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Paint me annoyed.
Fri, 02 Feb 2007: I poked my head out of the Pink House this morning, and I didn't see my shadow. I guess that means you're in for six more Very Annoying Expressions.

1 Emphasis added

Can we all just agree to stop adding emphasis? It's getting a little ridiculous. I was reading this religion blog the other day. I saw something that looked like this:
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Annoying Expressions of 2006
Mon, 01 Jan 2007: Well, it's a new year and that means I've got 365 days worth of pent-up annoying expressions to get off my chest.

Grab a can a whoopass, folks, it's time to whomp down The Most Annoying Expressions of 2006.
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Too hot for McSweeney's!
Thu, 09 Feb 2006: Normally, rejection doesn't bother me. It's just part of the process of writing for publication.

But getting rejected by the McSweeney's web site? I'm sorry. That just hurts.
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Vegas Trends, part 4
Tue, 31 Jan 2006: First show I ever saw in Las Vegas, I'm not kidding, was the "Legends" show at the Imperial Palace. You know the show I'm talking about? The show with all the impersonators?

There were I dunno how many impersonators in this show, there was a Frank Sinatra, a Madonna, a Roy Orbison, a Neil Diamond… What else? Was there a Liza Minelli? Or am I thinking of the drag show at the Riviera?
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Bring In 'Da Folk!
Sun, 16 Oct 2005: Last week, while I was sick in bed, I read this new murder mystery Such a Killing Crime, which I loved so much I sent an email to the author, Rob Lopresti.

Well, that's the beauty of sending fan mail to people who write for small presses. They write you back.
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