shutitdown: livin' for the anecdote

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Things

1. Driving to work is decidedly colder with no heater.
2. My favorite song today: Go! by Tones on Tail
3. My favorite song 12 years ago: Anything, Anything by Dramarama
4. The song I was listening to when I got into a 4 car pileup on the Bay Bridge: I Love Livin' the City by Fear
5. Almost done reading: The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
6. Just finished reading: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
7. Statistically improbable phrases from Blink: rapid cognition, intuitive repulsion, sip test, adaptive unconscious, red decks, sentiment override, double fault
8. The statistically improbable phrase from Blink that I can most relate to: intuitive repulsion
9. Statistically improbably phrases from I. Lewis Libby's novel: assistant headman, tiny dancer, man with the pole, mountain trousers, old samurai, lacquer workers, liquid woman (Why no mention of bear rape?)
10. Oldest item on my wishlist: The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection (Been there for 4 years)
11. Current ringtone: Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist
12. Watching right now: The Colbert Report
13. Last concert: Devo
14. Next concert: Depeche Mode
15. Things I feel guilty about: unread New Yorkers, four hour Lifetime miniseries, my inability to manage my 401(k)
16. Things I have vowed: never to date another man with neck tattoos
17. RSS Feeds: Wonkette, The Superficial, Gawker, Sploid, Nerve, Slashdot, Word Usage, New York Times, BBC News, Google News Top Stories, Weather, Word of the Day, Grammar Tips
18. For Dinner: Homemade split pea soup
19. Number of books in my stack of Evelyn Waugh titles, yet unread: 6, Read: 3
20. Favorite word from Mad Magazine: "Blech"

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When did you start watching so much television? Was it sometihng you gave up and went back to doing?

 

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iris Smyles: love this. read more
bright lights bda: When did you start watching so much television? Was it read more