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Harry Potter: strangely empty
Because we grew up with this. I didn't get to reading Philosopher's Stone until I was about 11, which would be 1999. So I was sort of two years late, but it was ok, because it meant that for a while, my school years coincided with Harry's. When I go to the movies I realise the extent to which this is a part of my life: everyone is the same age ( Read more... ) -
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I was going to post about the first day of this job being kind of like the first day of school, except it wasn't really. It was more boring and less confusing. There was certainly the meeting-lots-of-people, and confusing instructions, and the scary tall people down the end of the hall, but nobody threw up on the carpet, and sadly, there wasn't ( Read more... ) -
the kids that kid themselves, and the demise of the beautiful
This is a comprehensive, although possibly not complete, list of social networking websites I do not care about:
Bebo
Ringo
Facebook
Myspace
"Names Database"
I do not care about any of those things.
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This post is about Ben Folds.
Several reasons to make this guy your hero:
1. He made a video in which he moonlights as a pirate.
2. He made a video with his (adorable) son. In Adelaide.
3. He teamed up with two other Bens (Kweller and Lee) to make a temporary group called, you guessed it, "The Bens". And here is a very low-fi performance of them all, being very cute BFF ( Read more... ) -
A Half-Mad Scientist In A Town Near You!
I forgot to post about donating my labour for the pure joy of nerdery working in the laboratory! It was slightly surreal. I got to wear a lab coat :) as promised, which was of course too big for me, but not comically. I also did not explode anything, nor cause any other major havoc. Most of the morning was spent getting a little used to where ( Read more... ) -
hyperactive sloth
I LOVE YOU, WEBCOMIC
I am also just about to go have a job interview, at, uh, Muffin Break. I will feel very silly. I'll tell you how it goes.