Month: February 2004
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I finally cracked open my copy of Stephen King’s Wolves of the Calla yesterday and I’ve been engrossed ever since. I didn’t realize how much I missed Roland’s world. Today I came across TheDarkTower.net, which is a fan site dedicated to the series (and its intersections with King’s other books). I’m particularly interested in the…
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The Shameless Acquisition of StuffHooray! Our Amazon package finally came today. The Snook and I had amassed quite a large gift certificate total (courtesy of Christmas gifts, commissions from my Dahl site, and payment for Harry Potter scarves) so we splurged like the happy little Sims that we are. We added the Buffy Season 4…
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I have seen a world without MetaFilter, and I don’t like it. At last Matt has a status update for those of us who have lost purpose in life.
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Ugh. My nemesis is in town.
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Max found a funny article about the plague of New Yorkers using their iPods to tune out the world. I think the reporter was exaggerating a little bit though. There’s nothing intrinsically magical about an iPod that lets you tune out other people better than with a regular old Walkman. You can just do it…
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Looks like the WB has cancelled Angel. To be honest, I really have no idea what’s been happening on that show. The Snook and I are still back in Season 1 of the DVDs. I wonder if this means they can do a big happy ending with a SMG cameo? That’d be nice.
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Happy Valentine’s Day! The Snook and I celebrated with a night on the town. I did three new things that I’d never done before: I ate a raw oyster! Seriously! With just a bit of lime juice! And I didn’t die. I went to Star City, which is my first casino visit ever. It was…
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Wow, Lycos laid off everybody at Webmonkey. And with that, the last vestige of the 90’s Internet boom is swept away…
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I’m all for Barbie ditching Ken, but what marketing wizard came up with “Blaine the Australian boogie boarder”? I’ve never heard of a single Blaine in the past two years.
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New holiday design: I couldn’t resist.