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Archive for October 2003

French provincial earthenware

On 9 October 2003

AN OPEN, SECRET LETTER TO MY BOSSYeah, I was late this morning. Thanks for all the passive-aggressive, faux-cheery comments, like “Good morning! We were wondering when you were going to get here!” I called you from the train and left a message about the lateness, but I could not call you earlier because I was […]

huffing nitrous, eating Teddy Grahams. good times.

On 7 October 2003

A QUICK BITE OF A NARRATIVE SANDWICH BEFORE THE SCATTERBRAIN STUFF STARTSI had a great weekend. The fabulous Lisa, previously known to me as a mere e-mail pal, was in town and we had dinner together, a delicious risotto and bottle of wine at Bite, served to us by a man who was weary of […]

demisemiquaver

On 4 October 2003

I predict that the next big trend in poor grammar, in shitty self-expression, in lousy language skillz, is going to be the misuse of “literally.” I started predicting this when I read the sentence “He literally exploded with rage” in a literary-mag short story, and after overhearing dozens of teenagers say things like “I literally […]

ask not what sort of goo you can smear on your country

On 1 October 2003

TELEMOVISION KEEPS ME EDUCAMATEDOkay, you should really watch this program on the urban elephant if you get a chance, even though it made me WEEP about six different times. Listen up, TiVo: Yes, I do like watching television depicting animals going about their animal business, but that does not mean I am some kind of […]