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elfintech posted a photo:
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dr. capra hoped that his innovative therapies would cure billy of his irrational belief in trolls and attendant fear of bridges
victory ’95 50th anniversary world war ii memorial
iowan hubris
the view from the other side
secretary’s day
I have an uncomfortable confession to make: today I met and, together with my boss, gave a presentation to the Secretary of State and, one on one, at least, found her really quite charming.
I feel like I can’t really say anything about her visit more generally (I do need this job, after all), but in the five minutes I spent with her she came across as genuinely pleasant and witty, sincerely interested in the work our division is doing, and additionally pleasantly surprised and disarmed by my addressing her first in Russian. In fact, she was significantly more intrigued by the range of multimedia distance learning courses we produce than her staff had intimated, and she asked specifically for copies of some of the courses she thought would be particularly helpful for her as she brushes up on her Russian and prepares to travel to cities for which we have specific computer-based informational products.
I’m exhilirated that our presentation went so well (the Secretary specifically mentioned it in her later remarks), but completely exhausted as well, after all the preparation and intense scrutiny.
July 2003 – Our second date
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A week earlier we’d gone to see the Kinsey Sicks at the Birchmere, then out for coffee and dessert.
For our second outing on July 14, 2003, to see Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Screen on the Green on the National Mall, I bought a picnic basket backpack especially for the occasion, and brought dinner and drinks.
2004 – Michelle turns 40
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a pronounced problem
Is it too much to ask that NPR hire announcers who know how to pronounce reasonably common words? It’s bad enough that they’ve adopted more and more a rightward tilt in their news programming, but I still listen because, well, what’s the alternative?
But if I hear the announcer offer up a three-syllable “sat-ur-in” one more time during the sponsorship attributions, as though the auto manufacturer were some new pharmaceutical useful for thinning the blood or reducing cholesterol, I may just drop the radio into my bath or, worse, switch over to FOX Radio.