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2010
Jan
24
Day of the Sunflower Triffids,...
“Day of the Sunflower Triffids, anyone? http://tr.im/Lp2l”
Oh, no @AndyDick again with th...
“Oh, no @AndyDick again with the inappropriate behavior? Your sexual misdeeds grow tiresome.”
2009
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2008
Dec
28
Scenes from the LA lifestyle
“Apropos to the location, I offer a few vignettes of recent days, in the theme ...”
More Scenes from LA
“EXT. BUS STOP - SUNSET BOULEVARD - NIGHT ANDREW and SIMON sit at a well-lit, modern ...”
Oct
16
McPainin Ticket Courts Average Joes
“In a bid to retain some relevance with middle America, the Republican ticket-- led by ...”
Sep
Jul
29
Economic woes hit restaurant row:
Bennigans, Steak & Ale shut down
“The "fern bar and random crap on walls" concept was dealt a blow today, as ...”
28
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The nearly-a-year-later short update
“Somehow, I managed to get completely distracted for nearly the last year... and didn't post ...”
2007
Aug
27
Adventures in AV Geekdom: Dell 3200MP projector
“Yesterday, via Craigslist, I picked up a Dell 3200MP DLP (digital light processor) projection system ...”
Jul
Jun
Mar
08
LOST Hates Black People
“A personal theory of mine is that the writing staff of the ABC series LOST, ...”
Feb
04
Hello, Go Daddy-o
“Today, on that great American institution known as Superbowl Sunday, I posted a short comment ...”
2 comments
2006
Nov
29
Blogging from Microsoft
“So I'm in the Seattle-area over the Thanksgiving holiday... when the big snowy thing hits, ...”
28
Kramer ain't Kosher
“Ok, I know enough to separate the character from the actor performing a role... but ...”
Oct
31
Lights out on Studio 60?
“I hate to say I told you so, but... This Monday, in the usual timeslot of ...”
2 comments
10
The hemorrhaging continues...
“The Nielsen overnights for week four of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip tell the ...”
09
Newsflash: Studio 60 still sucks
“Not that I want to beat a slowly-dying horse, but NBC's Studio 60 continues its ...”
2 comments
04
03
NBC Deathwatch
“"Studio 60 Tumbles" says ”
Backpatting, Wiki-style
“As the three regular readers of my blog may know, I've been a Wikipedia-addict for ...”
02
Studio 60: Week 3, Still Weak
“The short version: episode three of Studio 60 on Sunset Strip is "all over the ...”
Sep
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About Me
“Up-Load.com is about the vagaries of life, in all its complex and nuanced-- nah, stuff ...”
Studio 60 Tries Really, Really Hard...
“At being clever. And clever is the antithesis of funny. On The West Wing, the "walk ...”
Osama Still Alive
“So sayeth the counter-rumors. Here's the thing: bin Laden exists in the Heisenberg state of ...”
23
Conspiracy theory du jour: Wagging the dog
“The news-sphere is abuzz with reports of a "leak" from French intelligence that Osama ...”
12
Of travel journals
1 comments
05
Jetlag-a-rama
“For years, I'd prided myself on my traveling skills, particularly when it came to a ...”
03
The short update
“So I'm back State-side. Extended my stay a couple of extra days (kudos to United ...”
Aug
22
"This train is for Cockfosters"
“London calling. Hello? I've finally made it out of Frankfurt, arriving in London this afternoon. After ...”
2 comments
19
All's well on the luggage front
“I was supposed to be in London on Friday, but due to the mild problem ...”
2 comments
15
The Big Update
A lesson in travel hubris
“The story so far: Two months ago. I start planning a trip to Riga, Latvia, where ...”
2 comments
And so I wait
“Back to Friday, August 11: In times of national crisis, when bureaucracy grinds normal operations to ...”
1 comments
May
03
LOST girls get the big kiss-off
“Ana-Lucia and Libby, we hardly knew ya. The short version: Two dead tailies. Death due to ...”
1 comments
Apr
18
05
Apple wins computer wars. News at 11.
“Today Apple announced a small but massively important beta application called "Boot Camp" -- a ...”
1 comments
Mar
14
Domain registrars beg not to transfer
“So I own a bunch of domain names. We're talking about random domains purchased at ...”
1 comments
Feb
18
New look, same great taste
“I'm trying out a smoother, more refreshing appearance. It's got the same content, but half ...”
2 comments
14
And in the No V-Day Category
“There will be no Valentine's Day post. This may be construed as a recursive joke, ...”
1 comments
13
On Blogging and Jewiness
“My most brilliant blog friend, Esther, of MyUrbanKvetch.com, recently sent around a query for a ...”
1 comments
Jan
24
Why not "The WC?"
“Mergerlicious Tuesday: The "netlets" UPN and The WB have admitted they were made for each other ...”
2005
Dec
09
NYT Business: No Wikipedia, Please
“As a further sign of Wikipedia's deteriorating status in the press, journalists in the ...”
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Hilarious Take on New iTunes 5
“John Gruber of the Daring Fireball blog writes some funny shit. And I don't use ...”
09
02
Where will they all go?
“According to the 2000 Census, there are (or were) over 480,000 people in the city ...”
Int'l Blogging for Disaster Relief Day
Aug
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HS Charges Students with Felony for Changing Password on iBooks
“In an astonishing display of technological ignorance, the administrators of Kurtztown High School in Pennsylvania ...”
Jun
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As I predicted... The "I Told You So" post
“I just came across an insightful comment posting I made back in November 2003 on ...”
06
May
04
"Hitchhiker's" Movie Review
“I saw the Hitchhiker's movie on its US premier April 29. After a great deal ...”
Apr
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Is Trek Dead?
“Past news: Enterprise has been axed. As many of you have heard, the series Enterprise has ...”
Jan
2004
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Apr
24
People love ANGEL in Minnesota, too...
“From the Brainard Dispatch, of Brainard, Minnesota: Fans around the world fight to save 'Angel' Fans around ...”
2 comments
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Nice mentions of the Save ANGEL Campaigns
“MSNBC: Fallen 'Angel' prepares to turn to dust Yes, Web sites like SavingAngel.com and SaveAngel.org have ...”
Just some quick self-aggrandization
“I discovered recently that an entry I'd put into Wired magazine's Top "Vaporware" products of ...”
Mar
07
Vamping away at SaveANGEL.org
“The fights at SaveANGEL.org goes on... and it's picked up friends and enemies. We've put up ...”
Feb
18
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BBC: bias or blasé?
“ Inherent bias makes the media go round Much print and electronic press has been devoted to ...”
V-Day Breakup for Angel
“I am reminded of a line from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which Xander says ...”
13
Stories from my youth
“Before moving to Israel, I sent a cargo shipment ahead of me, filled with what ...”
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Goldilocks
“Flipping through my ancient writing, I come upon one of particular amusement-- my take on ...”
12
Hi, my name is Simon, and I'm a Wikiaholic
Late to the Blog Party
“Some might say I've come late to the Blog Party; I'd say I'm fashionably late. ...”
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Blogs on RSS, baby!
“Blogging for a new tomorrow If you're like me— and I know you are, because why ...”
Jan
20
The Awful Hebrew Language
“An outline of my next cultural piece, with apologies to Mark Twain's A Tramp Abroad ...”
19
Online Comics and Doonesbury
“Since I no longer have the chance to check out the Sunday funnies in print, ...”
2003
Jul
13
When in Petach Tikva
“Israeli bureaucracy and inefficiency can drive new arrivals from the States absolutely bonkers. The day ...”
Feb
10
Jewdoo Economics
“The Israeli economic system belies common sense. So far as I can tell, on average, ...”
04
Hosteling
“HostelingLast night I checked into a hostel near the Tel Aviv beach, as the weather ...”
02
The streets of Tel Aviv
“The streets of Tel Aviv-- the birthplace of Ilan Ramon-- are unusually quiet today. People ...”
01
Jan
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Security
“With my Americanized eyes, I pick up on the oddities of daily Israeli life that ...”
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Amends
“My grandfather's wife Rosa doesn't want him to spend anything on the gravestone. He defers ...”
25
Repetitions
“Something about this place instills superstition. My aunt holds forth in the power of magnetism ...”
24
I'm Done Grieving
“My hair is unkempt. I haven't shaven in a week. And this is how it's ...”
21
Weather or not
“ Friday morning, on the day we buried my mother, the sun shone bright and the ...”
18
It was all very sudden.
“ My mother was diagnosed in November with liver cancer. Her surgery was in New ...”
17
Thirteen.
“I touched down at Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday evening. On Friday morning, the day ...”
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