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new and improved?
My office is in the process of converting to Office 2007. (We're a non-profit, so we have to be a few years behind with software.) Anyway, some computers have been converted and others haven't. It's making my job kind of hellish because I am never sure what is going to work (WebEx and e-mail newsletter rendering problems detected so far) for whom. -
envy
Seems like this woman looking for some advice on her envy problem got a lot more than she was looking for as a response: it was less of an answer and more of a manifesto about the deluded and unhappy state in which we all live, ignoring the call to a higher purpose. I've always found the feeling of envy fascinating, both when I have experienced it ( Read more... ) -
heading "home" for the weekend
Going to visit my parents in VA this weekend. Somehow, going to their place is always going "home" for me, even though I never lived in their current house. Looking forward to sitting by the pool and catching up with them. Since when did I want to hang with the old folks? I must be getting old, too ( Read more... ) -
mmmmmm...my tofu tastes like people....
In one of the less harmful but more stupid things they have done, PETA suggests a new, not quite vegetarian, product - CloFu - Tofu mixed with George Clooney's sweat: http://environment.about.com/b/2009/03/13/ -
down, down, down
Sometimes I miss you. -
the crisis of credit
This was good - I'm waiting for Part 3 to come out so I can see how it ends.... -
the problem with facebook
The problem with Facebook (at least the main one I have) is that it brings together a huge group of people who are: your co-workers, your family, your current and former love interests, your old friends, your new friends, your activity partners, some unusual acquaintances, people who went to school with you and recognize your name but not much else ( Read more... ) -
language reality
I've been following the ideas on Change.org, and was happy to see that while the idea "Introduce Esperanto as a foreign language subject in schools to help American kids succeed" did not make it into the top 10, it did make it into the second group of 25 ideas that Change.org will also be promoting. The idea received a total of 3,597 votes, ( Read more... ) -
cute news
Two small children picked up by police while traveling to Africa to elope:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7811686.stm
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