Shorts

I wrote about my adventures ordering a new laptop (and having the order lost by Dell) on Our Intrepid Hero.

A guy on the phone at Dell actually told me you should never just place your order online. You should always call it in because otherwise it might get lost. Doesn’t that sort of defeat the purpose of their business model?

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I also wrote about an interesting lesson I learned organizing the Great Bollywood Puppet Extravaganza auditions last week for Un-Scripted on my improv blog.

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I need to go on an election news blackout. The next 6 weeks are going to kill me.

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Do you think Sarah Palin is qualified to be president? Vote here.

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I just attended a very interesting presentation on earthquake preparedness from the USGS. Did you know you’re not supposed to stand in doorways anymore?