Archive for January, 2006
Friday, January 6th, 2006
Spamarific!
According to my spam folder, I have received replies to emails that I sent out with these subject lines. Just to clarify, these appear to be replies to emails that I sent which of course I didn’t. Re: calligraphy Pharamacerutical Re: enthuse Phuaramaceutical Re: thrilled Pharamaceuntical Re: agrobiologist possessor Re: despairingly harangue Re: evaporate selfreliance [...]
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Friday, January 6th, 2006
Like a Warm Blanket
Ok, I read the New York Times online pretty much every day. I mainly focus on the Regional and Technology sections but I poke around the other sections as well from time to time. Having said that, I feel a little bit like it’s cheating, blogwise, to mention bits of it especially since I just [...]
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Thursday, January 5th, 2006
“What am I, hard of smelling?”
The smell story mentioned here and here just won’t die. The New York Times has now printed no less than four stories about it. Today’s story actually includes a little investigative journalism and some interesting information about New Jersey’s flavor and fragrance industry not too mention using two different blogs as sources. Way to go [...]
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Thursday, January 5th, 2006
Branding: Not the Hot Iron Kind
I had a crazy idea for self-branding today. Instead of buying clothes with other people’s names/logos on them, buy clothes with no names and put your own name/logo on them. Suddenly you are your own brand and a walking advertisement for yourself. It subverts the whole designer status thing. Or maybe I’m just a crank.
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
Happy Happy Joy Joy!!
I broke 100 page loads a day for the first time yesterday! I know this because of my groovy free counter. Check it out, it’s pretty sweet. Thanks to everyone who visited my humble little blog thingy. Double thanks to everyone who has posted comments, your feedback is very encouraging. My only goal when I [...]
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Monday, January 2nd, 2006
Fortune Cookie Wisdom
I got two tonight. Feel free to take one for yourself. Friends long absent are coming back to you. What’s vice today may be virtue tomorrow. And in case you play lotto, here’s my numbers. If you win, donate my share to charity. 40 41 35 13 2 22 1 40 5 9 7 33
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Monday, January 2nd, 2006
New Year’s Eve Festivities
Sometimes not having a plan is the best plan. I woke up New Year’s Eve with absolutely no idea what I was doing that evening but thanks to an invite from pinknest, wound up going to a fun New Year’s Eve party. I’d like to give a shoutout to Janet, the hostess with the mostest, [...]
