A Fortnight of Chris Abraham on the Internet

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Dating and Love Quote of the Day
"When I was 14, I wished on a shooting star that I would find the man of my dreams. I met him. He sucks. I want somebody else," said Katie.

Bowl Ads Bring Blog Buzz, but Ultimately Fizzle
NMS surveyed over 27 million blogs, website, message boards and online communities, including over a hundred of the most influential marketing and advertising sites live-blogging the event. NMS found that while the ads generated record levels of conversation, consumers generally regarded them as 'a snooze fest,' and several reviewers live-blogging the ads actually gave up mid-game 'out of boredom.', via NMS & Market Wire.
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If I Were a Rich Man
This morning, in the office, I overheard a conversation about real estate that went like this, "I am tired of my condo but I can't afford anthing else until I find a sugar daddy."
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Apartment Keepers Keep My Apartment
I discovered Apartment Keepers, my cleaning service, on Craigslist over a year ago and have been sane ever since.
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The Game was Better Than the Ads During Superbowl 40
The people who are in the know, such as Pete Snyder and his gang from New Media Strategies, fancy the Superbowl ads this year -- Superbowl XL -- to be playing it safe and going for the gags. Via New Media Sphere, WSJ, Reuters.
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All the Dead Sexy Go Daddy Superbowl Ads
I love Steamy Car Wash but who wouldn't?
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Signing Up For Chemistry.com from a Woman's Perspective
"Sign-up takes about 30 minutes, and yields a profile similar to a Myers-Briggs characterization."
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Chemistry.com Through a Woman's Eyes
"I joined chemstry.com as a preliminary member (aka, non-paying) after reading about it on www.chrisabraham.com."
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Why Don't Guys Ask Me Out?
A gentle reader asks, "Why don't guys ever like me? I'm not thats ugly. People say I'm not fat, I'm not ugly.... then why don't guys ask me out?" Any advice for her? She needs our help.

Regex Reminder to Myself for a Common Grep Task
If you need to grep from a search string to the end of line, you can do that with ".*$"
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Only in DC is a 120 IQ Not Impressive At All
Washingtonians don't consider an IQ of 120 worth bragging about.
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WSJ Coverage of What About Clients Blawg by Dan Hull and Hull & McGuire
My buddy Dan Hull got some brilliant coverage over at the WSJ.
Dan writes a law blog (or blawg) called What About Clients and the coverage is in response to a help-wanted ad Dan posted, Wanted: Natural Born Marketer From Hope, Arkansas.

Cindy Sheehan Should Have Been Ejected
For strict reasons of protocol and respect, Cindy Sheehan should never have been let into the State of the Union wearing a hoodie and a t-shirt.
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Is it eHarmony or eDissonance?
For shits and giggles I dropped the $50 for a month just to see what all the hubbub's about.
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Carrie Gress has a Cool Bio
When your friend has a cool bio, you tend to want to brag. Prestige by association sort of thing.
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Rumor and Speculation
People online are spreading rumors about me.

State of Chris Abraham - Because the Medium is the Message Blog


A Manual Typewriter is More Fetish than Functional
"Is there still romance in typewriters," asks the Washington Post? I worship my Hermes 3000 but she is more objet d'art than writer's tool for me anymore.

State of the Blogosphere on State of the Union
Surveying the most influential liberal and conservative political blogs and communities, NMS research uncovered the following surprising results, culled from the blogosphere. Via New Media Sense and Market Wire.
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Answering eHarmony Questions
One of the questions on eHarmony is 8. Other than your appearance, what is the first thing that people notice about you?
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Brangelina Buys a Home in Washington DC
The ever classy and reputable Angeline Jolie and her boyfriend Brad Pitt and their illegitimate child Brangelina Jolie-Pitt are moving to Washington according to DomePunks and Wonkette.
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President Bush on Face the Nation Sunday
After watching President Bush on TV last Sunday morning, I can see why everyone that knows him on a personal level really likes him.
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Married is the New Single
Since married is the new separated, separated is the new divorced, and divorced is the new single, that married guy is pretty much available anyway based on simple associative logic.

Married is the New Separated
"Well he is married but his wife doesn't get him like I do. I really inderstand him. We have a real connection, the kind of connection I can't find in anyone else."
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Divorced is the New Single
Don't worry divorced Washington men, its all right.
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Separated is the New Divorced
Single Washington women in their thirties are dating men whose marriages aren't even cold yet. These thirty-somethings are dating in the separation zone.
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God Save the Ford Taurus
After just an evening and a morning, the Ford Taurus feels dangerous to me.
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Steve McQueen Lyrics by Sheryl Crow
When I told Mark how I am embracing my inner Steve McQueen, he sent me the lyrics to the Sheryl Crow song Steve McQueen.
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There Will Always be Someone Smarter, More Popular, and More Beautiful
There will always be someone who is smarter, more popular, richer, and more beautiful than you are. Ain't that the truth.
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A Blog of Your Own, A: How to Write Your World
If you are already a blogger and want to take it to the nest level then I have a one-day course for you, Blog of Your Own, A: How to Write Your World. Come on and join me on February 28th.
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How to Blog Blogging Class Coming up in Washington
I am conducting an introductory class on blogging called Starting a Blog for The Writer's Center on February 21st and would like you to attend.
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Test Post From Palm tx
Giving my new Wi-Fi Palm tx a go. On my way to some serious moblogging.

Why I Am Not A Painter by Frank O'Hara
"Why I Am Not A Painter" from Why I Am Not a Painter and Other Poems by Frank O'Hara
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Oatmeal by Galway Kinnell
"Oatmeal" by Galway Kinnell from A New Selected Poems
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The Ferrari 599 GTB Proves God is Italian
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You are a DIRECTOR/negotiator
I heard the gang at the Jack Diamond Morning Show on 107.3FM this morning promoting Chemistry.com so I thought I would take a look. Use code: MIX.
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Oprah Winfrey - The Queen Has No Clothes
I know how Oprah Winfrey feels. She feels naked, exposed, and duped. She feels the fool. And she blames James Frey and his supposed memoir, A Million Little Pieces. Forgive me, but Oprah is no naïf. The indignance is on behalf of her earnest, artless and naïve audience.

Does Oprah Profit from James Frey's Success?
James Frey is now a household name because of A Million Little Pieces thanks to Oprah Winfrey, mostly due to this afternoon's dressing down.
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Oprah's Dressing Down is the Best Thing Ever for Selling James Frey Books
Although James Frey has already sold a billion copies of A Million Little Pieces thanks to Oprah, after today's interview, James Frey will sell a trillion more of both A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard. Everybody in the office wants to read it now, even me.

Support an Olympic Team for the District of Columbia
"Please Support the efforts of the DC Olympic Committee to field Olympic teams for the District of Columbia (DC)."
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James Frey is Gonna Get a Whooping from Oprah at 4 Today
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey is fiction dressed as a memoir. Oprah doesn't like being duped. To quote Corrie, "I would NEVER, EVER want to be on Oprah's bad sad."
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The Washington DC Winter Olympic Curling Team
"As you may know, the District of Columbia is not part of the 50 states that make up the United States."
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Farscape Almost Got Away
After watching one episode of Farscape, I was hooked. And I don't like space opera dramas, either. Especially ones with freaky aliens. Farscape rocks.
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Get Your Hasselhoff On
Don't be a hater, he's Hooked on a Feeling.


My Renewed Love Affair With Friendster
I had assumed that Friendster had withered and died but apparently its still going strong enough to thoroughly amuse me.

Sighting of Chris Abraham at Harvard Yard


My First Trademark Registration

I Need a New Host for this Blog
Please email me with recommendations for a new hosting company. Mine sucks.
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Using GWU's Course Audit Program to Prepare for the GMAT
I am setting my sights on getting an MBA. I have the raw material and experience but need to do lots of remediation.
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Dating and Love Quote of the Day
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A Fortnight of Chris Abraham on the Internet
No Need to be Curious as a College Student Any More
While literacy requires intellectual curiosity, being successful at most 4-year universities does not.
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My New Badger Hair Shaving Brush
While loafing around Cambridge, I stopped to look at shaving brushes at Colonial Drug.
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Parked My Arse in Harvard Yard
I have enjoyed my trip here to Cambridge, Somerville, and Upton, MA. Thanks be to Janna! And also, thanks so much to Andrew and Marcia for dinner and to Anthony for drinks.
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Gutman Library at Harvard University
I am spending a sunny, blue, 50F day in Cambridge, MA, with lovely Janna. Could HBS be in my future?
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Trying to Figure Out Blogpulse's Profiles Neighborhood
I am trying to figure out my place in Blogpulse's Profiles Neighborhood. Very queer.
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The Olympus SP-350 is My Next Purchase as a Professional Shooter
In a couple weeks I am going to order an Olympus SP-350 8MP Digital Camera.

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For the Love of God, Chris, Don't Buy Dansko Professionals

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The Blogosphere Exists and it Can Include MSM
IMHO, the blogosphere has nothing to do with blogs-proper. Rather, it is an interconnected system of "conversation" and "echo" that MSM needs to adopt or perish. Via New Media Sense, BoingBoing, and MediaGuy.
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Advertising in Video Blogs, Podcasting & Other User Generated Media
Corrie Zielinski explores Advertising in Video Blogs, Podcasting & Other User Generated Media on New Media Sense. Check it out. "I’m all for a well placed sponsorship, promotion or advertisement in podcasts or videoblogs," Corrie says.
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Fisking is Fact Checking By the Bloggers for the People
After attending a panel discussion on blogging at the Hudson Institute, I now know that the blogosphere has taken a cue from the New Yorker's mad skills in fact checking, known as fisking.
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Europe, America and the Blogosphere at the Hudson Institute
I attended a panel discussion at the Hudson Institute entitled Europe, America and the Blogosphere. Very interesting.
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PostSecret Book Now Available
There is a new PostSecret book that just came out a little while ago. Check it out! PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail-in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. Awesome.
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I, Chris Abraham, Watch American Idol
I have caught American Idol for the last two nights.
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Unwell Orwell: War for Domestic Crowd Control
In Complete Deniability Through Constant War I quoted Orwell's writing from Nineteen Eighty-Four II.9. Upon further mulling, I wanted to share that war can be about "taking mountains and winning" or it can be about "domestic crowd control."
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Black 2003 E39 BMW M5 with 11,500 Miles at BMW of Arlngton
I just spent some time with the finest example of the best interpretation of the finest car ever made.
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All Hail to the Maryland Rescue Squad
My buddy Zeefe is a badass. Read all about his squad, the Maryland Rescue Squad.
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The E39 BMW 5-Series has the Worse Cup Holders Ever
The E39 BMW 5-Series (1997-2003) has the worse cup holder I have ever experienced. I have poured more coffee into the carpeting and the floorboards than into my mouth.
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The E39 BMW 5-Series is a Perfect Thing
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Chris Abraham Hanging with the Jailbait on MySpace
MySpace is in the news.
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King Kong Sucked
I repeat, King Kong sucked so badly that I walked out. I don't walk out. My temporary suspension of disbelief could not hold out past hour 2.
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The Writer's Center's Open House
Although I got a late start, I enjoyed visiting The Writer's Center Open House last Saturday from 12-3 as an instructor.
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Let's Go Caps!: NHL 06 on Xbox is Addictive
Although I told you I bought the game, I have actually been really enjoying my copy of NHL 06 for my XBOX.
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Comprehensive Nicole Richie Diet Coverage
Enjoy my complete coverage with The Nicole Richie Diet, Nicole Richie is Wasting Away Beautifully, Nicole Richie's Diet Regimen, Who Knows Nicole Richie's Diet Regimen, LEAVE NICOLE RICHIE ALONE !!!!, I Love Nicole I Want to Look Like Her, Any Suggestions?, and Nicole Richie is Just Not Eating. Enjoy!
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To the Richies: What the Hell is an Eating Coach?
"Lionel Richie is so concerned over his scary skinny daughter Nicole's health that he has hired her an eating coach, reports the new issue of In Touch Weekly." Via OH NO!
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