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Hmmm... I should be doing some research now. But I'm not. I will! But I'm dreading the next couple of days.
I meet up with Herb tomorrow in the morning (9:30ish?) to chat about my research - this kind of phrase always makes my gut sink even though I usually come from such meetings feeling somewhat inspired - and then I have lunch with "the group ( Read more... ) -
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Oh yeah! Someone broke the one-day winnings record on Jeopardy tonight, which was previously held by Ken Jennings. The guy had $47,000 going into Final Jeopardy, and wagered $30,000 on the final, which he got right, for a total of $77,000 in a single half-hour episode.
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I've recently become a little obsessed with www.sporcle.com. It started out as doing a couple of random quizzes here and there, and then I wanted to see how friends would do... and then it turned into a general pastime, especially while trying to do other, more productive things. Not too long ago, I decided to make it my new cause to actually ( Read more... ) -
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OK, can someone help me with something?
In a recent poll, it was found that 70% of Americans do not approve of the plan to build a mosque at Ground Zero. Uh... why? Is this not the country that prides itself on inclusivity and freedom and liberty and justice for all or somesuch? If that's really true, then why such opposition? While I don't ( Read more... ) -
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I've been experimenting with facial hair. Yeah, I've grown what I thought was a goatee but that my friend Steve says vehemently is a "Van Dyke." A quick jump onto Wikipedia confirms that he might be more right than me, but in any case... yeah. Scary! I've had good response though, so far... perhaps the experiment will become semi-permanent.
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Laying it on thick to someone you don't even know is stressful but exciting. I've spent half of the day so far on a friend's Facebook page, arguing with a random girl who is speaking in defense of the practice of "converting" queer people into straight people, since, well... hey, why don't you see for yourself?
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God... reading through your own Livejournal posts - especially private ones - from the distant past is so painfully like hearing a friend calling out for help. You are able to hear your friend loud and clear, and you know the answers to so many of their questions, you know more about what is in their thoughts and feelings than anyone else in the ( Read more... ) -
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Wow, people still use this. I kind of just got a rush from 2003... I miss those times, when I was young and the world was new! -
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OK, I just had to come on here for a little bit. Yeah, I know, the Livejournal is something I've practically abandoned, but there is one good reason for this post ( Read more... ) -
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This is like the week of games. So much stuff out, and new things to play... and none of it includes GTA4 for me ( Read more... )