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A La Carte (10/28)

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Friday October 28, 2005

Halloween: Apparently when it comes to pumpkins, White is the new orange.

Du Jour: Laura touches on something I’ve been thinking about lately. “I’m coming to realize that surely, reading/skimming the amount of information that reaches my brain on an average day does me far more harm than good.”

Politics: This just in. It isn’t only nice guys who finish last. No, it seems the ugly ones are right there with them. I guess you have to be handsome and mean to make it in politics. But I think we already knew that.

Technology: Here is one more reason to stick with PC over Macintosh computers. Need a job? Don’t use a Mac


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