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Friday, July 04, 2008 1:02 AM
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The French got to be very good at perfume because they were very bad at bathing. Over time, they have become quite skilled at disguising odors with aromas. A quick walk through the city of Paris reveals battles of fetor and fragrance everywhere. On the
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I never thought I'd write two posts in a row with the word "blood" in the title. Maybe if I were writing a series of posts on The Wondrous World of Blood, but I'm not doing that, and neither are you. Put the pen down. Nobody cares. Embarrassingly, I don't
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Friday, June 13, 2008 6:51 PM
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Hear me, people. I give now to you a list. To you. Just for you. It is this list: - Galileo Galilei - Isaac Newton - Rene Descartes - Oscar Wilde - Carl Sagan I could go on. I won't. I could. I shan't. What is the significance of this list? I have been
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It began on the sofa. It continues on the sofa, even now. My near near death experience. My almost almost fatal condition. I just got home from six hours at the hospital. After days of lying on the sofa, sweating, occasionally vomiting, even less occasionally
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Friday, May 23, 2008 5:11 PM
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[If there are typos in here, it's because I'm too tired to find and fix 'em.] As usual when I disappear, I've gotten contacted in every possible way about where I've gone. As usual, there's too much to respond to bit by bit. As usual, I'll do it here.
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Morale's been down in the Roryverse this week. Dunno why. To combat it, I'm posting something warm and squishy. Full of love. And... squishy. Warm squishy. Squish squish. Squish squish squish. I didn't sleep much last night. Ignore me. Squish squish.
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Friday, May 02, 2008 4:21 PM
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In my last post, I provided the URL to what I thought was possibly the worst video game ever made. I was wrong. DaveVB left a comment with a reference to the game he suspects is the worst game ever made. He was right. I watched the gameplay videos, and
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You know him. You love him. He's me. The Smartest Man in the World is finally back. It took a few months because of various hold-ups and miscellaneous issues of import, but the show is returned. I am returned. If all goes according to plan, there will
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 5:04 PM
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Hi. Beep. Boop beep beep boop boop boop beep beep DING! boop boop bzzt bzzt bzzt... I don't write too many nerdy posts nowadays. I decided to begin this one with a textual representation of the computer noises I'm making on my side of the screen. I'm
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[NOTE FOR THE GEEKS: A good friend of mine is involved with this year's JaveOne Conference, and he asked me if I would get a little message out to those who would like to go but who might not have all the cash to get a ticket. Basically, there's a $200
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