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Just a quick post here to let y’all know I’m still alive. We’ve had hell of a time around here lately–little taste of just about everything life (and death) can toss at you.
Plenty of fodder for reflection on all fronts. You know–the big stuff. And even a hint of delicious irony to top it off. […]

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Chat bots: Artificial Intelligence Links Us to The Big Guy (and other interesting personalities)
First it was Peteranswers.com, then it was Ask Jud, now my students are hooked on igod. I’m all for 21st century skills, shrinking the world with electronic dialog, better opportunities for learning and all that—but this is getting ridiculous.
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What’s it called when a blogger starts to write about things that happen on his own blog? Most of the time it’s under a headline like, “How I got 100,000 visitors in 30 days,” or “My Google Adsense Figures,” or something like that. Heck, I’ve even done it once.
It’s like the blog takes on […]

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I ran across this a few years ago, but it recently resurfaced in my email from a colleague, who had it forwarded from someone else. So apparently it’s still getting passed around.
I’m working on a couple more meaty posts. But this is pretty interesting in its own right:
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty […]

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You know all those entertainment awards, right? Music, movie, TV, whatever. I wish somebody would get up one day to accept their award with just those two simple words. Maybe smile, hold up the trophy a bit, then:
“Gee, thanks.”
And go sit back down.
Then wouldn’t it be cool if everybody started doing that? […]

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Update 4/5/2008: This post contains the first of 7 letters that my daughter, Emma, has received from the Tooth Fairy. You can find an expanded version of this post on my new blog, Think, Thank, Thunk on a new post entitled The Tooth Fairy Secrets.
I preface this post by saying that, from time to […]

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. . .like maybe this guy.
Because if you’re not, I’ll guarentee you couldn’t care less. Only read this if you’re absolutely sure you have nothing better to do.
Come to think of it, even if you are a VLAR (very loyal and alert reader), you probably don’t care about what’s to follow. In fact […]

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I haven’t found many notes this year for some reason. But when I do, they’re almost always amusing.
Found these two today:
Fine I will give you your leo bacfk on Monday. But first what did I say if I was talking about you. And someone. . . I’m not saying who but they […]

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Pooh was walking round and round in a circle, thinking of something else, and when Piglet called to him, he just went on walking.
“Hallo!” said Piglet, “what are you doing?”
“Hunting,” said Pooh.
“Hunting what?”
“Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.
“Tracking what?” said Piglet, coming closer.
“That’s just what I ask myself. I ask myself, What?”
“What do you […]

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How Peter Answers works like magic

Like an evil spirit, Peter Answers swept into my room and magically hypnotized over half the kids. I tried shouting. I tried clapping. I tried cold water. But nothing I did helped. Peter Answers (Peteranswers.com) kung-fu was too strong.
Its magic was hypnotic.
“NO WAY!! How did it know that?”
“Ask Peter who […]

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