14 Jul 2008, 17:26 p.m.

Service

For jurors and cops, the job erratically swings between moments of tremendous responsibility and stretches of consuming boredom. Thurber is a fine antidote to the boredom; I finished 356 pages of his short stories and …

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13 Jul 2008, 11:59 a.m.

Photos Galore

I organized a few birthday celebrations for Leonard last week, specifically a fancy dinner and a ceramics-painting fest.

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12 Jul 2008, 9:48 a.m.

"It is what it is. Namely, it."

I called last night's Babylon 5 "Married to a Mob." Today: cleaning, brunch, and an "adult party" (in that I don't have to keep my guests from eating paint). Leonard likes to give books away …

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10 Jul 2008, 12:47 p.m.

New Slang

I'm updating my very out-of-date slang dictionary; if I have turns of speech that call out for noting or explanation, comment away. Newest entry: "Birthday."

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09 Jul 2008, 13:38 p.m.

On Being A Manager

Man, I need to read my self-help books again.

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05 Jul 2008, 19:22 p.m.

My Husband

Leonard likes the quiche and the Mexican-style hot chocolate at Tea Spot (MacDougal and West 3rd Street). Leonard likes harmonizing with recorded music that he's listening to, or filking it or mashing it up, instead …

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04 Jul 2008, 18:39 p.m.

One Peace At A Time

In school the teachers said, the real world isn't so forgiving, you won't be able to get extensions on your papers, you'll get worse consequences than bad grades if you do a poor job. And …

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04 Jul 2008, 16:08 p.m.

Note To Self

Write web quiz: "Highlander episode title, Star Trek episode title, or both?"

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01 Jul 2008, 8:33 a.m.

Two Recent Requests

Leonard's Amazon wishlist (since his birthday is a week away), and the RSS feed for this blog. Thanks for the reminders, Mirabai!

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30 Jun 2008, 8:27 a.m.

Existence and Uniqueness (with apologies to Seth)

Trying to think of unique things I've done since the last time I catalogued them. But some of the interesting things about me aren't so much things I've done as things that happened to me …

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