February 2012
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Twitter rules.
1. Twitter (or any other social media network) is not therapy. 2. If you disparage someone or something properly, you won’t ever need to type “yawn”, “puke”, or “shudder”.
Feb 21st
January 2012
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Stuff he says: Dream job edition.
Him: I think deep down, I want to be a famous convincer of people, things.
Me: Like Jesus? A Messiah?
Him: No, I don't want people to be spiritual and shit.
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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WatchWatch
And here it is, your moment of Zen.
Dec 9th
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Unsolicited advice to Mike Chang of Glee even...
You are a football-playing, pop-song warbling A+sian with abs of steel and a great sense of rhythm from small town Ohio. This rare combination will guarantee that you will get into any freaking college you apply to, especially if you don’t need financial aid, as your Chinese parents began saving for your university education when you were still in utero. It’s not dance school OR...
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
November 2011
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Nov 5th
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Stuff he says: iPhone case edition.
Me (turning laptop around to him): I think I found the Perfect Case for my new iPhone!
Him: WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE?
Me: Uh, it has ultrasuede backing and it's made of um, some special material . . .
Him: . . .
Me: Oh! Oh! It's made in America!!
Him: So you're overpaying because somebody made a bad business decision?
Nov 1st
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Gap baby year.
Best friend J., of whom I can never say enough good things, is an oncology and palliative care physician. While she often wishes she had more time in her life for her other passions (books and art), she loves her job, and I dare say she is very good at it. Her husband was recently awarded a year-long fellowship in Toronto, Canada. Always putting family first, J. will likely follow him to Canada...
Nov 1st
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October 2011
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Oct 28th
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“Many years ago, when I was still a child, my grandmother explained to me in...”
– Amos Oz (who speaks to my soul), How To Cure a Fanatic
Oct 26th
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September 2011
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Sep 7th
August 2011
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“There were precious few girl nerds at the time. There was one who programmed a...”
– Jaron Lanier, The Suburb That Changed the World, New Statesman I want to know more about these “irresistible creatures”. Surely they deserve more than two paragraphs.
Aug 31st
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Aug 23rd
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Thoughts while reading A Game of Thrones.
The major characters, of whom many are parents, are probably about my age or a few years older (early to mid thirties). These parents’ babies are having sex! And waging war! Okay, they’re not babies. They’re 10. FINE. They’re really about 14. Same thing. Have social conservatives lobbied to ban this series from libraries? Why are you even thinking about book...
Aug 19th
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Aug 9th
July 2011
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Jul 13th
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“But what do educated Muslims think about evolution? That’s the question...”
– Steve Paulson, Does Islam Stand Against Science?, The Chronicle Review In 21st century Malaysia, a former Asian Tiger Cub economy and a country that weakly boasts of a Multimedia Super Corridor, kids (and adults) don’t learn about evolution.
Jul 12th
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small things.: Every email I've ever written →
sharingtime: Hey [nickname I had for them that I haven’t used in a while]! [Way to greet someone that went out of style in 1993]! [Question asking about their life, but really just a segue into…]? Hey [nickname I had for them that I haven’t used in a while]! [Way to greet someone that went out of style in 1993]! [Question asking about their life, but really just a segue into…]? ...
Jul 11th
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June 2011
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Jun 15th
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Jun 10th
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Jun 5th
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May 2011
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May 25th
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“Two other chefs said the cheeses had a heavy shan wei (muttony odour), an...”
– Fuchsia Dunlop makes chefs from Shaoxing, a province known for “smelly and fermented” delicacies, taste cheese for the first time in their lives.
May 25th
May 25th
About this Rapture...
… does this mean that we’ll get to discuss marriage equality and women’s reproductive rights like sane adults now? Looking forward to it, then.
May 20th
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April 2011
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Apr 29th
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Apr 22nd
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March 2011
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Mar 24th
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“The facts show that NPR attracts a politically diverse audience of 33.7 million...”
– Steve Inskeep, Liberal bias in NPR?, WSJ Sometimes, I wish polite, moderate and sensible people would be a little more indignant about the crazies drowning them out. 
Mar 24th
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February 2011
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December 2010
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October 2010
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Oct 8th
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Oct 3rd
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September 2010
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Sep 8th
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August 2010
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