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Entries from May 2003

Now you see them…

May 30th, 2003 · Comments Off

…now you don’t.
That’s Iraq’s weapons of mass disappearance destruction I’m referring to.

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Cuddly and infectious

May 30th, 2003 · Comments Off

While they don’t have SARS yet, you can snuggle up to its cousin, the rhinovirus. Too bad they don’t have squeakers in them. Then I could have my dog fetch a cold.

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Attention all personnel

May 29th, 2003 · Comments Off

It happens about once a week, I think. First, you can hear a faint hum and static, the a voice comes over the office loudspeakers:
“Can I have your attention, please. Can I have your attention, please,” the voice says. “This is a test of the building’s public address system. One. Two. Three. One. Two. Three. [...]

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Measure of a man

May 28th, 2003 · Comments Off

Another reason not to use metric: it will make you weigh more.
So while I may have gained a few micrograms over the years, I’m still precisely the same number of drams, pennyweights, scruples and grains.

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Ow, my eyes

May 27th, 2003 · Comments Off

At first, I wondered if we had left the bedroom drapes open. Then I was concerned I had overslept.
I mean, it was just so bright in the room.
I’m not the most alert person in the morning, especially on a workday morning when I have to haul my ass out of bed at 7AM, give or [...]

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