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A Homeowner’s Humblebrag

Let's start with what I didn't do this weekend: I didn't make it to the gym. I didn't make significant progress on my National Board renewal, though I did finally…
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World’s Shortest Epistolary Novel

Email 1: School secretary, to whole school Remember everybody, if you're going to the holiday party, you need to RSVP as soon as possible. Email 2: Me, to school secretary…
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Crying Uncle

I have occasionally used this space to opine ruefully about my ongoing aloneness. I don't do it very often for several reasons: I am aware that it makes people uncomfortable.…
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Goodbye Summer

Poetry of Departures Sometimes you hear, fifth-hand, As epitaph: He chucked up everything And just cleared off, And always the voice will sound Certain you approve This audacious, purifying, Elemental…
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Things That Are Currently Annoying Me

Summer is great and all, but that doesn't mean that everything is hunky dory all the time. To wit: The version of Sports Night available on Netflix replaces Neil Finn's…
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A: Jeopardy Audition Q: Where Was I?

The Set Up Back in February I took the Jeopardy online contestant test. I've been taking the test annually for three years now, and each time have generally felt pretty…
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On Industry, Leisure, and Feeling Walden

Things I accomplished over spring break: Beating Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Playing a game of Through the Ages online (outcome TBD). Cleaning out the DVR, including finishing the season (and likely…
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Questing Solo

I spent New Years Eve home alone, playing World of Warcraft.  Not your traditional fin d'année fête, but it suited me fine.  I'm kind of in a WoW-y zone right…
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The Sirius Cybernetic Corporation defines intelligence as "...the ability to reconcile totally contradictory situations without going completely bonkers".  By that definition, when it comes to Halloween, I'm a freaking genius. …