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Archive for October, 2002

Here we go…

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Chicago Tribune | NaNoWriMo: Writing a novel at 2K words per day

Some more info on NaNoWriMo from the Trib. You may have to register to read it…

Happy Halloween Pics

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A pair of Halloween images for you.

Bubbler!

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Dialect Survey Results

I don’t know if 4000 people is a statistically accurate sample, but the maps look pretty good. “Bubbler” needs more than the 4% share it gets… Reminds me of all the times I’ve asked for a bubbler and gotten a blank stare.

Some of my best friends…

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Black People Love Us!

This is the funniest satire I’ve seen in a while. Read the letters section to see how some people just don’t get sarcasm. Finally, the hanging out section where they play hangman had me laughing out loud…

What a difference…

So, I was playing an mp3 for El yesterday (”The Duel” from Electric Dreams, to show her why I loved playing this Moazart piece as a kid) and the cello part was totally messed up. Today another mp3 was sounding muddy so I checked my balance settings on my iBook and they were set […]

Scariest Faces, Ever

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Stereotypes

K, some of the images I created were chilling.

Penguins

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Poke the Penguin

My sister used to love penguins. Then she got too many. She said, “No more penguins!”

Now I’m unsure how she feels about penguins.

November Project

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NaNoWriMo.org : Home - What is NaNoWriMo?

So, Sil told me about this thing, this National Novel Writing Month. I was intrigued. Back when I was deciding whether or not to continue teaching at MacU versus finding real employment, I thought about just coasting off MacU money and writing short stories and trying to […]

No, not helping the cause

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Blue’s News: GOLD FINGER - THE MAN WITH THE GAMING TOUCH

This sort of antic really doesn’t help legitimize the hobby turned sport. What he should insure are his eyes…

This is why I don’t want a job

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Suit up or ship out?: ZDNet Australia: Builder: Manage: At Work

Sigh. Sorry for the jobcentric bent of the blog lately.