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Watching time, the only true currency // A journal from John B. Roberts

Day: May 22, 2004

  • Roofball: killing time cheaply

    Bernie DeKoven’s Funlog reminds me of roofball, including a link to Roofball.com. Wow… brings me back to high school, which is where I played. We never used a tennis ball, which the Roofball.com site illustrates. Instead, we followed the DeKoven quote: “The best roofball ball is one of those cheap, light-weight jobs, about 10 inches…

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  • Is that how it happens?

    Childless couple told to try sex reads the headline I saw on Wednesday. Another one that makes you wonder whether it’s ripped straight from The Onion, but… we’ll hope it’s accurate, even though Google News only finds two references to the story, of which this Ananova reference is one. Update: It’s a hoax. Glad I…

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