Monthly Archives: June 2007

Asshat/talent Ratio

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 30, 2007

Jess at hüdwnkdnoted this week that in the field of cake baking her asshat/talent ratio is high enough that if she was rude to you a slice of her cake would make you forget. Is there anybody out there to whom I owe cake this month?

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Joy First

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 29, 2007

Joy goes on trial July 9th for her participation in this demonstration of conscience. Joy says, “Seven of us were arrested in the Hart Senate Office Building one hour after the Senate voted to give Bush $100 billion in supplemental funding to continue the war. We will use the trial as another opportunity to speak [...]

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Tree-o, tree-ee-ee-o…

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 29, 2007

Daylight come and me wanna go home. I bought my first Palm Pilot many years ago. It’s in the bottom of an old briefcase somewhere, useless, with a battery that’s probably corroded. I know it’s not charged. Power handling turned me off from the unit when the unit turned off for me. I mean, when [...]

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Ordinary guy

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 28, 2007

A lot of what I write is voiced like it was spoken by my dear Aunt Hentic. That’s because I’m as simple as she is. Auntie waxes eloquent below in a comment about preparing brown bag lunches. But is that what it’s really about? I don’t know. Last night I dreamed my boss was my [...]

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Happy Birthday Mr. Noded

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 27, 2007

It’s James Roberts’ birthday. Stop in and wish a him a good one. I did, and I found out about the new Gibson novel! Thanks jr! [tags]jr, James Roberts, duly noded, pretty pictures, william gibson, spook country[/tags]

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ornery Fellow

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 26, 2007

I received a letter today from the Chairman of the Sociology Department at the University of Wisconsin. It said, among other things, Dear Mr. Paynter: On behalf of the Department of Sociology of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I would like to offer an invitation as an Honorary Fellow in our department from July 1, 2007 [...]

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Mandarin 2.0

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 26, 2007

This from Jim Zellmer today…  strangely appropriate in the absence of Mandarin 1.0.

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Missing Meg…

By Frank Paynter | Published: June 26, 2007

  House of Mandarin It’s been a year since she left us.  Here are the patches from her quilt.      

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