Posted by: meaplet on: June 10, 2008
When I saw Randall Monroe speak last fall, he said that people are always claiming that he is secretly watching them and stealing their lives. This of course was not true–he was totally innocent. I believed him at the time, of course. But that was before he stole my “every subject is ultimately reducible to […]
Posted by: meaplet on: June 6, 2008
I am a Registered Female, and so naturally I get regular email from NOW in my college email account (I think I may have been signed up when I participated in a pro-choice rally at some point?) Periodically I agree with what they have to say; periodically I roll my eyes. Never have I been […]
Posted by: meaplet on: June 4, 2008
This morning… [random coworker]: Molly, I hear that you and Erica might be roommates. Me: Yeah, we talked briefly about it. How did you know? Today at lunch… Erica: Molly, we probably shouldn’t tell too many people that we’re going to be roommates, because that might mean it will all go wrong! Me: I think […]
Posted by: meaplet on: June 1, 2008
Jen: i need to know the name of your first pet and the street you grew up on me: are you trying to break into my bank account? Jen: it’s for my blog me: Is this going to be my psueudonym? Jen: yes you’re going to come to my imaginary dinner party me: Ok, but […]
Posted by: meaplet on: May 29, 2008
Steve: Sneezes Silence Steve: Thanks Me: Go to Hell.
Posted by: meaplet on: May 27, 2008
I could leave my apartment right now and go to a birthday party for WordPress. Or I could go to bed, like a good girl. OR I could watch my third Star Trek episode of the night. (ETA: Or, apparently, I could spend the next two hours writing up a weekend recap)
Posted by: meaplet on: May 15, 2008
Quick update to be thrilled as can be about the end to the ban on gay marriage in California. Supreme Court, I give you the thumbs up. Now, to find a nice girl to marry… — On a linguistic note, I’ve been mildly irked all day by the one-man-one-woman quotation that everybody in the universe […]
Posted by: meaplet on: May 7, 2008
A conversation I had yesterday set me thinking about the sorts of “grammar rules” one learns in high school. Unlike most of my peers, I did not read Strunk and White until some point in college, when my little sister gave me a copy as a gift. Instead, my primary guide was Lucile Vaughn Payne’s […]
Posted by: meaplet on: May 1, 2008
Remember that time when, instead of doing any work, I went to conferences all day and my chief business was to scmooze and make connections and take photos like the one below of MC Hammer? That was a sweet week. Check out my album on Picasa for some other photos, including more celebrities. It is […]
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