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Does this mean the old Takeda is coming back?

May 15, 2013
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Does this mean the old Takeda is coming back?

SPOILER ALERT, Revenge fans: Takeda2.0 dies.  He is murdered by Aiden after Aiden gives the old screw you to Isaac Newton’s theories and literally stops a samurai sword between his two palms.  Mid-blade, no less. Some equally baffled friends of mine have collaborated with me on this project, and we are in the works...

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Travel Blog: How To Do Southern California in 72 Hours and Do It Right

May 14, 2013
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Travel Blog: How To Do Southern California in 72 Hours and Do It Right

I went to Southern California for 72 hours last month and have been sort of stuck in a rut of consternation ever since trying to figure out why I don’t live there.  It all started when I invited myself to a wedding.  You see,...

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Of Circus Cats and Aggressive Mimes

March 22, 2013
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Of Circus Cats and Aggressive Mimes

First and foremost, there is a thing called Circus Cats, and from what I can tell from youtubes it is precisely what it sounds like, and it is in town this weekend, and I am already fully booked so I can’t go, and I...

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Jury Duty County Confusion

March 18, 2013
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Jury Duty County Confusion

I got my first jury summons since moving to Atlanta.  I love jury duty.  It really is the best way for a lawyer to see how pointless her function...

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On meeting Matlock

March 14, 2013
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On meeting Matlock

I met Matlock on the same day they picked a Pope.  I’m pretty sure this was my consolation prize from God to make up for him not picking one...

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“I’m just a girl with a new haircut,” and that’s a pretty nice haircut

March 12, 2013
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“I’m just a girl with a new haircut,” and that’s a pretty nice haircut

Against specific warnings from friends that I was making a grievous mistake, I got my hair cut last week by a student at the Paul Mitchell School.   This particular...

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If you name your kid “Demon,” what do you really expect?

March 6, 2013
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If you name your kid “Demon,” what do you really expect?

The AJC reported today that they have arrested a man named Demon Eugene Wilson on suspicion of murder. I’m sorry, but the parents of this person are going to...

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NDGA: of federal courts and small goats

March 4, 2013
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NDGA: of federal courts and small goats

The other day I googled, “symptoms of a nervous breakdown.”   I am pretty sure that this google query  is in-and-of-itself a dispositive symptom that I am in fact...

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Downton Abbey is The Brady Bunch with posh accents and fancier clothes

February 18, 2013
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I can’t even look at Lady Edith without thinking “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”   She is such a Jan Brady.  Even after her younger sister dies (sidenote: Sybil and Cindy...

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Meteor attack on Russia: the official signal that the US won the Cold War

February 15, 2013
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Meteor attack on Russia: the official signal that the US won the Cold War

Um, should we be worried about, you know, this meteor that shot through Russia this morning?  NASA appears relatively unperturbed, and has noted that it’s just Sibera– shit like...

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Vote for Saint Valentine for Pope!

February 14, 2013
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Vote for Saint Valentine for Pope!

It’s V-Day, mfs! This holiday is not to be confused with the less-known and even less-celebrated VE-Day, which is sometime around cinqo de mayo weekend and involves the World...

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High five for nuclear testing!

February 13, 2013
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High five for nuclear testing!

Am I the only one who saw this photo on the New York Times site yesterday in connection with the breaking news on North Korea’s terrifying progress of nuclear...

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They had a broken keyboard; I bought a broken keyboard.

February 12, 2013
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They had a broken keyboard; I bought a broken keyboard.

So I’ve been a mite enamored with that Macklemore Thrift Shop song ever since I heard it about a month or two ago (thanks to dear reader, Shannon!).  Even...

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It’s hard out there for a gimp; when she tryin’ to get this money for the rent.

January 25, 2013
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Life continues to crutch by at a pace normally reserved for animals that carry their homes on their backs. I have now graduated to the one-crutch peg-legging stage of...

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It’s been a bad day; please don’t take my picture.

January 14, 2013
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It’s been a bad day; please don’t take my picture.

I’m not sure where winter went, but I want it back, and I want it dry.  It was mid-70′s in the dirty dirty this weekend, which was just disconcerting. ...

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LivingSocial offers least appealing deal yet.

January 10, 2013
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LivingSocial offers least appealing deal yet.

I opened my email this morning to find the following new message: Upon seeing the word “colon” being used in a non-grammatical context, I immediately knew I wasn’t interested,...

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Now you’re free to see the world!

January 7, 2013
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Now you’re free to see the world!

I have come to the conclusion that there need to be a lot more handicapped parking spots in this city.  Particularly to access the condominium complex in which I...

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Screw Carthage; it’s Comcast that must be destroyed

January 4, 2013
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Comcast delenda est.  I commented yesterday on how I’d only had to call Comcast four times in the past six...

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The Idea Man

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