Month: June 2004
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Anybody want to apply to be my replacement? (For the record, that job description bears little to no resemblance to what I actually do.) In related news, I now have a Last Day for this job – next Friday, July 2 – and a First Day for Tapestry Craft – the following Tuesday, July 6.…
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I’ve got a developing case of kitty anxiety. I noticed while I was brushing Dr. Amy Jones the other day that she had a hard little bump under the fur near her right shoulder My first thought was that it was her microchip so I took care not to touch it. Today I noticed that…
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Roger Ebert has posted a thoughtful essay on Fahrenheit 9/11 that addresses a main complaint about the film: that it’s not “objective” like a documentary should be. Newsflash! No film is objective, and no book is either. If a human being is deciding which images and words to use, then the result is inherently biased.…
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Changes I observed in Newtown today… A new Gloria Jeans coffee shop has opened and it looks to be doing brisk business. Very interesting. It’s the only big franchise on all of King Street. (I’m told that the Newts basically ran McDonald’s out on a rail when they tried to open a branch a few…
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The O.C. is coming… again. Remember how I posted about its Aussie premiere last November? I caught a couple episodes at the gym but never enough to get hooked. It must’ve tanked because it hasn’t been on in months. That’s why I was surprised to see Channel 10 start hyping it recently. (They weren’t the…
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Kickass. I just logged into Slashdot to discover that Apple have extended their Logic Board Replacement Program – and lo and behold, my machine is now covered! You’ll recall that I began having display trouble last year but the service guys claimed it was a bad monitor. Well, as soon as I verified that my…
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So… A subluxated cuboid bone. That’s what the physiotherapist thinks I have. It certainly fits the symptoms. We ruled out the whole “plantar fasciitis” because my pain is on the outside of my foot, not the arch. I had a couple X-rays this afternoon to hopefully rule out a stress fracture. (There’s something unsettling about…
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Busy Weekend.Saturday afternoon I had my second shift volunteering at the Cat Protection Society Op Shop. I was with the same old ladies as before – Robin and Barbara – and they mostly left me to tend the till while they sorted and priced donations. I had a good time though and the hours just…
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People Falling Over.com – The only website about people falling over, by people falling over. I predict that this will be my sister’s favorite website of all time. She thinks people falling down is the height of comedy. On a sadly related note, I nearly wiped out again on my way home yesterday.
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More stapler madness! “Khan, you’re my stapler…” and “Damn it feels good to be a stapler.”