30 Dec 2005, 9:58 a.m.

Tiny First-World Problem

You paid for two-to-three-day shipping, which is labelled with the shorthand "2-Day" at the online store. Then you find out that the damn item did not get given to FedEx for two days, and the …

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28 Dec 2005, 23:21 p.m.

MC Masala Reprint

This week's column got published Sunday, Christmas Day. So they reprinted the column I'd written back in July, about my interest in Christianity.

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27 Dec 2005, 14:31 p.m.

Charity

It's the time of year for people to sing the I-got-horrible-gifts waaaaanthem. I have no such complaints, but several years ago, when I graduated from high school, my parents' friends gave me various inappropriate presents, …

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26 Dec 2005, 23:09 p.m.

The Irregular, Finite, Fantastic Golden Braid

When I was in sixth grade, I got a bookmark at school that displayed the twenty-six letters of the alphabet in American Sign Language. Somehow, starting with that, I have now filled and overflowed a …

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26 Dec 2005, 22:52 p.m.

Clutter Chronicles

When I think about the word "clutter," I think that I like the sound of the word, and that I like "decluttering" as well. But then I remember that the Clutter family was the Midwestern …

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26 Dec 2005, 9:09 a.m.

Request For Help

There is one piece of sentimental-value furniture (a large dresser) that needs to get moved down to Leonard's mom's house in Bakersfield, and we'd pay to get that moved. If you know someone with a …

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23 Dec 2005, 22:10 p.m.

Collections Of Links For Advice

Book-shipping advice from one who knows! The Moving Scams website is being very helpful to me in finding a way to get stuff across the country. Note to self: join MeFi and ask this user …

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23 Dec 2005, 6:08 a.m.

Praise

Oh sweet blessed haircut. Dry in 60 seconds! A teaspoon of shampoo per wash! Hairbrushes sit, despondent, unused and collecting dust!

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21 Dec 2005, 11:39 a.m.

Big Giant Announcement

I have been extraordinarily fortunate in the caliber of the institutions that have employed me since I left college. I did a tour as a retail warrior at Berkeley's landmark of literacy, Cody's Books. I've …

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19 Dec 2005, 6:30 a.m.

Social Mobility, Greed, and Uncomfortable Timeliness

The power was out for about twelve hours yesterday. Seth - thanks for looking up outage information on my behalf. While I was lighting candles (do Jewish families ever use menorahs as regular candelabras?), other …

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