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I Don’t Want To Sleep

Friday, October 20, 2000

so here’s some more classics from the CACFP vaults. scrambles egg cornflakes kellow pulm cold fish home nad soup gronala bars grean salan Feach toast biskets spag spam twigs yely chicken soap carras sticks totot mix green sala orka fruit desert bananana burget bun spaguettis lectuce tomatoe (Dan Quayle’s goin’ DOWN…)

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Laabsta.

Monday, October 16, 2000

I just figured out what the “Blog This!” function of Blogger does. So in the future, you’ll be seeing a lot more things like the Unofficial Lobster Camera Image Archive here…

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What’s For Lunch

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Every once in a while at work I volunteer to help check the menus we get from child care providers in compliance with the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, or CACFP. The basic idea of the CACFP– at least the part I deal with– is that the government reimburses day care providers in […]

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Best In Show

Tuesday, October 3, 2000

the presidential debates, 10/03/00 I’d like to ask now why should the American public entrust the education of their children the stewardship of peace in Montenegro and their golden years should the economy fail to you see my suit my haircut years in the Ivy League a noble tremble standing as trained, I am the […]

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JOY! GLEE! I finally

Thursday, September 21, 2000

JOY! GLEE! I finally figured out what was wrong with my blog. Stupid stupid technical problem. Hurray! I’ll be posting much more frequently now, seeing as I have a blazing-fast new iMac with a functional browser.

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Turlets

Thursday, September 7, 2000

as the plumber I’ve been negotiating with so charmingly calls them. The seats of the toilets at work are invariably spattered if not flooded wwith urine. This is in the women’s room, mind you, not the men’s. Apparently it is the habit of the people who come through our clinic to suspend themselves above the […]

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It’s SCIENCE!

Friday, August 25, 2000

Selected headlines of articles on intelligence from brain.com Smarter teens delay having sex Mar 03, 2000 (Reuters) Parents influence IQ more than birth weight does Jul 20 (Reuters) Surprisingly Smart: Hollywood’s Educated Icons Childhood intelligence linked to timing of menopause NEW YORK, Jul 21,1999 (Reuters Health) First impression usually right when it comes to IQ […]

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Ira Glass/John Linnell Fans Rejoice!

Saturday, August 19, 2000

Even if you love They Might Be Giants a lot a lot, I bet you haven’t heard this one. TMBG sings “I’m Sick” (Of This American Life) on This American Life in 1998. I can’t believe that after five years of very smart people telling me to listen to that show, I still haven’t done […]

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Detritus: Do YOU Know The Way To San Jose?

Thursday, August 17, 2000

Monkeys! it’s SCIENCE, you know! * * * * * Things I learned at work today: If you walk into a room when someone is talking about you, you will have a long life. If you hold the toes or fingers of a new baby, you will be its godparent. (I think I misunderstood this […]

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Detritus: The Only Good Thing About Tuesdays…

Tuesday, August 15, 2000

…is that I am one of the first people in New York City to get a fresh copy of the Village Voice. My dance studio’s right next door to the Voice, so even though my tango class at Sandra Cameron’s SUCKS (the teacher is repetitive and slow to the point where my mind wanders so […]

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