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    • Overly friendly library patron just sat down by me on the train, ignoring scores of open seats. Going into full-on Ignore Mode. #leemelone December 31, 2009
    • Fortunately or unfortunately, I did not. RT @SeanWG: @pizzocalabro And did you succeed? December 31, 2009
    • #10yearsago I was desperately trying to come up with an honorable/non-embarrassing reason not to serve a Mormon mission. December 31, 2009
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    • The date didn't go that badly, it turns out! WEIRD (@ Caffe Niche) http://4sq.com/5uOJFa December 31, 2009
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    • The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut - Rating: 3/5
      I'm not sure I "got" this book. There were parts I really enjoyed, and parts that just left me puzzled and annoyed. Maybe I need to re-read it? I'm certainly going to read more Vonnegut, so in that sense it was a successful experience.
    • The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin - Rating: 5/5
      Ursula K. Le Guin and her writing have had a formative influence on me ever since I first cracked open A Wizard of Earthsea when I was ten or so. She has expanded my mind and expanded my horizons. These are some of her very finest speculative-fiction short stories from 1962 to 1974—I can't believe...
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      • Pasta con le Cime di Rapa (Pasta with Broccoli Rabe)
      • Spicy Tomato Sauce with Capers
      • Tiramisù alle Fragole (Strawberry Tiramisù)
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