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Archive for October 2006

mysterious business trip to Singapore

On 24 October 2006

LIFE'S A BEACH AND THEN YOU STEP ON A DEAD THING I have a wicked sore throat, contracted on the last day of the Florida vacation. Which was really okay because it was the only day that we shelled out to rent the condo's beach chair/umbrella combo, and nothing fulfills my Victorian-invalid fantasies like feeling […]

gorgonzola latte

On 15 October 2006

TWO THINGS I HAVE RUN ACROSS IN MY WORK LIFE 1. A footnote to a graph that said, “The reference group was white Americans.” They forgot to add a comma and the words “surprise, surprise.” 2. An irritating cost-effectiveness study on a pediatric infectious-disease vaccine, where the researchers figured in parental lost work time due […]

discount pizza warehouse

On 5 October 2006

MORE LIKE TEXT MESSAGES FROM YOUR DRUNKEST FRIEND THAN AN INTERNET DIARY 1. The walk home from the bus stop featured a single Cheerio, almost exactly in the middle of the sidewalk, every three feet or so. Modern-day Hansel and Gretel? OCD-afflicted toddler tossing cereal out of the stroller at carefully-timed intervals? 2. I am […]

financially and legally obligated

On 1 October 2006

BLUE-BALL OUTLET I do not know why I am so obsessed with abstinence kitsch. The upside is that after I get myself all creeped out, I get to creep others out in turn! I am calling this link CRAP! I RAN OUT OF PETALS! You have to check out some of the other lovely products […]