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Entries from September 2005

encyclopedia brown: citicard fraud protection mystery!

September 30th, 2005 · 6 Comments

update: chubacca- yup, i did get 2 games but they were on the same charge (the $50something charge i already identified as eb games)
hrm yeah… about the credit fraud protection, i guess maybe most people might have difficulty remembering where they spent it (like i did) but they’ll usually remember that they DID in fact […]

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Tags: General

i am in the wrong career

September 29th, 2005 · 3 Comments

results from the livecareer quiz i took:

yea… science didn’t rank that high. i think the only reason it got as high as it did was when they asked me choices between doing something science-y or doing something assertive… yea, science wins out then. yeah, my mom will be happy to know that sending […]

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Tags: General

Recipe for a perfect sandcastle? Eight-to-one

September 29th, 2005 · No Comments

Thursday, September 29, 2005; Posted: 10:15 a.m. EDT (14:15 GMT)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A lesson learned by centuries of beachcombers has been distilled to a physicist’s formula: to make the perfect sandcastle, use eight parts sand to one part water.
The physicists’ study, released on Wednesday before publication in the journal Nature Physics, is entitled, rather grandly, […]

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Tags: Amusing News

driving pet peeve #908192 - stopped cars in the middle of the street

September 26th, 2005 · No Comments

so yesterday, driving home from church in the afternoon (so this is around 1ish)… i was going down this major road (divided street) at 60 mph, just a little over the speed limit of 55. i’m kind of on the top of a slight hill, going down when i notice at the bottom […]

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Tags: General

bored at work… rash of quizzes

September 23rd, 2005 · 2 Comments

i was bored at work… here’s a bunch of quiz results!

A-

Hardly anything gets by you…
You have a great memory and eagle eyes

How Observant Are You?
hahahah, i have a terrible memory and never notice anything

You Are Likely A Forth Born

At your darkest moments, you feel angry.
At work and school, you do best when your analyzing.
When […]

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Tags: Quizzes

Airliner fakes emergency so passengers can watch soccer game

September 21st, 2005 · 1 Comment

A chartered jet carrying 289 Gambian soccer fans pretended it needed to make an emergency landing so they could watch their team compete in the FIFA Under 17 World Championships

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Tags: Amusing News

my bag has winter boots!

September 20th, 2005 · 2 Comments

brought a plastic bag into work yesterday to hold all my food… just now noticed what was printed on it. it’s a shame i don’t have a digital camera. i’ll just type what it says:
PLEASE REUSE ME!

How to Reuse Me

Reuse me on your next grocery trip to Giant

Reuse me as a lunch bag

Reuse […]

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Tags: General

kayak??

September 19th, 2005 · No Comments

i want to buy an inflatable kayak. i also want to go fishing on an inflatable kayak. anyone interested in kayaking with me? maybe somewhere closer this time, not ohiopyle. (though that was a fun river)
i dunno what’s up with this sudden interest in outdoor activities… and i need to stop […]

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Tags: General

noah’s ark being rebuilt here!!!

September 17th, 2005 · No Comments

on the way back from kayaking today, wayne and i saw a sign

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
more info/pics: http://www.newsnet.umd.edu/etcetera/noahsark/noahpage1.htm, http://www.godsark.org/html/the_construction.html
somewhat disappointing… it’s not a reaaal ark, it’s just a building like the ark

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Tags: General

proper uses of commas

September 16th, 2005 · 3 Comments

one of my friends noticed that i don’t use commas in a list of three. for example… “my favorite animals are monkeys, dogs and cows.” not… “my favorite animals are monkeys, dogs, and cows.”
i remember learning specifically NOT to put commas after the “and.” but i also remember later on in high […]

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