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Monthly Archives: August 2008

33 minutes of fame-ish-ness: the panel, recounted

Thursday, August 28, 2008

By Charley Daniels
So, the panel. It was just sort of okay. Not great, not horrible. Once again, mediocrity rules my existence. I feel like if more awesome or terrible things would happen to me, I could use that material to come up with something really interesting. But no.
The panel was put on by Ed2010, which [...]

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the panel countdown [gulp]

Sunday, August 24, 2008

By Charley Daniels
Tuesday is my first panel discussion ever and quite possibly my last, too. All on the same day! I’m a little nervous.
What if I say something stupid? Or something so brilliant no one understands and it’s wasted? Or what if I accidentally start out the night by saying something perfect, smart, just right, [...]

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things i’m going to swear i didn’t do while isabelle was out of town

Thursday, August 21, 2008

By Charley Daniels
Isabelle took off for her 10-year reunion this weekend, leaving me home alone to fend for myself. Thanks a lot, Isabelle. Following is a list of things that I’m going to deny doing while she was away, because I didn’t do them, okay?

Leave the bed unmade for four days straight

Cook some steak in [...]

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august fools comes but once a year

Sunday, August 17, 2008

By Charley Daniels
My last post was an August Fools joke! I got you so good.
Moving on.
This conversation just happened while Isabelle and I were watching gymnastics:
Isabelle: Did he just say “full tootsie double back?”
Charley: No, “full twisting double back.”
Isabelle: No, “tootsie.”
[pause]
Charley: Which makes more sense?
Okay, maybe I should address that August Fools joke that you [...]

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thirty days without drinking, breathing

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

By Charley Daniels
So I’m going to try not to drink any sort of boozy liquid for a month. I started a couple days ago, but I thought I would wait to see how well I did before I actually wrote about it here. I’ve tried this before a couple times and have failed each time. [...]

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