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June 2006 »

By Design

I really love the design process. Web design particularly appeals to me because I’m such a visually-oriented person, but ask me to design anything–instructional materials, psychology experiments, knitted items, etc.–and I’ll be sufficiently absorbed for hours, days, weeks.

I love the challenge of it; the more restrictions you give me, the more I enjoy the process. It’s like a brain teaser, or a dare.

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Still Alive

The U.S. in the World Cup, that is, after barely hanging onto a 1-1 draw with Italy, in one of the ugliest soccer matches I have ever seen in my life. Every U.S. soccer fan should send Ghana some flowers for helping us out by thoroughly manhandling a lackluster Czech Republic. Well played, Ghana!

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Cover of Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Rating: 4 Fish
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This book is not so much a guide to proper punctuation (though I did learn a thing or two), but a free-form rant on the sad state of punctuation in English today. Since I am an unapologetic (if imperfect) grammar Nazi, I loved it.

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