The Old New Thing

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I'm not sure if this was a dare

September 13, 2003 Sep 13, 2003 09/13/03
Raymond Chen
Joe Beda stopped by my office, clutching a stack of documents he had just had notarized, and told me, "Raymond, you should become a notary public." "Why?" "It'd be fun." "Notarizing documents is fun?" "No, just being a notary public - just...

The World Adult Kickball Association

September 2, 2003 Sep 2, 2003 09/2/03
Raymond Chen
"People just want to come out and have fun," Smith said. "A lot of the sports leagues out there, unless you're die-hard, unless you're so serious, people end up getting left out," he said. Not so with kickball. "People haven't done it since grade school, so it's not like people ...

Even the trees are falling for the media's lies

September 1, 2003 Sep 1, 2003 09/1/03
Raymond Chen
The White House is doing some renovating of its own (NYT, free registration required), in order to refurbish a section of the lawn that is used by television reporters so they can stand there with a nice picture of the White House behind them. But that's not why I found this story interesting. Go about halfway down the article: "The light...

Suburbs make you fat, researchers conclude

September 1, 2003 Sep 1, 2003 09/1/03
Raymond Chen
Researchers have determined that living in the suburbs makes you fat. That and all the super-sized value meals. Speaking of super-sizing your value meal: people are tearing down their McMansions in order to build... a bigger McMansion (WSJ, paid registration required, sorry...

Knitting a pumpkin

August 22, 2003 Aug 22, 2003 08/22/03
Raymond Chen
I've decided to change the color scheme to match my latest knitting project:  A pumpkin hat. (Previous food-themed hats were raspberry and eggplant.) I just got a call from the yarn store that the yarn for my sweater has come in, and I can't wait...