06 Apr 2008, 22:29 p.m.

19th Century Slang Help Request

I'm reading Trollope's autobiography and need help understanding this passage: The [clerical] critic, however, had been driven to wrath by my saying that Deans of the Church of England loved to revisit the glimpses of …

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02 Apr 2008, 10:42 a.m.

Huh

I just saw stick-figure whiteboard diagrams and thought for a moment that they were an xkcd.

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01 Apr 2008, 9:08 a.m.

Mallory

"Mallory," a near-future sci-fi tale by my husband Leonard, is published at Futurismic. I absolutely love it and hope you do too.

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29 Mar 2008, 22:02 p.m.

Done

Manhattan has been walked. I kind of can't believe we did it. More later.

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27 Mar 2008, 23:11 p.m.

A Random Walk

My sister is visiting me this weekend and we're going to try to walk the length of Manhattan this Saturday. We are tantalizingly close to the end of our trek and elated to find ourselves …

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23 Mar 2008, 20:30 p.m.

Who's Afraid of Castle Wolfenstein?

Zack and Pam stayed with us for a few days just now. I was mentioning something that Leonard's not great at -- boring repetitive tasks, or something. Leonard (entering): Wait, what's my alleged flaw? Sumana: …

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19 Mar 2008, 12:51 p.m.

Said At Work

"So it turns out I coulda bought Bear Stearns."

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19 Mar 2008, 9:35 a.m.

Getting Rid of Gimmicks and Hand Markers in Dance Dance Revolution

Here's a tip on making DDR for the Wii much more fun. By default, the game adds all these "gimmicks" (exploding arrows, bouncing and swiveling arrows, etc.) and makes you shake the nunchuck or Wii …

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17 Mar 2008, 0:26 a.m.

Should I Be On Twitter For This?

My cab ride home from Penn Station included an intelligent discussion with the cabbie as to whether Microsoft's bids for dominance in online apps and advertising would truly challenge Google, and Microsoft's often overlooked (by …

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15 Mar 2008, 6:56 a.m.

Marching Down To Washingtown

I'm off for a short weekend in Washington, D.C. to see my sister. She has an MBA so she can help me understand the microeconomics in my cost-benefit analysis class. (Formal economics has the flavor …

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