monkey nonsense

so i played kemps last night for the first time in a long time.  i love kemps!!  it’s one of my all time favorite games.  it’s really simple and easy to learn.
everyone starts out with 4 cards.  the object of the game is to get 4 of a kind and then somehow signal to your […]

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NY Times had an article (about a year ago, i just stumbled upon it) about my next door neighbor!! she is a student at yale and they interviewed her about what she wants to do. i think some people may view it as kind of anti-feminist because she wants to go to […]

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hahahha, jean claude van damme when he was a kid looked like the kid from that old christmas movie?  i’ve never watched that movie from start to end, but it’s always on during the holiday season so i’ve seen bits and parts.  anyhoo, he looks kind of dorky yet strangely, he bears a striking resemblance […]

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i took french for three years in middle/high school. i was terrible at it. my teacher actually told me that i had one of the worst french accents she had ever taught. i remember reading all the french basically as english, pronouncing every S i saw (apparently, a lot of them should’ve […]

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so this weekend was the “annual” (not really ’cause we missed 2006 and made up for it by going in january 2007) trip to NC!
roundtrip ticket to NC - $128.60
parking fee at airport - $30
roundtrip driving (in the ice/snow on the way back) to BWI so i could fly Southwest - 2+ hours
(alternatively, a 4 […]

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so derek jeter and jessica biel have been in the news lately, one of the latest celebrity/sports couples. i was reading talida’s star magazine (quality, i know) when i saw an article about derek and jessica. unfortunately, i haven’t been able to find an online version of the article so i’ll just quote […]

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cnn had an article about radical vs. moderate muslims. they entitled it Radical Muslim: We drink our enemies’ blood. all i could think of was…. WARNING: 24 SPOILER!!!! well, jack bauer eats our enemies!
in any case, i was wondering whether middle eastern people get tired of playing the bad guys every season […]

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previously, i posted about my parents and technology. today, i received an email from my dad:

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to

*******@yblcpa.com,
*******@hotmail.com,
*******@gmail.com

date

Jan 18, 2007 2:49 PM

subject

Macy’s

mailed-by

hotmail.com

Macy’s has a big sale now thru Sunday…
Daddy

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warning: subjects discussed in this post may disgust you.
one of my biggest fears in the world was discolored feces. i think it started when i was in 3rd grade and I first started taking medicine. The pills contained a warning sticker saying “May cause discoloration of the feces.” That freaked me out… […]

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my halogen has 2 settings- low and high. you have to turn once (from off) to get low, then again to get to high. i usually set it to high ’cause i like brightness. it’s a pretty bright halogen…. it lit up my entire basement room at harleyford.
it’s approaching 3 years old […]

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