn't talk too long at…

Man, I hope Eric Raymond doesn't talk too long at his 6 o'clock speech tonight. I have to get home by eight for Seventh Heaven. I think I'm joking.

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06 May 2002, 12:54 p.m.

Eric S. Raymond, relatively famous open-source software advocate, speaks to…

Eric S. Raymond, relatively famous open-source software advocate, speaks to the Cal Linux Users Group and other such people tonight at 6pm in Soda Hall (Wozniak Lounge, 4th floor). I may go. I can remember …

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06 May 2002, 12:45 p.m.

Today, Sydney Omarr says of Martha Stewart that she's "a…

Today, Sydney Omarr says of Martha Stewart that she's "a remarkable Leo; she has implanted the following thought in many: 'To do things right, it must be done the Martha Stewart way!'....She does things the …

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06 May 2002, 2:44 a.m.

I finished Twain's The Innocents Abroad last week. Now…

I finished Twain's The Innocents Abroad last week. Now I've finished Terry Pratchett's Small Gods (I started it Sunday evening) and begun a Philip K. Dick anthology. The Pratchett and Dick I received as gifts …

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05 May 2002, 10:19 a.m.

Last night's Prairie Home Companion featured a wonderful, euphoria-inducing Rhubarb…

Last night's Prairie Home Companion featured a wonderful, euphoria-inducing Rhubarb Pie sketch, which almost made up for an awful, superlatively tasteless song infusing gospel into a The-Day-The-World-Trade-Towers-Fell ballad. And I do mean "full of wonder" …

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05 May 2002, 10:15 a.m.

As at least two of you (viz., Leonard and Adam)…

As at least two of you (viz., Leonard and Adam) know, Leonard and Adam and I visited San Francisco's Exploratorium yesterday. I found myself comparing it favorably with Stockton's Children's Museum of Stockton (a more …

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05 May 2002, 10:03 a.m.

From Friday afternoon:"You should come to our party tomorrow night." "The…

From Friday afternoon:"You should come to our party tomorrow night." "The thing is, I might be cuddling." "Yes, cuddling takes precedence."

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04 May 2002, 8:23 a.m.

I am annoyed both at my own fundamental uncertainty about…

I am annoyed both at my own fundamental uncertainty about most things, and/but I am also annoyed at other people's certainty. Seth David Schoen sheds some light on the matter.

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