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Archive for July, 2008

Good words

Lethologica. Look it up.

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Ahhhhh, Europe!

This obviously never got past the network censors here, but FlatlinePhil still found gold for me today.

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Alone with web access.

This is a dangerous situation, because Ashley is out of town for a week or so and I’m bored. I’ve been looking for little games to play and I enjoy this one:
You are starting a band.

Pick a random Wikipedia article by clicking on this. The topic of the article is your band name.
Get your first [...]

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Let’s pretend.
You’re a photo-journalist.
You’re in Florida.
There’s a hurricane blowing full force over Miami.
You’re in Miami.
You’re trying to make a career out of taking photos.
Houses are being washed down the street.
Trees are flying through the air.
You see a woman crying for help in the middle of a raging torrent.
She’s about to be swept away.
You realize it’s [...]

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Huge storms

I knew there were big storms in the area today, but our kicball game went off without a hitch. Who knew that more than 10 people were hit by lightning today? Crazy!

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Image stolen from www.wakeapparel.com

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Last night I joined Dave and Liz for an afternoon/evening in Prospect Park. There was some excellent frisbee thrown around, followed by Powaqqatsi at the Band Shell. It wasn’t just the film though. Philip Glass and his orchestra were on hand to perform the soundtrack live, along with the Brooklyn Youth Choir. Having never seen [...]

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Rottenchester

There was a time when I was really disparraging of Rochester. I associated it with headache and heartache, based mostly on seeing Dadoo coming home from work tired, abused and busted all the time. There’s been a lot of talk here about Rochester lately and I don’t seem to mind the place anymore. I can’t [...]

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Unlike yesterday, this is totally safe for work.

I also suggest this and this. Oh, and especially this one.

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Shove off

I answered the phone today and got a telemarketer for the first time in a while. I had to dust off an old favorite, but it worked like magic. Here’s the way it went.
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Me: Excuse me. Is this a sales call?
Her: Yes it is, sir.
Me: Do I currently do business with your company?
Her: No, sir. [...]

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