December 2007
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Merry Christmas!
I hope to hold off on blogging until the New Year; we’ll see how that goes. In the meantime, enjoy the Pogues:
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My Blog's Reading Level
Eh.
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Fire
Jesus Christ. I live in that apartment complex (my building was nowhere near the fire, thank God). Given that there were 15 (!) arson-related fires in the complex this past summer, I think this is cause for alarm. Springhill Lake needs to start giving answers about what it’s doing to prevent future fires, and soon. I mean, would it kill them to say something on their website about the fire?...
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The Efficiency-Minded Person's Christmas Tree
Holiday Rosemary Bush - Day 246/365 Originally uploaded by noeltykay Slate has an interesting article on the relative merits of real vs. artificial Christmas trees. Is it better to go out and get a tree from a tree farm that you’ll keep for about a month, then throw out? Or is it better to get a tree you can reuse each year, but may be coated with dangerous chemicals and will wind up in...
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90s Nostalgia Blogging
Letters to Cleo - Here and Now: For those who can’t decipher what Kay Hanley is saying in the refrain: The comfort of a knowledge of a rise above the sky above could never parallel the challenge of an acquisition in the Here and now Here and now How simple is that?
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The Girls, They Love to See You Shoot
Via Bruce.
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The Subprime Mortgage Crisis Explained
Via Greg Mankiw:
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Sunday YouTube
Stars - “Elevator Love Letter”