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Monthly Archives: January 2009

A Bowl that Promises to be Super

01.29.09 – 10:01

Say, what are you doing Sunday, February 1 at 2300 GMT? If you are like most red-blooded Americans, you’ll be watching the Super Bowl. So will we. The only difference is that we actually live in Greenwich Mean Time, which means that our personal Super Bowl party begins at approximately 8 p.m., counting down to [...]

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Anti-Social Behaviour

01.28.09 – 12:01

There is little that aggravates me more than when I borrow a library book and discover that someone else has written all over it. Seriously, people. Your personal book: write away. A book that belongs to the library that I support with my tax dollars: writing utensils off, inconsiderate mister or miz. I believe that [...]

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And in This Corner…

01.27.09 – 15:01

So I love the Geico gecko commercials, particularly the one when he tells me that he’ll watch my kids; I’m like a brother to him. You may recall my recent bemoaning of England’s egregious lack of said commercials. Apparently someone was listening. comparethemarket.com is a UK website that lets you compare all sorts of different [...]

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That Would Never Happen in Real Life

01.15.09 – 20:01

So I’ve never had a nightmare. The problem is that if I am conscious enough to remember it, I am conscious enough to rationalize my way out of its absurdity. Like this one time I had a dream that someone broke into my parents’ house and tried to stab me, only he just repeatedly stabbed [...]

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Not Quite Like “Funny, ‘Ha-Ha’”

01.15.09 – 10:01

Currently near the top of the list of Funny Things Brought to Us by England are these two models of cars: Ford Kuga Ford Ka I know, right? Hilarious! The theory is that Ford named them this knowing the propensity for non-American English speakers to add an “r” to the end, making them sound like [...]

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Well Played, English House

01.12.09 – 12:01

Finally, one of your weird conventions pays off in giving me lots of nice warm places to let my dough rise. And yet your non-mixing taps continue to suck, so you lose. If only I baked bread more often than I wash my hands (hint: not likely).

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What about Katie?

01.10.09 – 18:01

To paraphrase the immortal Bob Wiley: Internets, guess what? Ahoy! I drive! I’m a driver! I drive! Isn’t this a breakthrough? I mean, that I’m a driver?! I drive?! I drive now?! Out in a car on the road, way far away from America, into the left lane, and the roundabouts and everything?! I just [...]

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2008 Closeout, cont.: Best and Worst 5 Books

01.08.09 – 01:01

Five best books: —Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace [Titular essay among the best; you are allowed to skip the essay about the porno convention if so inclined.] —Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert [A decidedly feminine bent; those of the masculine persuasion may better enjoy The Last American Man by [...]

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2008 Closeout

01.08.09 – 01:01

And now, really more than you ever wanted to know, 2008 Closeout Edition Five excellent places I visited in the UK: —Fountains Abbey —Salisbury Cathedral —Snowdonia —Inverness —Cumberland Pencil Museum Five ridiculously spelled words brought to me by England: —queue [what we have here is a failure to eliminate four wholly unnecessary letters] —tyre —kerb [...]

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