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EXCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE.
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I'm not really sure if it's age or alcohol use, but I had the damnedest
time yesterday figuring out the proper usage of "effect" and
"affect". Usually, I don't need to look up shit like that, but
I needed to yesterday.
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JUST NAPPING.
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WHAT IS "TOO MANY ASIDES"?
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THE SEVEN.
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Former Wham! star
George Michael recently said that a female fan had hidden under the floorboards of his house for four days last year.
If I had to pick a rock star's floorboards to hide under, it certainly wouldn't be George Michael's.
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I just finished reading Douglas Coupland's book "Microserfs" (actually, I
re-read it [I'm not sure why I read it again, since I don't like Coupland's
annoying detail-oriented and brand-name-placing style of writing {although I
do sorta like
his short journal-type writing style}]).
Um...hello?
Oh, sorry. As I was saying, one
of my favorite parts is when the narrator describes his friends based on
which seven "Jeopardy!" categories they would excel at, or at
least run the board in that particular category. Good
stuff!
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Glenn's
7 "Jeopardy!" Categories:
1. Irish rock bands from
the 80's*
2. capital punishment
3. sports' teams with a history of
losing
4. internet community weblog jargon
5. San
Diego, California
6. laziness as art
7. drugstore
management
(*yes,
I do know quite a bit about the band Hothouse Flowers, thank you very
much)
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BIDDING.
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GEN EX.
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The
bidding to be one of my groomsman is now closed. The winners and their
bids are listed below.
Barney: (promised me a one-year subscription to Cat Fancy
magazine)
Matt: (offered to take me to lovely Boise,
Idaho for my bachelor party)
Max: (bid nothing--he just demanded to be a
groomsman)
Thanks to all who participated in the bidding process. Better
luck, uh, next time.
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For
those of you who don't know, Doug Coupland is generally credited for
coining the term "Generation X", although the media was
responsible for using it in every other paragraph in every other story
in every other newspaper and magazine in the world (not to mention every
other TV show on....er, you get my point).
Anyway, just thought I'd mention
that 'cause Justin and I were talking about it.
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POOR LITTLE GUY.
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Just
Napping, Poor Little Guy, I See, Except No Substitute, Gimme A Tip,
What Is "Too Many Asides"?, The Seven, and Bidding, and Gen
Ex. |
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Hey look! It's
our poor little cart from a couple of weeks ago! RRRRRRRR! (Barney took this picture when he played the course a few days after the
accident--check out the front right tire)
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GIMME A TIP.
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I SEE.
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I got a Christmas card from my newspaper delivery boy/man.
Well, sort of a Christmas card. Yesterday, inside my
rolled-up copy of The Washington Post was a 1-page
computer-printed Christmas greeting (on cheap printer paper, no less).
It said something like "Happy Holidays from your Washington Post
carrier" and it was obviously (and brutally) homemade.
But it's the thought that counts, right?
Well...no. Attached to the "card" was a self-addressed envelope which, apparently, was for tips.
Why didn't the guy get right to the point and just CALL me for a
tip. Jeez. I've tipped the guy in year's past, but not this year. Sorry,
bub.
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I would pick Adam Ant's floorboards, of
course.
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2000-2004 by gja.
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