January 2012
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December 2011
17 posts
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Out-of-Office Message Goodness
In the spirit of wasting time, I captured some of the highlights from the slew of out of office messages I received this week from work. Any emphasis is from the original. All typos intact:
Hello, Thank you for your email. I will be out of the office from November 23rd to November 28th to observe the holiday.
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I will be out of the office until March.
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Hello and thank you for your email. ...
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Its story, about a punk club fighter from the back streets of Philly who gets a...
– From Roger Ebert’s review of “Rocky“ from Jan. 1, 1976.
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Saying Goodbye to a Blog
This past week, after weeks of reflection, I turned out the lights at my Detroit Tigers blog, The Daily Fungo.
Every year at this time I’d weigh the pros and cons of writing – for free – another baseball season’s worth of Tigers-related stuff. And depending on which way the wind blew, I was ready to call it quits, or not. But then the Tigers would make a big trade or sign a premium...
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Video: Classic “Caddyshack” — which might be... →
November 2011
3 posts
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There are heist pictures that offer careful and detailed accounts of criminal...
– New York Times film critic Tony Scott
October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
7 posts
Guilty Pleasure: "Everything She Wants" by Wham!
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We Detroit Lions Fans Bathe in Optimism
Misery index soared in Valley as Aug. temperature... →
Big whoop.
August 2011
13 posts
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