24 May 2003, 18:56 p.m.

George F. Will Can Take A Walk

Nandini's housemate Laura raves about Cook's Illustrated magazine, but only today did I learn of the magazine's affiliation with America's Test Kitchen, which is a cross between Underwriters Laboratories and PepsiCo R&D. I saw an …

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23 May 2003, 16:31 p.m.

Famous People Update

David Talbot just asked me, "How's it going?"

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22 May 2003, 18:10 p.m.

SHarihareswara@fangirl.dork

Scott Rosenberg just gave me popcorn!

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22 May 2003, 11:48 a.m.

Liar!

Jayson Blair, for those of you who don't know, was a reporter for the New York Times. He lied, a lot. He plagiarized and made up stories. For months. And now he's been fired and …

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21 May 2003, 21:46 p.m.

Brunching Shuttlecocks is over. Waaah, but at least…

Brunching Shuttlecocks is over. Waaah, but at least the archives are still up. Paul Ford is not immune to pirate jokes.

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21 May 2003, 21:22 p.m.

To quote Leonard from years ago: "My current task…

To quote Leonard from years ago: "My current task is reading O'Reilly's Java Servlet Programming. The guy who wrote the book is sitting at the desk across from mine. This is weird."

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21 May 2003, 21:21 p.m.

Today's Amazing Moments

Seeing Scott Rosenberg for like the twentieth time and feeling the urge to tell him "Ohmigod I read your blog." Sitting in on an editorial meeting, and then, just now, looking at the front page …

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20 May 2003, 21:50 p.m.

The most overpowering feeling of the day came when I…

The most overpowering feeling of the day came when I was reading a Salon article about Buffy As Anthem, and I thought, I can't believe I'm reading Salon at Salon. It feels like I'm violating …

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20 May 2003, 6:24 a.m.

America's Moving Adventure

IF this job lasts, as I believe it will, then sometime in the early fall I'll move to San Francisco. Leonard doesn't plan to move his homestead, so now I have solid criteria for my …

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20 May 2003, 6:06 a.m.

You Knew But Not So Eloquently

An analysis of the genius of the first *NSYNC album.... Fantasy #3: He'll be sorry he left you, girl. Probably the most shameless and impressive gambit this album plays is presenting a whopping THREE consecutive …

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