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Archive for January 2006

my whole life is like a picture of a sunny day

On 20 January 2006

IF ONLY THIS WERE A PROPER WEBLOG, EACH OF THESE THINGS WOULD HAVE A SENSIBLE DATE STAMP 1. Fucking work. Not only does everything have to be all late and crazy and crunched-up this month, it also has to be time for performance reviews. So I am spending huge chunks of my day being Tough […]

days of wine and roses and extra-strength motrin

On 10 January 2006

This has always bugged me: How is “What hath God wrought?” appropriate for the first telegraph message? Samuel Morse was supposedly being “humble,” but it's really just stupid. I think people should quit blaming God for everything. You made your telegraph machine, you live with the results, mister! Also, if the explanation of your second […]

four times for my girls in the beauty shop

On 4 January 2006

Wait, was Theodor Adorno a dwarf? Or is this just a really strange photo? Not that I think dwarves should be barred from culture studies or anything. Hi. I am sure people who follow fluff pieces in tabloid-format big-city newspapers* are laughing heartily right now at the patently false notion that I update my diary […]