July 2012
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“I have a belief that at some stage an epiphany will break over the American...”
– http://www.quora.com/2012-U-S-Presidential-Election/How-do-people-outside-the-US-view-the-contest-between-Romney-and-Obama
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April 2012
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
“It’s as if he’s a fragile flower held together with duct tape and glue, deathly...”
– Make the Most of Nothing
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March 2012
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February 2012
3 posts
“I don’t think we did anything wrong.”
– If any other person, business, non-profit or other entity had a history of child sexual abuse like the Catholic church does, they would be completely destroyed. Why do they still get away with this? Cardinal Egan Criticized for Retracting Apology on Sexual Abuse Crisis
Feb 14th
“For decades the G.O.P. has won elections by appealing to social and racial...”
– Paul Krugman, this morning.
Feb 13th
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January 2012
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December 2011
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October 2011
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Oct 31st
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September 2011
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August 2011
3 posts
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Grief Bacon
Kummerspeck (German) Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon. And there’s more where that came from!  15 wonderful words with no English equivalent.
Aug 18th
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Aug 12th
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Aug 10th
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June 2011
6 posts
Jun 30th
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Jun 22nd
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Vancouver Riots
kellyoxford: Best photo from last night’s riot in Vancouver. Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images
Jun 16th
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Writing Adapters for DataMapper →
Jun 2nd
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April 2011
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Getting Started with Backbone.js →
Apr 29th
March 2011
4 posts
Was "The Wire" the Best Victorian Novel Ever? →
Omar comin’, yo.
Mar 30th
“Much like the sale of sardines at movie-theater concession stands, the...”
– Groupon has some talented and funny writers. 
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Mar 15th
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“Like Charlie Sheen, Infinispan is sexy, has “tiger blood & Adonis...”
– http://torquebox.org/news/2011/03/09/torquebox-caching/
Mar 9th
February 2011
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Feb 24th
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Texas: I'm Glad I Left Ya
Here are some stats about education in Texas. Verbal SAT scores: ranked 49th in the nation  Math SAT scores: ranked 46th in the nation  Percentage of adults with a high school diploma: ranked 50th in the nation 3 out of every 10 kids who start school don’t finish Only 20% of 8th graders are proficient at grade level in math But Governor Rick Perry refuses federal money for education...
Feb 17th
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ListenThe Magnetic Field is a great new performance...
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January 2011
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December 2010
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git: fetch and merge, don’t pull « Mark’s Blog →
Dec 18th
November 2010
1 post
Ukulele Tabs & Ukulele Chords | Ukulele Hunt →
For my new yellow ukulele.
Nov 7th