29 Jan 2006, 9:15 a.m.

Two Weeks' Worth of Columnity

Actually published last week: On the mini-International-House I lived in, years ago.The Frenchman, The Italian, The Mexican, The Texan and I had all answered an ad on Craigslist.org for rooms in an apartment in Berkeley. …

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28 Jan 2006, 18:14 p.m.

Request For Recommendations

I want to take night or weekend classes in accounting and finance either this semester/quarter or this summer -- ASAP, anyhow. What colleges should I consider? There's a surfeit of opportunities and I'm not sure …

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27 Jan 2006, 15:11 p.m.

Sort-of-Paid Advertisement

My first and second days on the job have been a dream. I'm installing, learning, reading, conversing, and generally having a ball. When the workday ends I'm wrung out but in a good way, and …

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25 Jan 2006, 20:47 p.m.

Fog Creek Stuff

In preparation for my first day on the job tomorrow, I just watched the Project Aardvark movie, which was enjoyable but made me glad I won't have a film crew following me around as I …

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25 Jan 2006, 8:26 a.m.

Welcome Back!

John-Paul Spiro is blogging again.

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25 Jan 2006, 7:37 a.m.

Readings

As I was going through a cold this week (am currently 90% over it), I read Jane Austen's Persuasion, whose title I love. Persuasion is very fun for the first 90 percent of it but …

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22 Jan 2006, 14:53 p.m.

Confusion While Unpacking

Leonard: I have the nails, now I just need to find the hammer. Sumana: But doesn't everything look like a hammer to you now? Leonard: No, no, it's the other way around.

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20 Jan 2006, 14:50 p.m.

Availability

Leonard and I will have only intermittent access to the Internet for the next week or so.

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20 Jan 2006, 13:20 p.m.

Moved!

Huzzah for having moved. Huzzah for ABF U-Pack and for LaborReady. Huzzah for easy access to a subway station and to cheap restaurants that deliver. And a giant huzzah to Leonard for not only following …

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18 Jan 2006, 13:01 p.m.

The Golden Ticket

I signed a lease on an apartment in Astoria, in Queens. Astoria feels like San Francisco's Ingleside/West Portal with a bit of the Mission, only lots of Greek instead of lots of Spanish. Many thanks …

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