Monthly Archives: November 2006

Joy in repetition, or not.

Posted on 11/30/2006 by Andrew

In Steely Dan’s song “Show Biz Kids,” the back­ing singers keep repeat­ing a refrain of “Go to lost wages” over every part of the song. I heard it the other day when the guy dri­ving for our car­pool played a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Partially Yankee Doodle Dandy

Posted on 11/21/2006 by Andrew

(Hmm…that post title sounds like it could be an old Bob Dylan song…) Con­tin­u­ing along the theme of regional dialect, I found this lit­tle test via Alex King’s blog. The results are inter­est­ing, if not sur­pris­ing given where I live. Your Lin­guis­tic … Con­tinue read­ing →

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S-M-R-T smart…

Posted on 11/17/2006 by Andrew

Heather, a high school friend of my wife’s, posts about some stu­pid­ity she’s run into at work. I just fin­ished typ­ing a form for a cus­tomer. Part of it was a request for a new sec­tion that detailed cer­tain con­di­tions under … Con­tinue read­ing →

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In Cars, Episode 3: The End Is The Beginning

Posted on 11/15/2006 by Andrew

Last Sat­ur­day, Carla and I found a Christmas-themed Ziploc bag on the driver’s seat of her car with an official-looking doc­u­ment in it. The per­son from whom I bought the Hyundai had hand-delivered the title to us.As of two days … Con­tinue read­ing →

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In cars…(part 2 of what looks to be many)

Posted on 11/3/2006 by Andrew

So…still no title.The DMV tells me the VIN num­ber for our “new” car isn’t even in their sys­tem. Appar­ently, it’s not uncom­mon for it to take 3 weeks or more to get a VIN num­ber entered, then once it’s in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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