The Washington Post has a … well, stupid article on Leap Day by
Monica Hesse.

It is here, in all its quadrennial springiness, like a cartoon Slinky boinging into the wall calendar.

That metaphor’s not so much mixed as it is puréed. She goes on:

Leap Day functions for us the same way it functions for Earth, after [...]

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A Windows Vista tale:
ITunes insisted on upgrading in order to add support for a feature I’m not likely to use and devices I don’t own. But I let it update anyway. The next time I tried to run iTunes it refused because there’s a problem with my audio configuration.
The solution: un-install then re-install Quicktime.
So [...]

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Well, a book actually. I’ll probably post
brief progress updates via twitter, so if you’re interested you can follow it there. Unlike the NaNoWriMo thing, I have an outline for this book and a clear idea of where it’s headed. Also I am not killing myself trying to write it in a month.
The really big [...]

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The 25 Most Baffling Toys From Around the World is simply the funniest thing I’ve read on the Internet in years. Which, now that I think of it, probably means I’ve been reading too much politics.

We don’t care what he says it’s for, when a clown comes at you with a syringe, head the [...]

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Ooo, people are abuzz about Obama’s unwillingness to sufficiently
denounce and reject Farrakhan.
If politics were boxing, I think the “denouncing gambit” is essentially a kick in the shin. Its purpose is both to distract and smear an opponent. The reason you dencounce someone is you disagree strongly with that person. But when someone demands [...]

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