January 2009
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Customer Service WIN
I just took a look at my cell phone bill. I went 254 minutes over … which is quite surprising to me because I never use it during the day and I have free nights and weekends. Or so I thought. It turns out I only had 400 night minutes and unlimited weekends. (I was sure I was right, but, of course, we know that human memory is quite fallible.)
So I called up T-Mobile to bitch about them changing...
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My Dream Menu, Take 1
Mélange
Salad of frisée, radicchio, chive, cucumber, pecans, honey garlic dressing and coconut shavings.
Kanso
Fresh whole wheat pasta, olive oil, fresh cracked black pepper, sea salt. Served with a side bowl of Parmesan snow.
Forte
Four ounce flatiron steak with two grilled jumbo shrimp, drizzled in walnut oil.
Concision
Lime sorbet scooped with a melon-baller into a rocks...
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English as She is Spoke, Part 3: The Ugly
Today was a joyous day in our country. It was also both a monumental and momentous occasion. It was not a “monumentous” one. The opinions of multiple callers and pundits on NPR today notwithstanding.
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English as She is Spoke, Part 2: The Good
“Meh” was recently added to the Collins English Dictionary. My fuddy-duddy post of yesterday notwithstanding, this makes me happy. I enjoy having an onomotopoetic word for apathy.
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English as She is Spoke, Part 1
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