29 Dec 2004, 15:57 p.m.

Grrrr

There are very specific customers of Salon Premium whose email addresses make me react in negative emotional ways. I hereby wish all of them enlightenment.

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29 Dec 2004, 13:23 p.m.

In Other News, Stendahl Did Not Write "The Cream And The Clear"

The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals didn't think Darlene Jespersen demonstrated that her employer discriminated against women. They required female employees to wear makeup. Regardless of whether that's a reasonable or constitutionally legal requirement, …

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29 Dec 2004, 11:56 a.m.

There Is A God (yes/no)

Part of my reason for my interest in religions is hereditary; my father, a Hindu priest, has always been a student of world religions. My sociological interest trumps my personal quest for meaning (as I …

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29 Dec 2004, 10:51 a.m.

"Look at all these banjo lovers, not a dry eye in the place"

While pondering and practicing procrastination and its causes, I recall hearing a song from the Wodehouse-inspired musical By Jeeves on the satellite radio with Leonard a few days ago. Here I am in an extreme …

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27 Dec 2004, 17:44 p.m.

Quality Of Life Increase

Shoutcast is cheering up my worklife immensely. (For those of you who don't know, I had a highly enjoyable Christmas with Leonard's family and am working part-time this week.) Instead of hoarding legal and enjoyable …

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22 Dec 2004, 17:48 p.m.

Finally Created A "Religion" Category

Gordon Atkinson has his Nativity story up, and a posthumous baptism discussion that is pretty cordial even if the word "libel" escapes my lips.

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21 Dec 2004, 19:13 p.m.

Regrets

I am staying in San Francisco in the few days before New Year's, instead of visiting John, Susanna, and other Leonard family members in Utah. Sometimes the necessity of work is really argh. I really …

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20 Dec 2004, 10:20 a.m.

What A Huge Fuss

Aha! Roger Ebert reviews the original film and confirms that Phantom of the Opera isn't a huge deal.

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17 Dec 2004, 16:25 p.m.

I'm Turning Into A Secular Mormon

Garments and fashion! Baptisms and mission policies! Brigham Young's Gandhi-like concern with home industry! I can see that Times and Seasons is opening LDS up to me in a highly interesting fashion.

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17 Dec 2004, 11:01 a.m.

Metahumor Discovery

I have probably 150 Amar Chitra Katha ("immortal picture stories") comic books, and have been reading ACK for as long as I can remember. I learned most of my Indian mythology from ACK and press …

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