Sunday Mar 16, 2008

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I'll be in Providence at the end of April - what's exciting in the Ocean State?
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sockpuppet:
Sadly, I can't tell them from other North American accents... frown
sockpuppet:
Thank you; all input is appreciated.

Monday Feb 18, 2008

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I feel like I owe this box an update ... but, seriously, the longer I *don't* update - the easier it is to not update. That's inertia for you.

Things are good on this end. I'm crackerjacking on work. I saw Wilco on Saturday night and that was sweet as sweet can be. I just wrapped up Blindsight by Peter Watts, and its the best...
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sockpuppet:
You're a social sciences person, IIUC. Do you have a strong opinion about the proper length of a questionnaire?
sockpuppet:
I'm writing a paper. Final-year undergrad.

Wednesday Jan 30, 2008

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I'm still kicking, doing battle with data, and generally being content (if up way too early on a regular basis).
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smithers_jones:
Happy Birthday.

Here's a tip for your data battle: cock punch.
_pie_:
I am up way too early every day... but that's because I have a kid, lol

Sunday Jan 06, 2008

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We're on some sort of HBO series binge right now. Recently, Amazon had a sale of TV boxed sets, so we picked up Deadwood Season 3, Rome Season 1, and Carnivale Season 1. Then, when I was home for the holidays, I walked in to Best Buy and found The Wire Season 1 for half off. So I was *obligated* to pick that up.

The...
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wildswan:
Remember this:

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*Thank you.* Without taking over the comment box here, I just want to say: the whole "this is censorship" thing gets soooo old. At the same time, I could also do without people spouting half-based postmodern theories about expression and human darkness, like crackpot Voltaires. B/c there seemed to be just as much of *that* pseudo-intellectual babble as there was of the 19 year old "iconoclasm" on display. It was all just pretty vapid, and wonderfully dodged any of the issues at hand. I'm a liberal (in the classic sense), but I hate people who just stand on *that alone,* with a smug kind of superiority, and refuse to actually engage in real issues.



I concur.

It galls me that that is supposed to bring all examination to a halt, as if that trumps all other considerations of an issue. I'm not even sure that it rises to the level of one-dimentional.

ojaeflo:
D00D!!!
Where ya been???
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Tuesday Jan 01, 2008

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So, Christmas wasn't all hospitals and worrying...

It was fantastic just to be home. I got together with an old friend, saw I Am Legend, and caught up with my family.

Oh. And my in-laws got us a Wii. Which we've wanted, but could never find, for over a year now. My father-in-law is a barber, the kind of guy who always "knows a...
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obd:
A Wii, eh? so we should see you again in about six months? Happy new year.
toothpickmoe:
I've yet to play on a Wii. Is it like the nugget of console systems? wink

Saturday Dec 29, 2007

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So Christmas was interesting..... We had planned to leave home on *Sunday*, with my sister in tow. We had reserved the rental car for Saturday, b/c the local rental place isn't open on Sunday. But that worked out OK, since we ended up leaving a day early on Saturday anyway, due to the weather beating down our way for Sunday. So we missed out on...
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toothpickmoe:
Personally I like my juicy love to be in non-nugget form, but whatever floats your boat. wink
sockpuppet:
Hm. Are you a Robin Hitchcock fan? Do I remember that from many moons ago? Where is my wallet? Are you - or have you ever been - the Captain of Spoons? Cos that's not your name.






Also, HNY smile

Wednesday Dec 19, 2007

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Today I finished my shopping. (That was actually easy. We "canceled" Christmas this year, on my side of the family. We all pooled some money, and are buying some needed stuff for a less fortunate member of the family. Take that consumerism! But I did pick up a something for the wife.)

Today I also turned in a chapter draft to E.

Tomorrow my sister...
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obd:
enjoy the holidays! smile
subrosa:
Thanks. Much appreciated.

Thursday Dec 13, 2007

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hysanadu:
That's pretty awesome.
obd:
nice.

(Mostly) unrelated: are you familiar with a book of aerial photography called Taking Measure Across the American Landscape?

Tuesday Dec 11, 2007

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I can't believe I used to post stuff here all the time. I'm not sure what the fuck I used to talk about? smile

I wish I had more energy for this actually, so I could post neat things and we could talk about them ... maybe once break rolls around I'll try to dig in.
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obd:
everyone seems to be going through roughly the same thing.
toothpickmoe:
I can't update because the "edit journals" function is broken and it's a huge part of how I put them together.

Sunday Dec 09, 2007

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So I've recently been conned onto that facebook thing.

I kinda dig it.
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sockpuppet:
I can't get Excel working at all at the moment... though at teh moment, I don't need it.
toothpickmoe:
Heh, see? We all have our foibles. I just only need one social networking site in my life. Myspace runs worse than SG and I've just plain stayed away from Facebook. It's not like there's a huge reason I've stayed away from all the kind of people you can find or be found by on those sites, it's just that my life has been fine without it. *shrug*
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