Shmuel

Site Owner:	Shmuel
Site Name:	Shmuel's Soapbox
Site Address:	http://www.babeltower.org/soapbox/blog/
Adult Content:	no
Registration Type:	portal participant
Articles Posted:	10
Last Posting:	2010-01-06 19:00:23

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Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

Holidailies Wrapup : I'm scoring this as a win. (posted Jan 6, 7:00pm)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

Holidailies Triolet VIII : Two triolets! "Diet Pepsi, I abjure thee!" and "A tiny basement studio." (posted Jan 3, 7:28am)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

O Irony : One thing I hadn't considered was that in addition to being almost caffeine-free for over a month, I've also been almost aspertame-free for the same period. (posted Dec 28, 7:47am)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

Airing of Grievances: Decaf Edition : My grievance is directed at caffeine. Or perhaps at my inability to function properly without it. (posted Dec 24, 4:34am)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

Statistics 001 : I'm no fan of the way this administration has been going so far, but let's try to at least get the facts right, shall we? (posted Dec 22, 8:14pm)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

A nut by any other name... : This is the way I pronounced "almond," and I consider it to be the normative pronunciation of "almond," for the simple reason that my mother pronounces it that way. (posted Dec 19, 9:04pm)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

Not the best argument for virtual worlds : Why am I in Second Life? There are any number of good reasons one might have for that, but in my case it comes down to escapism. (posted Dec 17, 10:34pm)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

Wait, where are they from? : It's a solid, hugely enjoyable country album. It just so happens that until they came along, nobody knew that "Like a Virgin," "Dancing Queen," and "Walk on the Wild Side" were country songs. (posted Dec 16, 8:13pm)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

A Tale of Two Fanfics : I recently read two book-length fanfics, both of which were printed by major publishers and billed as the latest installments of the series they were based on. One of them is okay, even if it lacks the magic of the original. The other crashed and burned completely. (posted Dec 13, 12:57am)

Shmuel's Soapbox by Shmuel (10)

I may have a slight problem with estimates. : Note to Self: next time you're asked how long it'll take to do a project, double the length of time in your first reaction. Then consider doubling it again. (posted Dec 7, 8:14pm)

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