Posts for May, 2005

May 31, 2005

Information smorgasboard

W. Mark Felt finally admitted he was the “Deep Throat” referenced during the Watergate investigation. To Vanity Fair. The same Vanity Fair whose last big breaking story was about the infighting amongst the desperate housewives.
Yeah, I don’t get it either.
Why VF? Why not just tell the Washington Post crew, hey, go ahead and spill the [...]

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May 30, 2005

Hiding out

That’s me today, a world-class hider-outer who spent the bulk of her day reading and eating ice cream and watching The Incredibles on the shiny new DVD player that Aamir got her. Also sometimes making or taking phone calls with TNT’s Law and Order marathon for a soundtrack, and definitely thinking about all the cleaning [...]

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May 23, 2005

A series of letters to the world in general

Dear women who use office bathrooms,
Flushing is your friend, as are trash receptacles. We’ve had this conversation already, so I know you know what I’m talking about. Eww. Seriously. Do you do this at home? I didn’t think so, which begs the question — why do you do it here? Do you realize how absolutely [...]

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May 17, 2005

“I’m afraid to flush the toilet because maybe it won’t!”

Quick, it’s a multiple choice question! Is the above:
A) My email signature
B) Something Homer said on The Simpsons this Sunday
C) Something I said at our lovely North Carolina hotel this Saturday
D) Not a good sign
E) Both C and D
Those of you who said E, well, you’re just brilliant. Or cheating because you were actually in [...]

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May 11, 2005

I am too sick to post anything, even how much I loved last night’s Veronica Mars

The end.
P.S. Yes, Dan, I’m at work.

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May 8, 2005

The women who cover, and the women who criticize them

On the one hand, hijabi women are dowdy and primitive, too feeble-minded to realize they’re being oppressed by their misogynistic cultures. They never had a chance! To see what they could be! Oh, if only some cowboy could ride in on his F-14 fighter jet and give them some freedom.
On the other hand, hijabi women [...]

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May 7, 2005

Food, glorious food

There’s a certain Chinese restuarant at the corner of Buford Highway and Shallowford Dr. that has been a perennial favorite of me and mine since our college days. Friday night out frequently meant an early dinner at Little Szechuan followed by a movie at the gaudy Regal Hollywood 24 just up the service drive. It [...]

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May 5, 2005

Anne-Marie exploded the butter

She really did.

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