30 Jan 2004, 14:27 p.m.

Reminiscences

I used to say "yup" as slang for "yes." This turned into "yupper," which turned into "yupper.com." The matching negative was "nupper.com." My sister hated this.

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28 Jan 2004, 18:41 p.m.

Are You An Asian Woman?

Stephen Colbert says The Daily Show could use one.

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28 Jan 2004, 12:51 p.m.

Life's Medium-Sized Victories

Gail bought a $3 gallon jug of AriZona green tea (with honey and ginseng!) at Walgreens last week for a Salon party. I just discovered the last fourth of it in the fridge and will …

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26 Jan 2004, 16:42 p.m.

High school hierarchies and the attendant etiquette dilemmas are the…

High school hierarchies and the attendant etiquette dilemmas are the closest I have ever come to the world of Anna Karenina.

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26 Jan 2004, 14:56 p.m.

Really selling the car now. If you know anyone…

Really selling the car now. If you know anyone in the market for a reliable sedan, please let them know. I'm willing to drive hundreds of miles to sell this thing.

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26 Jan 2004, 11:25 a.m.

Over the weekend, I saw friends and had lovely conversations,…

Over the weekend, I saw friends and had lovely conversations, food, and entertainment. But then I saw that someone had broken into my car, so that put a damper on the mood. Also, I missed …

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23 Jan 2004, 12:58 p.m.

She's "Not A Thing Person"; I'm Sold!

I watched most of Howard and Judith Dean's interview with Diane "Straw Woman" Sawyer last night. As I had suspected, they said a bunch of interesting stuff that wasn't shown: here's the full transcript, or …

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23 Jan 2004, 9:48 a.m.

Dreampitcher

Wednesday night, I dreamt about pledging to KQED. I dreamt that I would pledge at the $120 level and get the No Power No Problem portable crank-powered radio premium. Yes, I slept through my alarm. …

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21 Jan 2004, 13:20 p.m.

I thought it was "champagne"

A roundup of censorship and other suppression of texts through the ages told me: "1954: Cole Porter's lyric 'Some get a kick from cocaine' is changed to 'Some get perfume from Spain' for radio airplay." …

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21 Jan 2004, 11:25 a.m.

"And I think we are stuck with this."

Ellen Ullman discusses The Bug in a public Well conference. Hey, Sabrina, she says:My model for the essay has always been Cythia Ozick. She is passionately smart. Or intellectually passionate. Or any way it's possible …

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