Tag: random
group name: oftheday
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July 14, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
Y'know, I think I like doing this -- figuring out what I'm supposed to be working on, getting it in a nice list. It helps me focus. So here's what I've got to work on today:
The Big . . . more
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July 19, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
It's me again, sorting out my to-do list and getting ready for another busy, busy day. So far, my Gather-related priorities are:
The Big Four. Comment Speedway, in particular, needs some serious . . . more
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July 23, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
Between LoGL and trying to sort through books, I got very little of my intended to-do list done, unfortunately -- and I'm still going through a not-quite-literal mountain of books to list. Many of . . . more
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May 25, 2008 08:59 PM EDT --
I hate the White Screen of Death. When I see it as a programmer, it means that I screwed something up to the point that my program cannot cohesively give me output. It's incredibly frustrating when . . . more
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July 17, 2008 04:07 PM EDT --
Yesterday was a big day of ups and downs here -- so I sort of missed my usual publication deadlines. Looks like I'll be doing those today, though. Here's my workload:
The Chain Game - Chain . . . more
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July 18, 2008 05:53 PM EDT --
(Title derived from Weird Al Yankovic's " That's Your Horoscope For Today ")
So, it's Friday, and time to sort out my priorities again. I got almost everything done yesterday . . . more
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April 18, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
Hey - you may or may not already know this, but I'm out on vacation for the next week with Laura. I'm writing this from our hotel in North Jersey, which does indeed have wireless access, mostly . . . more
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August 27, 2007 04:03 PM EDT --
I do hope you don't mind my apparent obssession with landing planes. I know I'd much rather be on one flying off to a grand new adventure in some remote corner of the world. Ever since I was . . . more
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August 21, 2007 07:37 PM EDT --
On my way home tonight, I was listening to "All Things Considered" on NPR, and heard them discussing the most recent book competition on Gather. Here's the link to the story:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13830021 . . . more
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September 20, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
The link below leads to an article about the competing ads that appeared after each other in The New York Times. You know the ones: "General Betrayus" and Rudy bashing Hillary because of her . . . more
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July 20, 2008 02:11 PM EDT --
No, seriously, I have a group entitled 'Best of the Worst' ... so, it works. (Sort of.)
Not only do I have eight packages going out, but apparently I have one coming in -- the games I traded . . . more
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April 25, 2008 11:23 PM EDT --
Just an odd bit of geek zen:
"Life is like a connection, sometimes missed, sometimes timed out, sometimes broken, but always essential."
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March 14, 2008 10:19 PM EDT --
Well all we dealt with votes last night worked real hard so lets get an easy one tonight. What are you views on the Economy? ROLF. Anything goes on this one so let it all hang out. This is . . . more
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March 26, 2007 01:27 PM EDT --
BRAND NEW
Nowadays, the word brand is probably most often heard with the meaning “a trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer,” but it can be traced all . . . more
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October 05, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
Today's New York times has a fascinating article about the radio talks that the former Mayor of New York City, who, by the way, seems to think he still is Mayor, gave during his term of office. Apparently, . . . more
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September 28, 2007 04:16 PM EDT --
And all I got was this lousy short article.
Hiya, guys -- how's the new update working for you? Anything break, or does it seem to have improved?
So far, I've discovered . . . more
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April 25, 2007 10:18 AM EDT --
A DEFINE-A-THON is the new word game sensation created by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Why are they taking us beyond the spelling bee? Because being able to SPELL a word doesn't . . . more
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May 26, 2007 12:19 AM EDT --
Whew... what a day for Gathering! I spent the entire day at home, thanks to my back deciding that trying to move that big trash can at work at the very end of last night's shift was an incredibly stupid . . . more
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March 30, 2007 01:51 PM EDT --
ANYMORE
In standard American English the word anymore is often found in negative sentences: They don’t live here anymore. But anymore is widely used in regional American English in positive . . . more
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April 04, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
CANADA
Linguistically, mountains can be made out of molehills, so to speak: words denoting a small thing can, over time, come to denote something much larger. This is the case with Canada, now . . . more
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