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Sam boston to try
spelling bees (that’d be fun)
occasions (I was obsessively checking the weather )
great moments (in louise erdrich novels)
things I'm mad at (5 april 2024)
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  • joie de vivre
  • bon vivant
  • apropos (it counts)
  • sangfroid
  • laissez-faire
  • à gogo
  • tête-à-tête
  • vis-à-vis
  • trompe l'oeil
  • pastiche
  • raison d'être
  • bric-à-brac
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dec 18 2008 ∞
dec 18 2008 +
  • april march - laisse tomber les filles
  • belle and sebastian - we are the sleepyheads
  • the cars - let the good times roll
  • steppenwolf - born to be wild (it helps me go that extra mile?)
  • pat benatar - treat me right
  • madonna - shanti/ashtangi
  • björk - hyper-ballad
  • le tigre - mediocrity rules
  • m.i.a. - paper planes
  • the submarines - you, me, and the bourgeoisie
dec 9 2008 ∞
dec 9 2008 +
  • incorrect apostrophe usage ("$2 MILKSHAKE'S!" or "the Jackson's")
  • quotation marks used for emphasis (THIS HAUNTS ME EVERYWHERE I GO)
  • their/they're/there
  • its/it's
  • dangling participles
  • "different than"
  • "irregardless"
  • incorrect colon or semicolon usage
  • the oxford comma
  • the lack of a "his/her" pronoun in English, and people's tendency to say "their" instead of "his/her" because of said lack
  • collective nouns
  • people who write "alot"
  • people who don't understand/know about the subjunctive mood
  • the fact that the "jesus is coming . . . as 'lightning'" sign on the PA turnpike disappeared; see here
dec 18 2008 ∞
dec 18 2008 +
  • beethoven - piano concerto no. 3 (c minor), no. 5 (e flat major)
  • rachmaninoff - piano concerto no. 2 (c minor), no. 3 (d minor)
  • tchaikovsky - piano concerto no. 1 (d-flat major), violin concerto (d major)
  • mendelssohn - violin concerto (e minor)
  • chopin - piano concerto no. 1 (e minor)
  • ravel - piano concerto in g
  • vivaldi - the four seasons (especially summer 3 and winter 1)
  • dvorak - cello concerto (b minor)
  • elgar - cello concerto (e minor)
dec 9 2008 ∞
dec 11 2008 +
  • f. scott fitzgerald - the great gatsby
  • wally lamb - she's come undone
  • steven d. levitt and stephen j. dubner - freakonomics
  • john irving - the world according to garp
dec 9 2008 ∞
dec 18 2008 +
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