February 2012
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ListenSome band named Kellen and Me has a song called...
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January 2012
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The nerdiest conversation I will have all day...
…concerning the Ostrich power nap micro environment Me: i also don’t think it’s a real thing. Rob: dude its on the internet thus it is REAL Me: It’s like the banta sleeping bag Rob: you mean tauntaun sleeping bag Me: that’s the one. is a banta a star wars character? Rob: a Bantha is a star wars character Me: this is the nerdiest conversation i will have all day. Rob:...
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New favorite toy.
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December 2011
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“The stillness. That’s what bleary-eyed expats remember when they first arrive in...”
– —Wonderfully apt description of arriving in Pittsburgh via the Fort Pitt tunnel, in a profile of Pittsburgh Penguin Evgeni Malkin.  We’ll be taking the PA Turnpike in during our trip this weekend from D.C., which pales in comparison. 
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November 2011
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October 2011
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In case you were looking forward to Monday... →
In Tall Buildings — Gillian Welch
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September 2011
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“What right has any man to become a perambulating nuisance — a moving smoke-house...”
– New York Times, 1853 editorial on public smoking
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Obamabees!
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More Bad Weather on the Way →
Soggy feet. Missing my bike. Loving Steve Martin’s banjo.
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August 2011
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“This was a real nice #earthquake, and we all had a real good time”
– coworker, post-evacuation, while trying to cobble together tomorrow’s news stories. 
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I want to live in this version. Please note the absence of insane debt ceiling shenanigans, face-melting swamp humidity, ravenous mosquitoes and sycophantic hill-staffers. Creative license, I guess. 
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July 2011
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Thirsty bumble… Have been trying since May to find something that would lure my bees away from whatever birdbath/dog bowl/child’s pool they initially latched onto as a water source. Finally, a combo of soaked dishtowel and moss seems to have the makings of a bee cantina oasis. Bottoms up!
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June 2011
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“Summon every energy of your mind and heart and strength, and let the traitors...”
– —Wheeling Intelligencer, April 30, 1861, Editor Archibald Campbell, urging mountaineers to remain loyal to the North via the Gazette-Mail Happy West Virginia Day!
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Busy bees!
Jun 9th
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