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22.Apr.08 at one with the bluebird
Yeah, I know I was kind of dismissive about twitter earlier, but I changed my mind. I'm twittering over at http://www.twitter.com/lemay. If you don't know what twitter is, its kind of like a short-form blog, each post less than 140...
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6.Apr.08 subsection 4.5.92(b): proper consumption of smarties
Note: the following procedure refers only to the consumption of Smarties(tm) brand citric-acid based candies available in the continental United States. For information about the consumption of Smarties(tm) brand chocolate-based candies available in the UK and Canada, refer to...
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26.Mar.08 the root canal and the overactive imagination
It is apparently root canal season. I had one a few weeks back, and two co-workers have either had one or are just about to have one. This coincidence sparked a conversation yesterday over (yes) coffee. First Co-Worker: You'd think...
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18.Mar.08 consistency
Yeah, all my stories always involve coffee. I'm not sure what that means. (time for more coffee.)...
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18.Mar.08 the man and his latte
Today while I was waiting in the starbucks line a very large man came in the door behind me YELLING into his cell phone. "I know that's what he told you," he said, "but I'm sick of that shit. You...
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9.Jan.08 o western wind
You may have heard we had some rain last week out here in California. At our house, it was ten inches of rain and 50MPH sustained winds. On hummingbird mountain nearby they had wind gusts at 127MPH before the meter...
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1.Jan.08 return, reflect, resolve, reboot
I have a clean office, a new computer, and a big pot of coffee. It's the new year, a bright new day and it's time to get back to work. First of all, thanks to everyone who sent me mail...
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26.Dec.07 happy holidays
I will be back and posting again soon. Thanks to everyone who has sent me email wondering where the hell I am. Technorati Tags: personal | admin |...
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1.Aug.07 thoughts on thoughts on turning 40
Midway in our life's journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood. - Dante, Inferno (Ciardi, trans.) Ten years ago I wrote an essay called Thoughts on Turning 30....
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25.Jul.07 panoply of updates, part 2
More updates. I had planned to post this immediately after a panoply of updates (part 1) but I got distracted by the arrival of really large book. Perhaps you heard of it? Harry Potter and the Weekend of Accomplishing Absolutely...
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20.Jul.07 a panoply of updates
Yeah, I'm being scarce again. I'm midway through a long tech writing contract and in that "OMG I can't stand to do any more writing" frame of mind when I get home every night. My head has grooved deep into...
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1.Jul.07 im in ur goth macro
Mr rapier found this little gem in the livejournal goth_macros community and kindly passed it on: I shrieked with glee for ages over this -- not so much because of the caption but because that's a fifteen year old picture...
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27.Jun.07 why I am not buying an iPhone
Update: Damn, this is a popular post. I am replying to comments below but I should note that I am not an iPhone expert. I have no special knowledge. I'm watching the news and the videos and reading the blogs...
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20.Jun.07 on greed and apricots
It's been a really good fruit tree year. We had a warm spring and for once it stayed warm rather than the usual pattern of being 80 degrees in February and then snowing the hell all over us in March....
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29.May.07 very, very well documented
And while I'm on the subject of documentation, here's a great story from the former The Daily WTF.com, now known (sadly) as WorseThanFailure.com, called Very, Very Well Documented. George’s contact at the Air Force was a gruff, old general with...
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