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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Joy in repetition, or not.
In Steely Dan’s song “Show Biz Kids,” the backing singers keep repeating a refrain of “Go to lost wages” over every part of the song. I heard it the other day when the guy driving for our carpool played a … Continue reading
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Partially Yankee Doodle Dandy
(Hmm…that post title sounds like it could be an old Bob Dylan song…) Continuing along the theme of regional dialect, I found this little test via Alex King’s blog. The results are interesting, if not surprising given where I live. … Continue reading
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S-M-R-T smart…
Heather, a high school friend of my wife’s, posts about some stupidity she’s run into at work. I just finished typing a form for a customer. Part of it was a request for a new section that detailed certain conditions … Continue reading
In Cars, Episode 3: The End Is The Beginning
Last Saturday, Carla and I found a Christmas-themed Ziploc bag on the driver’s seat of her car with an official-looking document in it. The person from whom I bought the Hyundai had hand-delivered the title to us. As of two … Continue reading
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In cars…(part 2 of what looks to be many)
So…still no title. The DMV tells me the VIN number for our “new” car isn’t even in their system. Apparently, it’s not uncommon for it to take 3 weeks or more to get a VIN number entered, then once it’s … Continue reading
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