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History repeats itself
According to the Baghdad Museum's Web site, these are fragments of anonymous Mesopotamian verses. They could very well have been written yesterday
Dead men, not potsherds
littered the way.
In the wide streets
where the crowds once gathered and cheered,
the corpses lay scattered.
In the fields where the dancers once danced
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Fascinating Stuff Here
I know everyone's been breathlessly awaiting an update on my activities, but I haven't really done much in the way of activities, so I'll ramble on about other things for a moment.
Got a kitten for my birthday. She's beautiful and her name is Lisa. Landlord may kill, evict, or yell at me, but am prepared to take the consequences.
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A Joke
Why did the chicken cross the road ?
Coalition Provisional Authority:
The fact that the Iraqi chicken crossed the road affirmatively demonstrates that decision-making authority has been transferred to the chicken well in advance of the scheduled June 30th transition of power. From now on the chicken is responsible for its own decisions.
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Business Time
Went with my friend Ashley to Ann Arbor for Flight of the Conchords yesterday. Beautiful. Just....beautiful. FOTC, I mean. Ann Arbor was OK too, I guess.
I've never had the opportunity to just wander about AA before. It was nice, pretty much what I expected. Lots of kiddies struggling to out-hip and out-edgy each other. Yawn.
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Anniversary
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Some irrelevancies
I'm going to see FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS !!
On May 10, the greatest (only?)New Zealand-based folk-rock parody duo of all time will appear at the Michigan Theater and I am there (with my home skillet, Ashley). There are few other performers whose talent is sufficient to cause me to bestir myself to undertake a trip to Ann Arbor. If you haven't seen ( Read more... ) -
Look out Ralph Fiennes, I found a new love
Sigh...I felt the connection immediately.
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Bugger grad school and the begging for funds that goes with it ( Read more... )
