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I present to you a post in iambic pentameter.

(My wife dared me to do this.)

Last night, in this, my state's fair capital
Was held a thing we like to call "debate"
Between myself and also three more folks
Named Ed Manwell, Jack Stone, and Rosa Blair
And if you read the Sacramento Bee
The L.A. Times or Register O.C. (I like the ( Read more... )

I have this tendency to forget that I have this thing. I eventually remember that I do have it, and then I realize just how far behind I am on, well, everything, and that's generally where the wheels fall off the wagon, because I get frustrated, and put off catching up, and suddenly I'm thinking in run-on sentences and breaking out into a sweat ( Read more... )

I always forget how much Gabe Tillman likes me ( Read more... )

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Right. This isn't awkward or anything.

Back in what feels like a lifetime ago, we managed to score a box to the U2 concert on Wednesday. Several of you had expressed interest in going.

I get the feeling plans have changed.

If you're still interested in going, drop me an email.

Thanks.

[flocked to Amy, Andy, Carol, Cathy, CJ, Danny, Donna, Elaine, Josh, and Toby]

A significant portion of the universe needs to get a serious grip.

Is it too much to ask to let us be happy for more than two seconds?

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Wow.

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Six weeks of nothing, and I was starting to think I'd lost it.

No, I haven't lost it. It was just unwittingly dropped in my lap.

It's a thought I've had before, but it felt like treason.

Not anymore. Not when people are dying.

If she agrees, it's a done deal.

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The girl at Starbucks handed me my change this morning, and for the first time, I got a look at the face of the new nickel.

It's still Jefferson, but he's -- changed. Renewed. Different. Stronger.

Makes perfect sense.

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