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This one is for you, Alejna. Don’t knock me off your list!
So much has happened in the last 10 months.  Where to begin.  Let’s go with the LIFO method of accounting, shall we?
Three weeks ago, I was diagnosed with celiac disease.  In doing research online, I have really been enjoying the wealth of information provided […]

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For those who may not know, I am in Paris for the month of July. It is a working vacation–Jay has math workshops, I have a linguistics conference, and we have about two weeks inbetween these things. We are hooked up in a nice apartment in the 2nd, after a pretty harrowing experience […]

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In April, I posted about Delta’s under the radar change of their baggage policy where they decided not only to charge $25 for a second checked bag, but also decided not to tell so many people about it. At that time, I questioned our friendship, said we’d get along much better if they just […]

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The semester is over. Though I have an incomplete and hence one more paper to write, it is now the time of the year for home improvements.
We are going to get a new desk set sometime in the near future (hopefully this week). The papers on the floor are no longer in piles […]

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Some people make bad analogies. Sometimes, you have to call out people who make bad analogies on their further ignorance. Courtesy of Eavesdrop DC (emphasis mine):
Dude, South America and South Africa are like totally the same thing.
No they’re not..one has Latinos and the other has African Americans.
Whatever Jose.

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