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Things I Don't Like Today
Swine-Flu Related Anti-Hysteria Hysteria
To be honest, I haven't seen a lot of illegitimate hysteria surrounding the ongoing flu-outbreak, but I have been stopped numerous times over the past few days by red-faced outrage-peddlers complaining about a perceived over-reaction and foretelling unspecified amounts of panic-related doom. Yes, I know how ( Read more... ) -
Milwaukee Has Made It
We've joined the list of diseased metro areas! We even have closed schools. I don't think this is going to get us Dahmer level exposure, but still, look at us being all trendy. Way to go, Milwaukee!
Disappointingly, it hasn't suddenly started smelling like bacon...
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Things I Like Today
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Sundays on HBO)
Sanjit originally suggested this series, and I had never heard of the books, so I didn’t really know what to expect. From the few short clips I’d seen in HBO commercials, my mind put together a guess that the show was some sort of modern reintroduction of the Blaxploitation genre. That is not ( Read more... ) -
Quick, Someone Invent a Demagnifying Glass
As far as weight goes, do you have a line you like to stay beneath? And then, if you happen to wander above that line, do you go a bit insane with insecurity ( Read more... ) -
The Functioning Slacker
When you take vacation days, do you prefer to lump them together into large bodies of non work-like enjoyability, or do you like to use them more sparingly, like a light seasoning on an otherwise bland-potatoes sort of month ( Read more... ) -
Happy Holidays
Well, It's taken me half a year, but I've finally got my inbox clear enough to be able to write LJ entries without the crushing guilt of knowing I could be replying to four week old messages from my family instead.
In any case, let’s pretend like the last few months never happened, and now that we’re back together, let’s never be apart again. ( Read more... ) -
Where Did You Go To Find A Beard Chart Before The Internet?
Happy Black Friday, everybody who doesn't work retail! Although, from the sound of it, there may not be much of a shopping rush today or any day, ever again, ever, at least not in this country. And in that case, my condolences to retail-folk should be pushed forward to apply to the impending layoffs. It looks pretty bad out there, but on the ( Read more... )
