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Sadly, I Drive Past This Once Every Couple Weeks

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:39:14 -0400

Looks like my city made it to the big time, and not in a good way: Shamefully, I didn't even think of capturing this for the Failblog on one of my many trips driving past it.

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5 Word Challenge: When Good Nursery Rhymes Go Bad

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:29:28 -0400

This week's challenge: carpet, jury, pasta, shapeless, whey My apologies to Mother Goose. Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider who sat down beside her, and frightened Miss Muffet away. Miss Muff...

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Get Your Rock On

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:29:29 -0400

Nothing cheers me up quite like counting down the hours on my last day before a 5-day vacation (it starts tomorrow for me). Except maybe some Nirvana, played on a group of ukuleles.

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Trivia Results - Episode 1

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:36:39 -0400

As promised, here's the answers (in red) to yesterday's trivia questions. Categories highlighted in blue are the ones my team answered correctly. Round 1 1. Category: Military History. What major historical event happened on June 6th? For bonu...

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Thursday Trivia - Episode 1

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:15:25 -0400

The wife and I left our kids with a non-family-member babysitter for the first time ever last night so we could go out with her sister & mother for some dinner and live trivia at a local restaurant. We didn't win the competition (not by a long s...

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AutoLink for Twitter - New Greasemonkey Script

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:18:01 -0400

@Pistachio on Twitter gave me a great idea for a new Greasemonkey script. Twitter users know that putting the @ sign in front of someone's Twitter ID (e.g. @twitterID) is the way to reply to that person through twitter. When you're on twitter.co...

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Sometimes "Meme" Looks Suspiciously Like "Me! Me!"

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:07:26 -0400

I'll thank Hieronymus for tagging me with this one: The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to t...

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For the College Fan Who Has (Virtually) Everything

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:27:34 -0400

Saw this at a nearby store while I was out book-shopping this weekend. I'd love to find out how many people actually purchase these: And yes, that price tag is right. For about the same price as you would pay for a generic La-Z-Boy, you can g...

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Father's Day Weekend Fun at Casa de Ross

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:16:46 -0400

Although this wasn't my first Father's Day weekend, it quite possibly might have been the best one yet. Saturday was just an easy-going sort of day - I worked out at the gym, did some shopping with Violet, puttered around the house, and cooked so...

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You Stole My Jesus Fish!*

nobody@vox.com(Ross) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:48:01 -0400

Just discovered what I want for Father's Day. Now how do I go back in time and tell my wife two weeks ago so it'll be here on Sunday? (Gefilte Fish plaque can be found for purchase at Sticker Giant, here) *Apologies to all who thought you wer...

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