Archive for December, 2003
Monday, December 29th, 2003
I had almost forgotten my Christmas tradition of picking up the latest almanac, and now I have a good reason to cruise down to my local independent bookseller.
I read almanacs voraciously as a kid, but I never made any suspicious annotations. I suppose I'd need several different colored highlighters for ...
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Sunday, December 28th, 2003
I've lost my perspicacity and my perspective. If found, please call or e-mail.
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Saturday, December 27th, 2003
All my teasing and taunting about doing absolutely nothing for Christmas bought me a load of karmic retribution in the form of being tricked into going to Charleston with Jeff for the holiday and actually doing things.
I actually didn't do much -- I ended up parked at Joyce's condo, which ...
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003
Let the news ring forth across this land: AdmSkot47 is dead.
My new AOL screenname is DrScottJennings. Please update your lists. Unless I don't want to hear from you.
If you're curious about the field in which I hold my doctorate, the answer is, "style."
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Friday, December 19th, 2003
As I was wandering through the Wal-Mart Supercenter after lunch today killing time and buying sweatpants and Sharpies, I found myself thinking about exactly how fragile my ego is, and how much care and feeding it requires. Am I really the type who needs as much validation as I ask ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2003
Greg and I made it back to Raleigh late last night, making pretty good time, considering that we stopped for two meals and a reckless driving charge. (I feel partially responsible for the reckless driving charge, since I should have warned Greg about Emporia.)
Harold Night was fantastic, everything that ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2003
This was Brainos's first visit to New York, so he wanted to see the sights. It was time for a walking tour.
Greg and I started our Half-Assed Yet Whirlwind Walking Tour of Manhattan at the Fifth Avenue station of the N/R line. This allowed me to gesture grandly and remark, ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2003
Brainos and I made it to New York late last night with a very small number of incidents, highlighted by Greg pulling himself over to get lectured by the Washington Park Police. Let it be known: the best way to get back to I-95 North is to not stop in ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2003
On an Internet message board I frequent, many people seemed to enjoy the film Love Actually. Since I happen to be a sucker for a good romantic comedy, I went in willingly. After the film, this is what I posted to the Internet message board I frequent:
I've been avoiding this ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2003
My boy Brian Huskey is the mind behind Monster (in a wheelchair), which I offer to you here. Simply delightful.
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