04 Sep 2003, 9:16 a.m.

Culture Gun

High culture, low culture, bacterial cultures, we've got 'em all! Lynn Harris writes about vulvodynia, women's genital pain, in Salon (free day pass or subscription required): "...16 percent of women will experience chronic vulvar pain, …

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03 Sep 2003, 16:04 p.m.

I Am James Van Hise

As a youth I devoured books about Star Trek. The local library held several reference works about Trek by one James Van Hise, the referent of this title. My mom always knew what gifts to …

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31 Aug 2003, 17:51 p.m.

A Process Entry That Is Not Witty

Finally, a real weblog page instead of one I hand-edit from a Google cache! The technical story: a few weeks ago, the Open Computing Facility upgraded its install of Apache and prohibited the use of …

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29 Aug 2003, 19:23 p.m.

Labor Day Weekend

Guy walking into building lobby, all confident cheer, to guard: "Woo! Three-day weekend, man!" Guard: [noncommital nod, possibly a "yeah"] Me, five seconds behind Guy: "You don't get a three-day weekend, do you?" Guard: [slight …

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29 Aug 2003, 10:20 a.m.

"Make the Heat Wave Pay!"

Are you aware that StarTrek.com hosts a Ferengi and a Klingon advice columnist? Klingon concepts of honor and strength, sort of a Worfian view, suit the advice-column format well. The Ferengi stuff is just funny. …

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28 Aug 2003, 22:26 p.m.

What I'm Whistling To

I am really enjoying this whistling thing. Such an entertaining novelty. I whistle "Tragic Kingdom" by No Doubt, Sousa marches off my Greatest Marches CD, probably Asian pop off Dance Dance Revolution audio, and stuff …

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28 Aug 2003, 19:05 p.m.

I can't believe I'm glad for spamspiration. Today's best subject…

I can't believe I'm glad for spamspiration. Today's best subject line: Life a creative life!

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28 Aug 2003, 13:53 p.m.

Saw Urinetown last night with Zack. I enjoyed the…

Saw Urinetown last night with Zack. I enjoyed the story, especially the audacious twists, and the meta dialogue (very funny), and the choreography. However, the songs were on the whole not memorable, and I have …

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27 Aug 2003, 9:31 a.m.

Daily Californian article on weblogs mentions me for no good…

Daily Californian article on weblogs mentions me for no good reason.

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26 Aug 2003, 17:08 p.m.

Could This Be True?

As the Salon Premium support rep, I get the verification requests. "This is John, and I'm protecting myself from spam. Click here once to make sure your letter goes through." And I go to the …

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