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Dec 28 2007

A mixed up mish-mash of minutiae.

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It’s been a good long while since I made a post, and I would certainly be remiss if I managed to enjoy my vacation so thoroughly that I never made a post on the HMS Valamarama. She’s a nice old girl, and I like the cut of her jig. It’s just swell.
Right, so I’ll just [...]

Dec 16 2007

A list! Of somesort!

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I can’t think of anything really to write about, but I feel compelled to by….stuff.
1. I always feel like giving people a video to watch, and since I like music…music videos! I don’t usually dig live music all that much (such a weird music fan), and I’m not that big of a Mountain Goats fan [...]

Oct 16 2007

Good morning, kiddo.

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There seems to be rash of matronly women who want to view me as some sort of affectionately unrelated grandson. I’m not really sure what has spurred Dorreen the cleaning woman and what’sherface the dining hall ID scanner to regularly address me as “kiddo”, but I’ve been idly wondering about it for a few weeks [...]

Oct 10 2007

I nonironically like The Monkees.

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Hell, I even went through a phase where I believed that (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone was a hidden jewel of “fuck you I’m going to do what I want” in the vein of Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down.
Not your steppin’ Stone! Not. Your. Steppin’. Stone.
(AH-ah-AH-ah-Ahhh.)
Listening to it again, I’m not sure I’m entirely [...]

Sep 18 2007

ne plus ultra is so hoi polloi.

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Here’s a secret: I am a subscriber to the dictionary.com Word of the Day mailing list. The email comes addressed from a “Doctor Dictionary” which makes me smile, and occasionally I find a word or phrase that I like. I’m hoping that by using ne plus ultra as a title I can manage to absorb [...]

Sep 16 2007

So new it squeaks under your shoes.

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Time to break it in a little, I suppose. I’m not thinking clearly enough right now, so I think I’ll make a list of things. Lists are theoretically easier to write than paragraphs, so maybe I can trick my mind into producing something.
1. Right now I’m a little irked because I tried Google Docs, and [...]