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Marlo has been and will continue to be largely AFK until the weather stops being so nice.
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I've had a stomachache for two days now. The only new thing i've ingested recently is homemade kombucha. I googled "too much kombucha", and yes, it can make you sick. In the more hippie-ish reports I...
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Hello LJ
Yeah, I never update this, I know.I met an internet friend in RL today! yogurtrifle and I ate Vietnamese sandwiches and walked around and talked. It was fun. She likes dubstep and knows lots about...
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Re: language policing
springheel_jack posted this, and it's too good not to share:Having a disability sucks.I especially loved nonsecateur's comment in response:It's not even about actual people with disabilities (or the...
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I'm back from Burning Man. I just had a shower and we are about to eat. It was super fun. I'm feeling very inspired.I took maybe 50 photos. Will post more info and pics later.
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That was probably the worst day of traveling I've ever experienced. Fuck Delta Airlines. We missed our connection and they tried to convince us to stay in Salt Lake City overnight (we insisted they at...
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They don't have Target in Canada, and I'd never been there before. Ho-lee shit, I bought a lot of clothes there for insanely reasonable prices. So yay for that!Also, I'm reading the new David Mitchell...
View ArticleYay, two-day work week!
I posted a bunch of Burning Man pics on my Tumblr.We're still unpacking and cleaning up. Maybe I will have some writing time this evening. Short summary: it was awesome, the weather was great, and I...
View ArticleRegional dialect meme via florence_craye
Regional dialect memeWhat do you call:1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?creek2. The thing you push around the grocery store?shopping cart 3. A metal...
View ArticleBurning Man report, part the first
INTERNET, YOU ARE TOO BIG AND TOO BUSY FOR ME TO CATCH UP ON YOU.So, I went to Burning Man! I don't think I blogged about it last year and I'm beginning to realize why that was: trying to summarize it...
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The True Blood finale was pretty sucky. I downloaded it and I'm going to re-watch it and then I'll post my thoughts. It just seems like there were a few satisfying and/or funny scenes, a bunch of WTF...
View ArticleEtymology coming full circle
Today I learned that “govern” and “governor” come from the same root as “cybernetics”. Think of the ‘c’ originally being a ‘k’ sound, and then you’ve got the Greek root “kubernetes” (to govern). In...
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I've been watching two shows that have been on my back burner for years: Dexter and Deadwood. Adam and I have been watching Deadwood together, and it's pretty much 100% awesome 100% of the time. I'm...
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My Kindle arrived yesterday! I am very very excited about it!! Adam is a good gift-buyer. I never would have bought a Kindle for myself, but I totally love having one. The first book I'm reading on it...
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Adam was hit by a car last night. He is okay in that nothing was broken, but he's still quite injured and is probably going to the hospital today (definitely not going to work). The driver ran a red...
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Adam went to the doctor. He has a hematoma (internal bleeding) in his leg, which sounds really terrible, but it's actually good that he didn't tear anything, because then he'd have to have surgery. The...
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What does it say about Livejournal that often I'll have blog ideas, and if they're just short two-sentence things, I don't blog them over here anymore? I'll post it on Tumblr, or if it's really really...
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Damn. The second half of season 2 of Dexter is intense. Adam and I just watched it in one sitting.It's still not what I'd call an excellent show. It's a good show, with a lot of lazy and/or weird-ass...
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The best thing about seeing Daedelus on Thursday night was when he sampled Björk's "Hunter", followed by some Dead Prez, followed by the fucking "Gimme Pizza" Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen song....
View ArticleDawning of a new (tea) era
White people problems:Yesterday I finished drinking the last of my Tie Guanyin tea from China. I went there 5 years ago and I bought enough Chinese tea to last me that long. I think I may still have...
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I joined 750 Words, because I haven't been writing private journal entries for a year or two now and it's good for my brain for me to do so. It emails me reminders every day (the site, not my brain)....
View ArticleTea/Chinese pedantry
Despite what you may have heard to the contrary, Pu'Er (aka Pu-Erh, although the H is superfluous [in Pinyin it is just Er so I don't know who added it] and adds no information regarding pronunciation)...
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I don't understand why people are so obsessed with saying "WHAT IS AIR??" right now when they find something funny.I like getting into new phases with new and/or seasonal vegetables. Recently:-...
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So, one of these scammers called our office today, asking for our machine's serial number. When I asked where they were calling from, they immediately hung up.
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