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I forgot to bring my music player with me when I left for work this morning. I was consequently very bored, and driven to think of something else to pass the time.
I came up with a number of haikus, including this gem.
agua neblinahow easily you change coursefloating as clouds do
From now on I will [...]

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So Drudge Report writes about some press release the Tennessee Center for Policy Research put out saying that Al Gore’s house uses a lot of power.
I hear about it a little later because it gets mentioned in a couple blogs I read. I go poking around Google Blog Search and find that [...]

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How did I spend all this time in China without using this to get to BBC News?
It’s so simple! And the Firefox extension FoxyProxy is pretty slick too, but not even necessary.
For my own reference, there are a few more interesting links in the comments on this page on Lifehacker.

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I’ve been quoted, in French.
Clementine Gallot, a journalism student in NYC corresponded with me via email a little while ago, and this appears to be the article written about some foie gras business in NYC that it was all about.
The specific quote is
Russell Stadler, ancien étudiant de l’Université de Chicago, les soutient: « Je pense [...]

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I’m going on a vacation starting tomorrow. I won’t be back for a couple weeks and little-to-no computer access throughout.
Later then!

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Tonight I had dinner at this place called Southern Barbarian. I had heard it mentioned before somewhere but I didn’t realize it until I got there and remembered the earlier remarks.
Anyway, City Weekend wrote about it at some point, I forget where. The restaurant entry itself can be found here.
I think [...]

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This is the <Title> of an article in New York Magazine which I thought was a pretty interesting read.
Say Everything
As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the [...]

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White Castle Valentine Special
This is great. Hahaha.

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Though this post actually doesn’t address the myriad less pleasant smells around here. I’m going to go ahead and leave my thoughts on the wafting odors of sewage, smoke, and whatever else is not pleasant to smell for another time, maybe never.
Yesterday when I went to go check out an apartment, we arranged to [...]

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At about 6:10 or so, I suddenly heard explosions outside of my office.
Apparently, the office park I”m in decided today is a fine day for fireworks, and they’re still going off outside.
This caught me and everybody else in the office as a bit of surprise, and at first, when the loud noises started, [...]

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