Day: October 21, 2004

  • Shiny New Tab Key!

    After three weeks of typing with just the under-key nubbin, my tab key is back to full functionality! The new one is literally shinier – there’s not three years of heavy wear on it, or finger grease. PowerBookMedic.com didn’t overcharge me too much – $10.70 for the key and shipping. I saw much more ridiculous…

  • Welcome to Bizarro-Swarthmore

    I think we slipped into Bizarro-Swarthmore over break. It started with NuPont, which seemed innocuous enough. Then the year began with New Dorm. Again, something we could all live with. But then October Break brought us both Neo-Co-Op and Nega-Hicks, in the forms of a shiny new building and a not-barf-colored paint job. I just…

  • Scrabble Ass-Whupin’

    My parental units gave me a nice new Scrabble board for my birthday. Emery and I inaugurated it with a game tonight, and I had my ass handed to me from here ’til Tuesday and up a creek without a paddle to stand on. Or something. Emery got all four big letters (X, Q, J,…