28 Apr 2004, 9:16 a.m.

Dave

Dave, my grey goldfish, is dying, or at least very ill. He was lethargic this morning, floating sideways, getting caught in the fake plant. I isolated him and did what I could, but by the …

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27 Apr 2004, 16:27 p.m.

Spring

At a BART station, birds have nested on the stanchions, and I saw an egg.

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27 Apr 2004, 12:59 p.m.

Shopping Is Hard; Let's Do Math

I spent my first 21 years hating shopping for clothes. I still find shopping laborious, not fun. But recently I've begun dressing more professionally for work as part of my "don't work in customer support …

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27 Apr 2004, 11:04 a.m.

It's Been A Quiet Week in Riyadh

The Religious Policeman, Saudi Arabia's Salam Pax, has read Garrison Keillor.

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26 Apr 2004, 16:01 p.m.

Enjoy

Sometimes people offer to me, say, a chance to go out and do something with them, or to share a dessert, and I refuse and say "have a good time." Leonard pointed out to me …

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24 Apr 2004, 16:24 p.m.

More Gross Fish

I saw Betty poop. Awesome!

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22 Apr 2004, 14:12 p.m.

Yay!

Some NYPD officers have little magic boxes, okay, special cell phones, that automatically connect them to call centers where the operators speak lots of languages. That way officers can communicate with who don't speak English, …

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22 Apr 2004, 7:38 a.m.

Also Sneezy

Grumpy. Last night I dreamt that I wanted to go back to high school to brush up on math and foreign languages, but the teachers would recognize me and tell them to stop wasting their …

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21 Apr 2004, 19:54 p.m.

Perhaps "Not Passive-Aggressive" Is Too Much To Ask

I am trying to figure out the best way to let jerks on BART know that they may not hog two seats by sitting in the aisle seat while the window seat goes empty. Generally …

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21 Apr 2004, 17:57 p.m.

A Lot Of Days

I didn't know that Gavin Newsom is dyslexic. Nor that his favorite game is Twister. Nikolai Kisler, a fourth-grader, said he wished Newsom had explained how he became mayor. But he hastened to add that …

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