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My working list of absurdities for those who are attention-span challenged.

Posted on July 11, 2014July 11, 2014

157

Exactly what year in human history did “exercise” become a thing? I want to know when a member of our species first uttered the words, “I’m fat,” and voluntarily decided to expend some biologically precious energy.

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Posted on April 24, 2014

156

Tech world protesters find themselves in the awkward position of relying on the very companies they hate. To paraphrase Mitch Hedberg: “I’m #againstTwitter, I just don’t know how to show it.”

 

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Posted on March 25, 2014April 24, 2014

155

Let March Madness and the Buffett Challenge be a lesson to all of us in statistics/probability.

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Posted on January 17, 2014January 17, 2014

154

Utah questioning people’s martial choices? That’s rich.

Utah Gay Marriage

 

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Posted on January 1, 2014December 30, 2014

175

To all of you who have “been around the block”, can you draw me a map?

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Posted on December 2, 2013

153

And women everywhere can breathe a collective sigh of relief: mustache Movember has finally come to a close.

Mustache. Ugh.

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Posted on November 21, 2013

152

To my Japanese and European friends, I concede. Tipping culture in the U.S. is out of control. The newest frontier: my late fees at the public library.

Tipping

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Posted on November 21, 2013

151

One of my coworkers nominated me for a company award. She commented that, “[I’m] a miracle drug wrapped in a breath of fresh air.”

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Posted on November 21, 2013

150

You know how parents always have to plead and bribe and struggle to get their kids to bathe, eat dinner, brush their teeth, and get into their PJs. I feel that dialogue internally some nights.

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Posted on November 21, 2013

149

Patient Zero in Seattle.

Starbucks

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