03 Jan 2007, 7:34 a.m.

Night Of Sociability

The NYC sci-fi/fantasy Meetup had a meetup last night and I went and had a great time. It was nice to exercise my conversational skills and share cultural touchstones with people I'd never met but …

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31 Dec 2006, 23:05 p.m.

Toot!

Hearing fireworks. Hoping this'll be an awesome year.

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31 Dec 2006, 22:50 p.m.

Phrases With The Same Rhythm As "Blister In The Sun"

serpent in the grass raisin in the sun speaker of the house novel is a book Wizards of the Coast leader of the pack faces of the dead

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31 Dec 2006, 22:08 p.m.

I Am Not A Janus

Leonard reassured me that the baby Nixon did not exist and look who's talking now!

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31 Dec 2006, 20:33 p.m.

Jonathan Coulton Song Reminds Me Of Leonard Blog Entries

"The Future Soon" reminds me of "Oh but it's not the future yet Giblets" you say, "You just need to wait til the video of the present becomes the kitchen of the future." Maybe it …

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31 Dec 2006, 9:04 a.m.

MC Masala on Sister-Sister Talk

MC Masala this week is something I actually like. My dad used to say that the private or inexplicable conversations between me and my sister were "sister-sister talk." This column has some of that flavor. …

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29 Dec 2006, 0:35 a.m.

Overdose

I just stayed up a wee bit too late, waiting for the Internet to work again and finishing up In the Company of Cheerful Ladies and Blue Shoes and Happiness. Blink, blink. I bet my …

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28 Dec 2006, 10:06 a.m.

Swingline, Sweet Stapler

A sensical-in-context quote from a friend: "I feel like Milton in Office Space, but people are piling staplers on my desk." More Miltonage.

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26 Dec 2006, 16:36 p.m.

Consumption & Responsibility

Saw The Devil Wears Prada (intriguing) and Rushmore (sort of slight, actually, after all the buildup) for the first time this weekend. Saw Brick for the second time (still awesome). Saw Rock And Awe: Countdown …

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26 Dec 2006, 15:58 p.m.

Misc

"It's usually difficult for vegetarians to vindictively order the most expensive thing on the menu." Also: Remember that bit in the Mahabharata where Yudhisthira makes an opponent believe that the opponent's son has died by …

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