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A conversation about football

Friday, January 02, 2009 5:53 PM
A while ago, I had the following conversation with a dear friend who happens to be from Kentucky: Friend: We're going to Wild Wings to watch Kentucky's bowl game. Want to go? Me (laughing inappropriately): No, thanks. Friend: What's so funny? Me: The
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My sexy new laptop: an HP Pavilion dv3510nr

Saturday, December 27, 2008 9:14 PM
For some reason which I still don't understand, I landed on Santa's good list again this year. The combination of a very generous gift of cash and a very generous gift card to Best Buy enabled me to buy myself a new toy -- I finally bought a laptop. I've
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Bah humbug (sort of)

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:53 PM
I love many aspects of Christmas, but I completely fail in selecting gifts, shopping for them, and especially wrapping them. I can never pick out the right gift, I completely despise shopping, and my gift-wrapping looks like it was done by a blind orangutan
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Choices

Sunday, December 14, 2008 11:00 PM
At the last minute, I've decided to take two full weeks off from work during the Christmas/New Year's holiday. I originally planned to just vegetate for two weeks, but tonight, my Dad suggested that I should book a last minute trip to Aruba. That sounds
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My sister hates my shoes

Monday, December 01, 2008 9:03 PM
My sister is in the hospital again; after a full day in the emergency room, she's now been admitted to a room and is (hopefully) sleeping comfortably. Without going into the horrid details, this has become an all-too-familiar routine for her. If all goes
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Two bets I am thrilled to lose

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:08 PM
Back in late February or early March, it was increasingly clear that McCain and Obama would be their parties' nominees. At that time, I firmly believed Obama could not beat McCain; I felt that he could have beaten any other Republican, but that McCain's
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Feel Good Friday triple header

Friday, September 12, 2008 9:33 AM
Today's Feel Good Friday is a triple feature. First, let's start off with Fats Domino singing "Ain't That A Shame": During that same era, the performer known as Little Willie John was an enormous influence on his peers; he was a pioneer of soul, R & B,
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Quote of the week (on fireworks)

Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:13 PM
Last night, an electrical storm threatened to cancel my family's annual July 4th fireworks extravaganza. We had everything ready to go: the launchers were set on the ground, and six of us sat in two trucks on top of a hill with the fireworks in covered
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A typical Twitter exchange

Friday, May 23, 2008 10:14 PM
Here are snippets of an ongoing conversation thread that happened on Twitter today; it involves five different people. These updates were interspersed with other "tweets" from me and the 62 people I follow, so the meandering, cloudy nature of Twitter
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Why punctuation matters

Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:11 PM
This is a true story, but I'm changing the names to protect the innocent. A co-worker, whom I'll call "Mark," has been on assignment recently about 10 or 11 time zones away. Back home, his co-worker "John" sent him an email about a meeting that transpired
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