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The Ants and the Cicada & My Squirrel Bite Story

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This was a comment to my friend David, but I thought I’d share it with anyone who reads this. (As always, thank you for reading.) Over the past week and a half, I had to watch the slow dissolution of a cicada that apparently didn’t make it off the sidewalk. Sorry to tell you this […]

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Shy Kids

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Recently Genie pointed me to a post on finslippy that reminded me of an apocryphal story I often tell from my youth. I shall immortalize it here, and perhaps my mom will comment and tell her side of the story or tell me I’m full of shit. As a kid I was the kind of […]

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Thanks, I’ll stick with this.

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This weekend I got to see one of my oldest friends Genie in the flesh. I love this, because sometimes the internet doesn’t cut it. Lately she’s been my independent blogging inspiration but this weekend she just got to be my friend. We talked shit about shit, which brought up relationships. Genie said something like: […]

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Custom Kitchen Delivereeeeh!

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I was reminded this morning of the first realization I had that I would never, ever be a computer programmer.* Like many folks in the U.S. at the time, I was stunned to turn on my TV one day to see a totally computer-animated guy moving around appliances in a warehouse or something. Holy shit! […]

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Chemistry Stories

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So. I made it to the Howard County Community College advising hours, and after looking at my unofficial transcripts, they OKed me for either or both of the remaining classes I need. After some thought I decided to take Chemistry first, in the regular-size semester, because it will be harder. I know this because I’ve […]

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13 years ago this week…

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This isn’t one of those “such-and-so important thing happened” posts. Keeps with the theme of the ordinary that I aimed for when I created this blog. Apparently I was watching Peter Tork do a cameo on Wings (which I guarantee I heard about on alt.music.monkees) and going to SciCon. I mean, between Sociological Theory (Dr. […]

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