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2005.12.06 Christmas Cards

I'm not really keen to Christmas Cards. They're nice to get from others. I enjoy looking at their pictures. I generally struggle to get through the letters, since they're just too long. I'm glad that little Billy is in whatever grade, and that he's doing whatever extra curricular activities. But let's be honest - if I didn't already know these things, then they're probably not that important to me right now. You say that you have some new big news that so-and-so is going to wherever, and will be gone for however long? Okay, that might be big news. But, like I stated before, if I don't already know, then it probably isn't that important. Send me a picture, say something nice and generic (really, I'm serious on that one), and I'll have a good holiday as well. Off I go to have some shortbread.

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2005.11.01 The Point of a University

For the most part, a university wouldn't exist without its students. They're the ones that pay the bills for the school. I attend a university that has no professors that perform research that is funded by the school. No other place could there be a finer example of a school that is entirely dependent on their students.

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2005.07.20 Bad Birthday Presents

Some birthday presents suck. For the most part there are two types of people who give these type of gifts - the bad gift giver & the good gift-giver who is taking a trip down good intentions lane (but stumbles down bad delivery lane). Let's investigate this one a bit.

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2005.06.28 Whachu talkin' 'bout Willis? - Maria Style

2005.06.02 Bathroom Sink Drinking Fountain (a.k.a. Shamu)

In my bathroom at home I have a sink just like everybody else. What I have that most people DON'T have is a water fountain attachment. Despite my best efforts to find a link or a picture of something like it on the internet, I can't. Even though it was never one of those things that I felt like I needed before, I have to have it now. We call him Shamu, since he is like a little killer whale.

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