One word of advice for taking the Washington, DC Metro system on a weekend: don't.
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One of the nice things about a data-enabled smartphone is the ability to connect to the internet any time, from any where.
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My new phone is a Treo 755p. It does not have an off switch. Here is a transcript of a real, live conversation with a Palm customer representative:
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Senator Ernie Chambers of Nebraska...*cough*nutjob!*cough*

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The wait is finally (almost) over! I have secured an apartment in Georgetown and my move date will be October 5th.

I'll get an address and other information for you all as soon as I have it.

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Want to fly into Moffett Field in Mountain View, California? Well, sorry, you can't.

Unless your name is Larry Paige or Sergey Brin.
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One of the most frustrating things about the career I'm in is the number of things I don't know. Or so people think, because I lack this or that certification.
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One of the most common questions that people asked me when I told them I was moving to Washington, DC was "why are you planning to move there?" They wanted to know why I would pick up and move so far away from my home, the people that I knew, and the places that I loved. My experience on Thursday night at a Georgetown restaurant is the clear example of exactly why I moved here.
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There are some benefits to missing an 8-car train first thing in the morning. One of them is that if it's roughly five minutes ahead of you, it will clear the platform and your train will remain relatively uncrowded.

Or so one might think.
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The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." ~ Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, November 18th, 1863

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Like...wtf mate?

McJob - McJob is slang for a low-pay, low-prestige job that requires few skills. The term comes from the fast-food restaurant McDonald's, but applies to any low-status job where little training is required and workers' activities are tightly regulated by managers. Most perceived McJobs are in the service industry, particularly fast food, copy shops, and retail sales.

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