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I believe that the best part of Christmas is the season itself. I’ve been known to get just a tad depressed once Christmas Day comes and goes, as it means that the previous weeks’ hullabaloo has gone the way of last week’s prime rib.
Not surprisingly, there is a school of you out there who [...]

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A general commentary on the things that are strange, uncomfortable, or worthy of mockery while riding an airplane.

The “window shuffle.” This is a situation that simply can’t be avoided, and is easily demonstrated. The next time you’re on an airplane, and in a seat other than the window seat, sit forward just a little in [...]

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I’m building a site for a woman who’s just finished publishing her first book. Since it’s just published, she’s light on testimonials…and given that I was in need of something to fill a module on the left side of a page, I created one for her.
She asked where I got the quote:
Just curious–where did [...]

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Parker and I were talking yesterday about an article that I’d written for The Tech – MIT’s student newspaper – back when we were there. It seems their archive link is busted, so I’ll post the article here for posterity.
Interesting note: the article was published on September 11, 2001. *shudder*

The Athletic Enterprise
A few weeks [...]

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Nancy Pelosi finds the use of dangling participles acceptable, and that’s unacceptable.

Pelosi, at a news conference in San Francisco, said Cheney’s criticism of Democrats was “beneath the dignity of the debate we’re engaged in and a disservice to our men and women in uniform, whom we all support.”
Can you spot [...]

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