15 Dec 2005, 6:46 a.m.

Unavailability Notice

I'm going to be rather difficult for my friends and family to get ahold of for the next few days. Busy busy busy. Speaking of busy: on Saturday night I have to attend two different …

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14 Dec 2005, 12:37 p.m.

Request For Suggestions

Is it actually interesting to an outside observer that I did not learn to ride a bicycle until the weekend after my college graduation ceremony? Has everyone else already made a decision as to whether …

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14 Dec 2005, 12:33 p.m.

Rent Rent Rent Re-ent Rent

I live in San Francisco, which holds the title bestowed by the National Low Income Housing Coalition for highest rents in the US. You can check whether your rent and your wages fall into any …

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13 Dec 2005, 22:39 p.m.

Has Peak Oil Not Hit These People?

Song and jetBlue have nice sales through this Friday, if you're fine with onerous blackout requirements.

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13 Dec 2005, 18:10 p.m.

Work Into Play

At Games of Berkeley the other day, I met the son of the woman who invented Set. An indexing system meant to help her find patterns of genetic inheritance turned into one of the most …

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13 Dec 2005, 17:13 p.m.

The Mildest Of Wins

Worker: Did you just throw money at me? Customer: I want to pay for my order. Worker: *pick up the money and hold it out to him* Sir, I am not going to process your …

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13 Dec 2005, 16:23 p.m.

From Bangalore To Bengaluru

My dad will probably be happy that Bangalore is modifying its name. I have a few questions. Won't outsiders get even more confused about whether Bangalore has anything to do with Bengal? Is "N. Gopala …

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13 Dec 2005, 12:14 p.m.

Mind Games -- The Good Kind

My column this week discusses party games Taboo, Balderdash, and Once Upon A Time. I also address the fundamental problem to which party games are a solution. Some of us need a foundation or a …

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13 Dec 2005, 6:57 a.m.

Conversation From Last Night

[Context: A few of my friends have leads on job opportunities that would be pretty awesome, such as jobs at the Make-a-Wish Foundation and People Magazine.] "Job interviewers can't ask you your ethnicity, or whether …

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12 Dec 2005, 14:52 p.m.

More Cutting-Edge Comedy Theory

There are two classes of Your Mom jokes...

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