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9/28/08 The Brewers are in the playoffs!

Nothing profound to say about it, but my hometown baseball team, the Milwaukee Brewers, are in the playoffs for the first time since I was seven years old! They’ve been so close before, but they finally did it! Awesome.

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Filed under General on September 28, 2008, 'The Brewers are in the playoffs!' has comments numbering merely 0.
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9/25/08 “No.”

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the earth yet?.

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Filed under Amusing (if only to me), Life, Tech on September 25, 2008, '“No.”' has comments numbering merely 0.
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9/23/08 If you need any more incentive to give to Barack Obama

Miranda July and Carrie Brownstein have thoughtfully compiled a (mildly humorous) range of choices for how to contribute to Barack Obama, including the option of purchasing up to three videos produced eight years ago for $10 a piece (which will then be contributed directly back to Obama).
I say, right on.

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Filed under Amusing (if only to me), Culture, I Hate Politics, Recommendations on September 23, 2008, 'If you need any more incentive to give to Barack Obama' has comments numbering merely 0.
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Apple USB Power Adapter recalled…

Fellow iPhone 3G suckers consumers customers:
Apple Ultracompact USB Power Adapter Exchange Program.

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Filed under News, Tech, iPhone on September 23, 2008, 'Apple USB Power Adapter recalled…' has comments numbering merely 0.
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9/19/08 David Foster Wallace, part 2

This is an adaptation of what I posted on Metafilter about the death of David Foster Wallace, one of my favorite authors (despite my relative neglect of his work in the recent past):
I can’t say anything that others haven’t already said, but I’ll say it anyway, and I’ll say it relatively simply, despite that not [...]

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Filed under Culture, Life on September 19, 2008, 'David Foster Wallace, part 2' has comments numbering merely 0.
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9/17/08 Cars won’t always rule the world and its cities

From “Cars won’t always rule the world and its cities” by architect Arrol Gellner in the SF Chronicle:
“history has a way of casually demolishing institutions that seem impregnable”

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Filed under Culture, Life, Transit on September 17, 2008, 'Cars won’t always rule the world and its cities' has comments numbering merely 0.
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9/16/08 Jon Carroll on the passing of David Foster Wallace

Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle columnist, remembers author David Foster Wallace after his suicide at age 46.
I loved David Foster Wallace’s work and I was very sad to hear of his death. DFW was brilliant and he knew it. He skewered the absurdities of our society by being as complex as the ridiculous world we [...]

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