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Death and Distraction

August 22, 2005 – 8:18 am

I want to post on a subject that the latest issue of Utne Reader explores a bit this month, which is the question of how we, as human beings, live our lives day to day with the full realization that we will one day die.
I want to write about how I’m both terrifed and intensely [...]

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Formula For Blog Fame

May 18, 2005 – 9:20 am

This was written by my brother, Keir, in the comments to yesterday’s post.
The gauntlet is thrown! Its now an all out competition to see who can get more written about themselves in William’s blog… hmm, there has to be a formula here…
Perhaps this:
Blog Exposure is a function of several variables so
B(t, u, v, w, k)= [...]

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telling porkies

May 5, 2005 – 2:03 pm

This is kind of old news now, but a follow-up to that earlier post about the UC Berkeley professor who delivered the towering threat against the student who stole his laptop reveals that his threats were, in fact, hollow. Check out this story for more info.
Heh-heh. “Telling porkies.” I think I like that expression.

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an offer you can’t refuse

April 21, 2005 – 8:45 am

You’re sleeping soundly, confident that you’d made yourself clear to Mr. Corleone: no way that talentless crooner’s getting a recording contract.
And then you wake up…

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blogspeech

March 1, 2005 – 10:16 am

Blogging comes naturally for some. The simplicity of point, click, read, obsess appeals to more and more people every day. It’s a nifty community with endless possibilities. But have you ever tried to talk about the habit in conversation? Unless you’re with another obsessive blog-surfer there’s just no way to do it with grace and [...]

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campaign reanimated

October 9, 2004 – 1:52 am

John Kerry speaks with the daughter of Dean Halsey.I stop by Trader Joe’s this evening to get strawberries and whipping cream in honor of Juliet’s birthday. Then I listen to most of the debate as I run a few errands. In doing so I miss the Medicare exchange. That’s a relief, though on the whole, [...]

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