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X-FAILS

I don’t remember the last time I was this disappointed by a movie.
I don’t think I can even finish the series now.
Throwing a psychic into the mix does not make the movie X-File-y. Why was it so disjointed? Why were they living together? All was forgiven?? And why was it [...]

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We’re All Nerds In Some Way

X-Files: I Want To Believe comes out today and guess who’ll be front and center for it? OH YEAH.

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Paper Nerdery

Rands writes a post more akin to a love letter to, than comparison of, notebooks. One excerpt that matches me completely:

… when I see a store with notebooks for sale, I always stop. I examine. I flip the pages and figure out if there is anything new. I do this regardless of current company, country, or convenience. I am a social introvert, but will stop a complete stranger on the street if they’re sporting an unknown notebook.

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GET OUT AND VOTE: 2008 Indiana Presidential Primary, Tuesday May 6th

As discussed with friends, on Tuesday I shall be voting for Barack Obama, which goes contrary to my woman-identified, woman-preferred leanings.
The reason: Hillary Clinton is a MACHINE POLITICIAN (a.k.a. part of the political machine; i.e., just like Mayor Daley of Chicago and Mayor Daley of Chicago-current [a.k.a. Chi-town, a.k.a. The (Da) Region]). [...]

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Gem Sweater Party 2008


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Reasons I’m a Nerd, #35 and #36

#35. A search on the linguistics of the emergent LOLCat pseudo-language brought me to a December 2007 post at Linguistic Mystic in which he examines a discussion for LOLCODE programmers:

I know VISIBLE is the current output command, but it’s so not LOLCAT. What if we used LOL as the output [...]

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