14 Feb 2004, 16:01 p.m.

Sex Taboos

Two bits of news in the Bay Area that connect through the sexual taboos and laws at the heart of each issue. First, a thrice-convicted sex offender, Cary Verse, has gone through a bunch of …

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11 Feb 2004, 10:43 a.m.

Alone

"Leonard Richardson, software developer with the Wesley Clark for President campaign, stands in an empty Clark campaign headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., early Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, as he talks about his plans. Richardson said …

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10 Feb 2004, 20:44 p.m.

Clark Ends Bid

Leonard is coming home!

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09 Feb 2004, 14:32 p.m.

I just got back from a weeklong trip to India…

I just got back from a weeklong trip to India to see my folks. It is very nice to be home. I tried to use beverages to get me on the right sleep schedule during …

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30 Jan 2004, 16:51 p.m.

Salon Brilliant Career (Mine)

On a midday errand jaunt, I bought some Fitzgerald and Trollope's The Way We Live Now at Stacey's. I asked some coworkers about Trollope and we talked about Victorian novels a bit, both the IT …

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30 Jan 2004, 14:27 p.m.

Reminiscences

I used to say "yup" as slang for "yes." This turned into "yupper," which turned into "yupper.com." The matching negative was "nupper.com." My sister hated this.

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28 Jan 2004, 18:41 p.m.

Are You An Asian Woman?

Stephen Colbert says The Daily Show could use one.

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28 Jan 2004, 12:51 p.m.

Life's Medium-Sized Victories

Gail bought a $3 gallon jug of AriZona green tea (with honey and ginseng!) at Walgreens last week for a Salon party. I just discovered the last fourth of it in the fridge and will …

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26 Jan 2004, 16:42 p.m.

High school hierarchies and the attendant etiquette dilemmas are the…

High school hierarchies and the attendant etiquette dilemmas are the closest I have ever come to the world of Anna Karenina.

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26 Jan 2004, 14:56 p.m.

Really selling the car now. If you know anyone…

Really selling the car now. If you know anyone in the market for a reliable sedan, please let them know. I'm willing to drive hundreds of miles to sell this thing.

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