25 Jan 2002, 12:07 p.m.

The Ten Types of LiveJournal Users doesn't quite categorize all…

The Ten Types of LiveJournal Users doesn't quite categorize all the online journals that I've seen, but enough. I, too, fear I'm a dullard. The Lost Eleventh type: only posts links, preferably to quizzes and …

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24 Jan 2002, 18:00 p.m.

I thought I'd have much homework tonight. But I've…

I thought I'd have much homework tonight. But I've finished my Logic, and I've almost finished my Music. Also, I returned my defective copy of Let's Talk About Life! (the stupidest foreign-language textbook title I've …

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24 Jan 2002, 14:59 p.m.

So, I had thought, "I never got a response to…

So, I had thought, "I never got a response to my contest entry, and therefore I infer that Slate didn't choose me for its Book Club." But just recently I saw that the "Culturebox" articles …

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24 Jan 2002, 14:50 p.m.

Michael Kinsley, as acid as he's ever been: "In the…

Michael Kinsley, as acid as he's ever been: "In the pervasive culture of spin, it's possible that Ken Lay was describing a reality he wanted without even considering the relation of what he was saying …

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24 Jan 2002, 14:44 p.m.

I returned the Music textbook/CD set that I mistakenly bought…

I returned the Music textbook/CD set that I mistakenly bought and got enough money for the correct Music text and my Russian text/cassette set and then some. Of course, I had to wait for much …

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24 Jan 2002, 8:12 a.m.

This is my hundredth entry this month. I've written some important…

This is my hundredth entry this month. I've written some important e-mails and sent them off. Now, to get ready for the day and buy my reader.

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24 Jan 2002, 7:53 a.m.

I hope I can make this a busy day. …

I hope I can make this a busy day. I will pick up my logic reader and do my homework for that class before Linguistics lecture. I will. I just realized that I have two …

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24 Jan 2002, 7:49 a.m.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine could have featured a Cardassian…

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine could have featured a Cardassian officer named Gul Um. He would have been rather inarticulate and obsessed with power, yet strangely impotent, and a passing Federation ensign (Bill?) could steal …

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23 Jan 2002, 19:11 p.m.

Today a great deal of reality bonked me on the…

Today a great deal of reality bonked me on the head. I attended the first class sessions of Intro to Logic, Basic Musicianship, and Advanced Russian Conversation. Holy shroud, this semester's full of work. Every …

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23 Jan 2002, 9:49 a.m.

The always-crotchety Self-Made Critic tells us, re: the cast of…

The always-crotchety Self-Made Critic tells us, re: the cast of Gosford Park, "...Stephen Fry, Ryan Phillippe, Clive Owen, Kelly Macdonald, Ron Webster and some other people that are equally as important to the film but …

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