I think I’ll make my introductory paragraph exactly one sentence long.
And follow up with a short fragment.
And then something in italics!
But let’s face it — I’m a bit loopy on the notion that Plagiarism Week ‘09 is just about halfway done. It makes me wonder: will I get everything done that I wanted to? Will [...]

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What? You thought I would only post once on Thursday of Plagiarism Week ‘09? How can I possibly post just once when Thursday is Blog Culture Box Day?

Now that we have that out of the way…

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Thanks to Becky, Becky, Becky and Bec for participating in something dangerous [...]

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Plagiarism Week ‘09 marches on! For more information about what I’m doing and why I don’t have an original bone in my body, click here.

At first I was wondering if I was going to do this — as a lot of you people have made it abundantly clear how much you avoid reading blogs [...]

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Just a reminder to everyone that we’re still in the midst of a wonderful week full of cheer, fun, stupidity and dishonesty. Yes — it’s the second day of Plagiarism Week ‘09! If you’re still confused as to what it is, go ahead and click here for an explanation.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen — welcome to Plagiarism Week ‘09!

Today I dive right into one of my more creative regular features which I’m proud to say has been a big hit: my weekly “Snowy Tuesday” video:

Snowy Tuesday – 001 from Mike S. on Vimeo.

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“List on the 3s” is my own personal meme which takes place on any calendar date which has a 3 in it. On those days, I write a list of some sort and post it to my blog.
Today is a different story — as there is no “3″ in 26. However, if you add up [...]

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I saw something on BoingBoing which intrigued me:
Livejournaller Crisper points out that January 27th (Lewis Carroll’s birthday) is the fifth annual “Rabbit Hole Day,” wherein bloggers and journallers change their blogging style for 24h. I’ll be getting off an overnight flight returning from the awesome Cryptic Confusion science fiction convention outside of Detroit that morning, [...]

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“List on the 3s” is a meme — a word, which, by the way, comes from the Senegali word “maoemoeae” meaning “that which serves as a template for writings on the bark of sour acacia trees.”  In true etymological form, I am actually going to cut down some of these rare trees the moment I [...]

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For the many months leading up to the presidential election, Washington DC’s WTOP all-news radio advertised itself as covering “The Race to the White House.”  We all looked forward to the day when the incessant military drumming every ten minutes would end once the election was done.
And it did. But WTOP just came up with [...]

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I was this close to attending an inaugural ball this evening!
Well, kind of.  It was the MetromixAll-American Ball — with five live bands, four DJs, all-you-can-eat buffet and open bar, and appearances by people with fascinating names like “Ne-Yo” and “Buzz Aldrin.”  One of the bands is called “Low-Stars,” and features two of the members [...]

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