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4/1/2008 News Roundup

April 1, 2008 by Daisy Bateman

Po Voted Out of TeletubbiesSmart Bitches and Dear Author Merge, Report on Emerging Literary TrendsYouTube Comes to Its Senses, Features Fine Selection of VideosGoogle/Virgin Team Up to Announce VirgleZimbabwe Election Results Remain Unclear

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Is Someone Trying to Tell Me Something?

August 10, 2007 by Daisy Bateman

Apparently, I am not meant to get to work this week. On Wednesday it was (potential) jury duty, yesterday I had to get new tires and now I learn that all lanes of 880 are closed just past my exit because of a spill that was initially called sewage, but now is being described as … Read more

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Four Things I Learned Today, And One I Already Knew

August 9, 2007 by Daisy Bateman

What I Learned:1. When a tire catastrophically fails at 75 mph, it sounds like whup whup whupwhupwhupwhupWHUPWHUPWHUPWHUPWHUPWHUPWHUPWHUPWHUP2. It takes a long time for a tow truck to reach you on 880 during rush hour.3. The CHP maintains a fleet of tow trucks that patrol the freeways, looking for disabled vehicles and helping and/or towing them … Read more

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Rare Proof That There is Justice in the World

May 31, 2007 by Daisy Bateman

Yesterday, when I was near the end of my long commute home (on 980 just before 24, if you must know) I encountered an obnoxious driver. “That driver is obnoxious,” I thought, as he swerved around me while I was signaling a lane change, then almost ran someone who was merging onto the freeway off … Read more

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