Archive for September, 2008

File This Under: It’s Funny Because They’re Nerdy Kids

Sep 29, 2008 4 Comments

Okay, one of the many thrills of TV coming back last week has been watching the below MasterCard commercial several times. Nerdy kids, guaranteed lolz and it’ll make you appreciate your friends even more.

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Tall Drink of Nerd: Still Madly in Love With…

Sep 29, 2008 Comments Off

. A blogumn by Amy Robinson The Public Library – Home Sweet Home I am madly in love with the Public Library.  Our affair began when I was just a wee lass of five years.  My mother led me into the small Library of our teeny hometown and told me to pick out any book [...]

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The Weekly Habit: Time to Dream

Sep 29, 2008 Comments Off

So a mentor of mine once confessed that she didn’t go to her high school reunions because she wanted her classmates to remember here just the way she was. And she wanted to remember them that way, too. Though I plan to attend my 10th college reunion this year and mayhap my 15th high school [...]

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Fierce and Derby: A Derby Doll Retires

Sep 29, 2008 10 Comments

. A Proof of Fierce ID by Lucy Ball-Breaker The end is near. This month, I celebrate my 5-year anniversary with the L.A. Derby Dolls. Five years! I never thought I’d last this long. What started out as curiosity about whether I could still roller skate, turned into a new passion, a new attitude and [...]

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Guess The Random Lyric: Today is Monday, Sept. 29th

Sep 29, 2008 2 Comments

Wow, I don’t mind stumping you guys. Actually it feels me up with pride to stump such clever people. But I do feel sad right now, because I suspect many of you either did not see or do not remember when Dawn and Tim finally kissed on the English version of The Office, even though [...]

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Philosophical Monday: Me, You, and In Vitro We Know

Sep 29, 2008 13 Comments

So I’ve been going back and forth with myself about whether to talk about the fact that I went through the first part of in vitro this weekend.That is, I had my eggs extracted. CH gave the doctor his jimmies in a nice sterile cup, and now we have 9 fertilized eggs, doing whatever they [...]

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Paul Newman 1925-2008

Sep 27, 2008 2 Comments

I was sad to wake up this morning to find that Paul Newman had died. But what an amazing, wonderful, and caring life he led. He did a good job. My first Paul Newman movie, is still one of my favorites of all time: What a Way To Go,  a little dark romantic comedy, starring [...]

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One More Thing Before We Go: Week in Review

Sep 26, 2008 Comments Off

Is it wrong that we miss you already? But before we go… Guys thanks for making this the highest visitor week yet. We can’t wait to see you again on Monday. Handy-Dandy Week in Review for you after the jump:

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Procrastinate on This: Vampires, Animals, and Biggie Smalls

Sep 26, 2008 4 Comments

Why, why, why are we still at work? Don’t our employoyers understand that we turn into expensive paperweights by 1pm on Friday. Anyway, here are 5 things to get you through the rest of the day: 1. Take the Which Twilight Character Are You Quiz. Apparently, I’m Jasper Hale, because I “put people at ease.” [...]

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The Grammar Fuzz: A Myriad of Reasons to Hate “Myriad”

Sep 26, 2008 6 Comments

. A Proof of Nerd ID by Kasey Bomber Today’s citation for gross grammar mindfuck.  The word “myriad.” Essentially, in AP English as a senior in high school, my flagrantly pretentious poetry-loving teacher loved to pieces the word myriad.  On any given rainy day, when she was feeling like sowing her poetic grammar oats, she’d [...]

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