05 Jul 2002, 22:34 p.m.

As of yesterday afternoon, I'm safely arrived. On the…

As of yesterday afternoon, I'm safely arrived. On the Fourth of July I got to experience lots of security trauma, since I got picked for a random second search at the gate in Oakland, and …

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03 Jul 2002, 23:26 p.m.

Happy birthday, Tom Stoppard! …

Happy birthday, Tom Stoppard!

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03 Jul 2002, 23:20 p.m.

That damn well better have been my last undergraduate final…

That damn well better have been my last undergraduate final exam today. It went well. Adam and I made a celebratory dinner. Penne, Muir Glen sun-dried tomato sauce, avocado and carrot that I picked up …

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03 Jul 2002, 8:37 a.m.

I thought about the weblog fad that disturbed me when…

I thought about the weblog fad that disturbed me when I tried it: googling your own first name in the "So-and-so is" phrase and posting sentences that come up. It strikes me that this is …

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03 Jul 2002, 8:34 a.m.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who's a crazier and more popular sort of…

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who's a crazier and more popular sort of Russian Pat Buchanan, prefers "nationalism" to "internationalism" or "multinationalism": Nationalism is a separate apartment -- not a communal apartment or a dormitory. Living in this …

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02 Jul 2002, 19:33 p.m.

Not only did I get hit today on a search…

Not only did I get hit today on a search for "Political Science Comedy" (hey, did you hear the one about consociationalism?), but also I am apparently a war3z d00d.* Look, buddy, I'm the last …

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02 Jul 2002, 16:10 p.m.

I was trying to remember the quote from Hamlet about…

I was trying to remember the quote from Hamlet about funeral meats and wedding tables, and I found this summary of Act I, Scene 2. Just a skim reminded me of how much I like …

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02 Jul 2002, 13:33 p.m.

As per the current weblog fad, I tried googling "Sumana…

As per the current weblog fad, I tried googling "Sumana is" -- the custom is to then reprint a selection of the resulting sentences in a weblog entry. But -- since I hardly ever run …

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02 Jul 2002, 9:18 a.m.

So I'm not the only one dumbing down my résumé.…

So I'm not the only one dumbing down my résumé. People hiring for secretarial positions don't want to hear about the technical writing internships. At least, as far as I can tell.

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01 Jul 2002, 15:12 p.m.

From the theme song to Seventh Heaven, a theme song…

From the theme song to Seventh Heaven, a theme song which is even more replete in things to dislike than the Enterprise song: "Where do you go / When the world don't treat you right …

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