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October 20, 2003 by Sciri
Pulp Antigenre
After reading all of the rave reviews, I decided to go see Kill Bill with my Father the other night. Absolutely amazing. Quentin has managed to accurately capture the feeling of, and make fun of, Japanese Anime and fight genres at the same time! Some of the scenes were dead on accurate to the culture [...]Archive
October 20, 2003 by Sciri
When You Tell One Lie
With apologies to Paul Hatch…I always disliked this jingle. When you tell one lie, it leads to another So you tell two lies to cover each other Then you tell three lies and, oh brother You’re in trouble up to your ears! So you tell four lies to try to protect you Then you tell [...]Archive
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October 19, 2003 by Sciri
Me fail English? That’s unpossible!
While randomly searching for comma splices I ran across the Guide to Grammar and Writing at Capital Community College. I’m an extremely concise technical writer, however, I’m also a self-taught high school dropout (see, a comma splice). Because of this I tend to write using my own personal set of rules that I’ve put together [...]Archive
October 18, 2003 by Sciri
The mystery bag made its way back to its owner…
I left the mystery bag in front of the garage at the address on the envelope I found in it. This morning I got a voicemail from its owner thanking me profusely for going out of my way to return it. How many karma points is that?Archive
October 17, 2003 by Sciri
Tis only a flesh wound!
Yesterday evening’s commute home was quite amusing. I found a leather bag in the middle of the road leaving work. You’d think that the owner of such an expensive bag filled with medical course notes and textbooks would at least tag it with their contact information. No such luck. Not even a name written on [...]Archive
October 16, 2003 by Sciri