Um, yeah. Good luck with that, CVS.

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I’ve been growing a beard since October 2nd as part of a competition with Mike. Here’s how it turned out.

Here’s the Cliffs Notes1 version:

1 First I thought it was “Clif’s Notes,” then I thought it was “Cliff’s Notes,” before I finally got it right.

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Christmas Time for the Jews
It’s truly a holy day for everyone.

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I’m still not sold on Gibbs as Head Honcho (can’t we get him out of the coaching box and into an office?), but there’s no arguing with the results of the last three games. He makes his mistakes, but the man is a great motivator and a diligent game-planner. The Redskins have dominated three teams [...]

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Matthew Weiner, the creator of Mad Men, has a short piece in the Times on the subject of gift giving. It’s pretty funny, but this part kind of blew me away:The problem with gifts is the expectation — the truth is that one good experience can ruin you for life. For me it was two [...]

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Lauren complained to me about some lameass Google stumbling blocks and I replied. And this is what I told her.

This firefox hack is a way to combine Google Reader and Gmail on one page. I haven’t tried it but I imagine it works.

Also, you should just bookmark Google Reader with a keyword. I have GR [...]

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“Descendant of Davy Crockett, 5, kills 445-lb bear”I’m not even going to read the story—it couldn’t possibly live up to the title.

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