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Archive for May 2010

weirdness flows between us

THIS IS WATER. AND THIS IS UNDERPANTS. I already mentioned this on Twitter, but I need to use more than 140 characters and record this for posterity. I had come home from work in a terrible mood. For once this wasn’t really work’s fault. I was having some bleak angsty fit where everything not only […]

ink washes out easier than blood

ATLANTA DIGESTED 1. On the way out I get an aisle seat, which I always do on planes, because I’m convinced that I might have to, I don’t know, make a sudden exit or something. Twenty thousand feet? Hell no, see you later. Anyway, there was a guy in the window and me on the […]

message from my old coat pocket

MYSTERIES OF SPORTS Is fighting allowed in hockey or not? There are always fights, and referees always skate around these fights with looks of concern on their faces, as if they are about to break up the fight any minute now. People occasionally get thrown out or penalized for fighting, but not really according to […]

fish taco meet forehead

OH YE PEOPLE OF GOOD BREEDING This is not so much an etiquette question as it is an “I Am Socially Awkward” question. Let’s say that someone sent me an invite and included her email and phone number to RSVP. I replied via email, saying that I would be delighted to attend her nude rodeo/birthday […]