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I think two-toed sloths could turn pages quite delicately
Helper robot #101 was commissioned by Sam (ms_nico_blue). " Business casual" robots wear ties, I think. Sam, it's possible I may shamelessly angle for cookies when you're next in town.
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Oh hell yes.
You are in a derelict chamber. Rich tapestries illustrate coffeeshop philosophy.
Abelcodemonk the giant spider guards the north exit (43HP).
Enter the Dungeon of Keystricken
(or, you know, get your own dungeon)
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3,000 words is roughly eleven pages, double-spaced
... And it was a damn good paper, if I do say so myself. Certainly it could be improved with more time, but it didn't need it.
My favorite part was plucking Mill and Kant from my bookshelves for clues on altruism. (Note to self: buy more Hume.) I couldn't have felt more academically badass unless I had written: In his personalized dedication to ( Read more... ) -
the tea needs honey
I have de-powered my robots for the moment and swept them into a corner of the room while I sit here, in the other corner, and write a term paper for my ethics class. I have pomegranate tea to focus my mind, although I've wandered off-topic already to write an LJ post, so I don't think it's working.
I was with the lovely akatchoom in Philadelphia ( Read more... ) -
Since many of you don't read the news
Yep, General Musharraf declares emergency rule in Pakistan. Of course, there are no emergency rule provisions in the Constitution, so it's more like martial law.
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And for my next trick...
Today I spin straw strategy into policy. How can non-nuclear brinkmanship be described as a policy issue? I have the best kind of outline prepared for this paper, the kind that starts with begin by: explaining what I'm talking about. I'm jazzed ( Read more... ) -
Stumped
Here's a thought experiment. Can anyone think of a bad guy in fiction (okay, gender-neutral, but it has to be a bad guy, not some nominal antagonist) who's genuinely in love? And not the tragic or unattainable love, either, because we're swimming in those. Genuine hopeful or successful (I mean reciprocated) love ( Read more... ) -
A propos of nothing
Any day that begins with: Then I remember that I had poured the pitiful liquid remains of one of my most irritating enemies into the queen's radiator
is bound to be a good day.
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http://c'est_tout_bien.comm
So, the WPost says that the ICANN (the corporation in charge of the web's domain naming system) is conducting a test on Monday to see if URLs written entirely in foreign script -- none of this "هيلوجسي.com" business -- can work without, uh, killing us all crashing the internet?
( And now, controversy: )
