Archive for August, 2009
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31 Aug 2009"I tried to listen to YACHT, I really did. I've given up and moved on to my old familiar friend Brendan Benson." ¶
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30 Aug 2009Basil, before and after
My favorite garden product, by far, is basil. Harvest a whole ton, add 1/2 cup olive oil, 4 or 5 cloves raw garlic, a handful of walnuts, and some salt. Process until smooth.
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30 Aug 2009An automatically updated list of visible comets, starting with the brightest. Break out your binoculars!
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29 Aug 2009Gus and Lola
The two of them played for three solid hours while we were at Dennis's.
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29 Aug 2009"This is the first time I've ever made peach cobbler without using the Boy Scout Method." ¶
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28 Aug 2009"A solid week of coverage of Ted Kennedy's life didn't move me. But hearing people pass by his casket thanking him brought me to tears." ¶
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28 Aug 2009UConn reunion
M with a bunch of school friends and their spouses and kids.
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27 Aug 2009What might have been
When I quit, I had to exercise my options or lose them, and at the time I didn't think the company was really going anywhere soon. And I didn't have enough money to invest. I don't regret my decision (especially since it's not like I'm destitute or anything), but it's fun to think about what might have been.
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27 Aug 2009Sopranos have to mispronounce lyrics when singing powerfully in the top half of their range. But Richard Wagner wrote his operas to prevent high notes from coinciding with troublesome vowels.
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27 Aug 2009"Ran 6 miles. Saw Ben Affleck." ¶
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26 Aug 2009
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26 Aug 2009Wait for the annoying intro to end, and ignore the whinging tutorial and just click on the purple sub-genre buttons. Just start clicking around.
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26 Aug 2009
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26 Aug 2009"What's brown and sticky?" ¶
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25 Aug 2009Good news, everyone!