Bookroll
- Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel
- David Rakoff

- 3 wds: Rhythmic Raw Rakoff
- The Signal and the Noise
- Nate Silver

- 3 wds: accessible, insightful, broad
- The Casual Vacancy
- J.K. Rowling

- 3 wds: captivating, political, believable
- The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War against al-Qaeda
- Neil Shah

- 3 wds: Captivating, informative, redacted
- The Blank Slate
- Steven Pinker

- 3 wds: Rant, lengthy, correct
- The Trial
- Franz Kafka

- 3 wds: Disheartening, linear, skippable
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Monthly Archives: July 2004
Because no one would have a field called “ID”…
Microsoft, at it again. This provided quite the puzzlement today as we were playing with tab- and comma-delimited files. Also, you may have noticed that this blog was recently attacked by blog spam bots (they put links to porn and … Continue reading
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I miss Al
“I know from my own experience that America is a land of opportunity, where every little boy and girl has a chance to grow up and win the popular vote.”
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Leaving work
and it’s only 4am. Wow, I almost have a 9 to 5 job…wait, I think that’s the other 5…
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Where’s my Digimon?
Saturday morning, as I am wont to do since I’m not at work (rare, I know), I watched Saturday morning cartoons. Or, at least, I attempted to watch. There is certainly a dearth of choices nowadays. I came across one, … Continue reading
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Victories: Capps and United
Update on CAPPS: CNN reports: “Because the CAPPS criteria are so well-known, Transportation Security Administration officials acknowledge terrorists can easily circumvent the system.” Not exactly our main thesis of Carnival Booth, but a decent one sentence summary. Glad to know … Continue reading
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Victory!!! CAPPS II is Dead!
In the immortal words of Joshua Lyman: Victory is mine, victory is mine, great day in the morning people, victory is mine. Donna, bring me the finest muffins and bagels in the land. Okay, so victory is more like ours … Continue reading
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Funny ad
but he still doesn’t get my support: BRITTANY: “I’m Brittany.” LARISSA: “I’m Larissa.” BRITTANY: “You probably know our dad…” BOTH: “John Thune.” THUNE: “That’s me.” BRITTANY: “Aside from being smart.” LARISSA: “He’s very much a South Dakota guy.” BRITTANY: “He … Continue reading
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Sandwich-maker to the stars
As pointed out by da chicklet, everyone’s favorite Dean-turned-JK staffer was in the Times.
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We’ve Got A Running Mate…
…Just not this one. For your viewing pleasure in case anyone missed The NY Post’s “exclusive” story. Well done Murdoch, well done. I think you can safely increment the number of battleground states to 21.
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Four Services and A Wedding
The weekend started as I managed to get out of work at a reasonable time (five minutes ahead of schedule aactually) and take the Metro all the way up to Wheaton to visit Abi for Shabbat. Randomly, on the Metro … Continue reading
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