Category: Misc.
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Ho, ho—Shut Up.
Saw my first Santa Claus ad of the season earlier this evening on TV. And so it begins.
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Sherlock Holm— Wait, Sherlock?
Has anybody else noticed what a weird first name ’Sherlock’ is? I mean, what the hell? I can’t imagine what his parents’ names were.
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And Unto Them Was Given a Carafe.
From the Beyond was delivered unto them a recepticle for the collection and dissemination of the holy nectar, the fruit of the holy Brewing. Long had they gone without the means to fill themselves with the holy Energies, the warmth of the spirit of the highest of concoctions. Unto them was given a Carafe. And…
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Who Needs Wealthy Relatives In Poor Health…
…when you’ve got friends like these? Thank you, Jon Sung, for being straight-up awesome at just the right time. This man right here hooked us up with Season 1, out of the goodness of his heart. How great is that? OK, that’s all for now. Must get to watching DVDs.
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Descent Into the Pit
According to CNN: Earlier, police officers told CNN that some of their fellow officers had simply stopped showing up for duty, cutting manpower by 20 percent or more in some precincts. Before Thursday night fell, police were stopping anyone they saw on the street and warning them that they were not safe from armed bands…
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Sit and Spinner
Last week, my wife and I drove to the not-so-nearby VW dealership for scheduled turn’n’cough car service. I was leading in my car and she was following me in hers. As I turned left onto the road, about 30 feet from the entrance to the dealership lot, I caught a view of something large and…
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Mundanely Prescient
Is it odd that I feel cheated somehow, even though the fortune was free and it came true?
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iLove New York
While in New York this weekend (more on that soon), I noticed that about every third New Yorker had the distinctive little white ear buds and white cords of the iPod earphones trailing from their ears. In fact, it was so prevalent that I saw a couple actually walking and talking together while listening to…
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Observations at a Burger King
Today, while waiting for my chicken tenders and strawberry shake (more on that in a moment) at a food court Burger King, I noticed a sign that reads: “14 and 15 year olds can only bag fries”. I immediately imagined the following scenario: The scene: a Burger King kitchen. A manager is speaking to a…
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Toddler Cocktail Party
I’m sitting in a community coffee shop with my book, my laptop, Alisa, and lots of other people’s children. Watching the people around me, I’ve determined that cocktail parties, and really any adult social gathering, would be infinitely cooler and more fun if they ran the way small children interact when meeting each other for…
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