24 Jul 2003, 14:50 p.m.

"Buddhism is a relatively new religion based off the movie 'The Matrix'"

"We Need More Gods, G*****n It!": "This is why I, a famous webmaster (my mom and I think my dad knows about this website), am now demanding we ditch all our current 'incorrect' gods and …

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24 Jul 2003, 11:58 a.m.

And the NYT says Japan is insular

Steve Schultz's Japan diary continues to delight me. An excerpt from today's entry: ALSO on the train today, I sit opposite one of THEM. You know THEM. . . and you still see THEM from …

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23 Jul 2003, 17:50 p.m.

Two-For-One Mild Social Gaffes Wednesday

Unintentional bugging of a colleague, that sort of thing. Gar. Tonight I see a friend, for the last time before she moves, at a bar entitled the Last Day Saloon. Many people (author included) accidentally …

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23 Jul 2003, 11:36 a.m.

I'm Not Statuesque, Waah

Avi Zenilman wraps up his internship roundup with "The Most Kick-Ass Job in the Whole Entire World: The Scott Shuger summer internship at Slate's Washington D.C. bureau" and a personal ad. "How do I get …

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23 Jul 2003, 10:44 a.m.

U. of Texas posts entire Gutenberg Bible on Internet. …

U. of Texas posts entire Gutenberg Bible on Internet. My first thought: "Don't do that, Gutenberg'll sue you!"

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22 Jul 2003, 19:45 p.m.

My referrer logs told me that someone(s) had hit my…

My referrer logs told me that someone(s) had hit my site from "Xorpheeds", which I assume is a Brendan aggregator. If it's not Brendan, it's a scarily good approximation thereof, for who else would keep …

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22 Jul 2003, 11:57 a.m.

Instead of eminent domain, I want to seize property via…

Instead of eminent domain, I want to seize property via M&M domain, where you make a circle of M&Ms around whatever you want.

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21 Jul 2003, 19:12 p.m.

I worry that my mind thinks I'm a morning person…

I worry that my mind thinks I'm a morning person and my body thinks I'm a night person.

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21 Jul 2003, 19:05 p.m.

Foggy Top

Salon lives on the 16th floor of a building in San Francisco. Today I look out our window and watch the fog blur and soften the skyscrapers. In some spots I can watch clouds of …

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19 Jul 2003, 10:02 a.m.

What They Left Behind

My sister has safely made it to India. She'll be knocking around India and Kyrgyzstan (Capital: Bishkek) for a bit and then coming back to the US to settle in DC and go to grad …

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