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fighting the fight!
An independent bookstore with a TV commercial? Well . . . . Good for them! (Yes, I know it's a cable commercial. But if you don't realize how remarkable that is regardless, we are on very different cultural wavelengths.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature -
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Mass transit, and customer service generally, are fucking terrible in this state. If you're coming from the East Coast, be prepared to triple the time, and number of phone calls, it takes to get anything, even the simplest things, DONE. -
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Mais la chose est peu probable; vous savez que j'ai fait venir un cuisinier français, qui est le plus gai des hommes, et qui fait des calembours; or, le calembour est incompatible avec l'assassinat.
-La Charteuse de Parme (Stendhal), Livre II, ch. XXIV: Count Mosca speaking -
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Lost a family dog yesterday. It all happened very suddenly, and I hadn't seen her since Christmas. Cold and raining here. -
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Sorry to make a blanket statement, but so no requesters take it personally, I can't engage in much in-person non-school-related socializing during the school week for the academic year, or at least not for the time being, that just has to be what the weekends are for. Thanks for understanding and see you all online soon! Stay warm (and dry)! -k -
Library protest
Fun little story. A British library protests possible closure by urging residents to take out their maximum number of books, and now its shelves are empty.
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Pink and Blue stories
Welcome to 2011 everyone! Yikes, I realize I got very lax about linking to updates to the Pink and Blue Diaperfur adventures on here ( Read more... ) -
Happy holidays, all!
And best wishes for 2011! May the New Year offer some exciting prospects for you! -
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"I totally agree, a film should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. But not necessarily in that order." -Jean-Luc Godard (as reported in an interview by collaborator Jean-Pierre Gorin) -
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Still waiting for reliable home Internet access. Just letting folks know so you don't take any lack of communication personally . . .