04 Nov 2001, 7:51 a.m.

Last night I prepared a salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber,…

Last night I prepared a salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, black beans, and Annie's Tuscan salad dressing. I also ate Near East garlic and herb rice pilaf. This was the best meal I've had …

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03 Nov 2001, 10:07 a.m.

The Man Who Wasn't There. I'd seen three other…

The Man Who Wasn't There. I'd seen three other Coen Brothers movies (Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Big Lebowski). Now that I've seen four, I can be pretty sure that I like …

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03 Nov 2001, 10:03 a.m.

Scary look-alikes: I have an uncle who looks a heck of…

Scary look-alikes: I have an uncle who looks a heck of a lot like Saddam Hussein. I just saw my landlord downstairs, and yet again confirmed that he looks a heck of a lot like …

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03 Nov 2001, 8:33 a.m.

What have I been reading? The Design of Everyday Things…

What have I been reading? The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, and Peter Maass's articles.

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02 Nov 2001, 18:49 p.m.

The other day I lined up to get into a…

The other day I lined up to get into a BART car and I smelled some sort of perfume that, I presume, one of the women in the line was wearing. On several occasions, I …

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02 Nov 2001, 10:33 a.m.

My parents and my sister and I went to breakfast…

My parents and my sister and I went to breakfast at Venus. They gave me money even when I said I didn't need it. My mom noticed that I like floating candles and she gave …

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02 Nov 2001, 8:10 a.m.

It turns out I am going to breakfast with my…

It turns out I am going to breakfast with my parents. See you later.

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02 Nov 2001, 8:04 a.m.

Cold and fog mark the weather this morning. Before…

Cold and fog mark the weather this morning. Before my parents drove away, I helped them wipe the condensation off the car windows with spare paper napkins from a fast-food joint. They handed the dirty, …

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02 Nov 2001, 7:57 a.m.

My parents came over and spent the night because they…

My parents came over and spent the night because they went to my sister's employer's annual banquet. I declined to have breakfast with them and my sister this morning. Maybe the best way to keep …

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02 Nov 2001, 7:24 a.m.

My dad doesn't like that I posted that poem about…

My dad doesn't like that I posted that poem about him. What else is new?

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