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The Orchard is Filled with Apples Worm-Ridden and Not

Sean | February 28, 2010

AUTHOR NOTE: I was rummaging through my closets and I came upon a stack of notebooks filled with random writing. I remember writing the piece I am presenting here in reaction to the a few things. First, I would get upset when I see a movie or read a book that could have [...]

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Technorati claim post

Sean | February 26, 2010

Perfunctory technobabble in order to claim this blog on Technorati.com.
Claim code: EZ3M8GSAX54B

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Nobody uses the internet on Friday

Sean | February 26, 2010

Do you want to know a secret?
Today is Friday and the fact of the matter is, nobody, I mean NOBODY uses the internet on Friday.  It is like finding out there is a perfectly good sports car in the garage with the keys in it and nobody is driving it.  WWFBD? What would Ferris Bueller [...]

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Be Human

Sean | February 24, 2010

At lunch I was listening to a podcast of On The Media, an NPR show that analyzes the media. Bob Garfield was inteviewing Don Corrigan, the editor of The Webster-Kirkwood Times who had covered a shooting in his hometown. He spoke about receiving phone calls from national press asking for interviews. He [...]

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Nobody uses the internet on Friday

Sean | February 19, 2010

Another Friday and look at that, the internet is just sitting there, unused. Now is the time for me to take it and do with it what I want.
The new ’search’ of the internet is ‘local’. I know, all these phrases and words that barely make sense are the new ‘I want [...]

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Luck As A Skill?

Sean | February 16, 2010

Be lucky – it’s an easy skill to learn – Telegraph (via Lifehacker)
There is a lot of interesting information being passed in this article about this fascinating study. I feel like I qualify as a generally unlucky person. I also qualify as a tense person. I’m the proverbial cat in a room [...]

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