September 2008
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Buddhist nun, 86, writes young adult romance novel... →
Maybe the best headline I’ve ever seen. I haven’t even read the story, and I doubt I will.
First Palin, Then Campaign Suspension. What Now?...
Returns to Vietnam and jails himself.
Offers the post of “vice vice president” to Warren Buffett.
Challenges Obama to suspend campaign so they both can go and personally drill for oil offshore.
Learns to use computer.
Does bombing run over Taliban-controlled tribal areas of Pakistan.
Offers to forgo salary, sell one house.
Sex-change operation.
Suspends campaign until Nov. 4,...
“We just wanted to choose a really large number.”
– A Treasury spokesman explaining to Forbes that the $700,000,000,000 the administration is asking for is “not based on any particular data point.” (via)
“Stop eating old French fries, pigeon. Have some self respect! Don’t you...”
– Tracy Jordan
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A week in the life.
Things that have happened in the last week:
Stayed up till 5am at IHOP.
Played a rock show during which I got drunk while playing.
Discovered the awesomeness of Mad Men.
Got a new job.
Quit my old job.
Gave up on Heroes.
Came down with a cold.
It’s been a very eventful few days.
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4 killed in SC plane crash; drummer, DJ injured -... →
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people, authorities said Saturday.
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Joshua Radin w/ Patty Griffin - You Got Growing Up...
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“[McCain’s] opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his...”
– Richard Cohen - The Ugly New McCain - washingtonpost.com
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Novelist David Foster Wallace found dead - Yahoo!... →
Oh no…
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morning cursed us through the window shade the mattress crooked from the love we made last night was beautiful, today it fades and i feel an end is coming
she turns away and she covers up she used to laugh a lot, now not so much she shrinks a little when i reach to touch and i feel like fucking running
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Frightened Rabbit to Release Live Album |... →
My favorite band of ‘08!
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Purple!
Apple announced the much anticipated redesign of the iPod nano today, and while I was initially on the fence about whether to buy one or not, something convinced me I had to have one: it comes in purple.
Hellz yes.
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“I don’t want to be the president who loses the recipe. Imagine how...”
– KFC President Roger Eaton - KFC shoring up security for secret recipe - Yahoo! News
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W: hey bro
me: yo
me: how's the go?
me: trying you rhyme... just so you know.
W: lol
me: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
W: wanna go see missy higgins with me?
me: maybe so
me: when and where is the show?
W: she's opening for the indigo girls :-/
W: spartenburg or charlotte
me: i've seen the indigo
me: (i'm doing real well!)
W: LOL
me: sure i'll go.
me: !
W: are the indigo girls entertaining?
W: i know only one song of theirs
me: Galileo?
me: !!!!
W: closer to fine
me: alright. i'm done.
W: :)
W: good run though
me: that was the coolest thing i'll do all day.
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“Can you imagine a Facebook for children in kindergarten, and they never lose...”
– Leisa Reichelt via I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You - Clive Thompson - NYTimes.com
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52books:
#42: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
A sure fire way to tell if a book meant anything to you is how you feel about it a few days after it’s over. I finished Kavalier and Clay a couple of days ago and I have found that I miss it. The story somehow weaved itself into my thoughts during the day, making it difficult to leave the characters behind. The book...
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mime jesus
me: you got tumbled.
me: ashley
J: oh lord.
me: dispensing with the wisdom as usual...
J: she loves me.
J: i'm a blowhard.
me: then claire reblogged it.
me: you're a meme!
J: jesus.
J: meme jesus.
me: better than mime jesus.
J: is it?
J: lmao.
me: actually, i might enjoy mime jesus.
J: me too.
J: you should tumble that.
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bad boys, bad boys
So they caught the dudes (“three juveniles”) who robbed our house. No word about our stuff, though. I’m not holding out much hope for the tape deck. Or the Creedence.
Apparently the investigation is on-going. They’ve got the boys in the crime lab working in shifts.
I realize I’ve been writing/posting pretty...
