The Core Dump

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Shades

Andrea got some shades this weekend, and of course looks absolutely adorable wearing them.![Andrea with shades](http://thecoredump.org/images/andrea_shades.jpg)

Andrea got some shades this weekend, and of course looks absolutely adorable wearing them.Andrea with shades

Her language development has jumped significantly over the last few days. It’s amazing how development plateaus for a while, and then bang there’s a quantum leap. She puts together short sentences now, like “I did it,” “I sit down,” and “I go to Harvard.”

Okay, I made up the last one.

Since she doesn’t know the word for sunglasses, she made up her own. They’re “no eyes,” which when you think about it makes perfect sense…

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OK then, Mr. Gekko

Nic is tired of tech sites obsessing over Apple’s financials and business strategy. So very tired.

Read this book: Salt Sugar Fat

Nic reads a book about the processed food industry and is incensed.

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Seen a Rechthaberei lately?

Nic proposes the loan word Rechthaberei be incorporated into American English.

Book roundup, part ten

The Core Dump is back! Books were read during the hiatus. Includes The Coldest Winter, Oh, Myyy!, Tough Sh*t, The Revolution Was Televised, The Rook, Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, Gun Machine, Fortress Frontier, Standing in Another Man’s Grave, and The Memory of Light.

The Core Dump is hibernating

This site will return in February.

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Ode to joy

Springsteen gives a concert in Phoenix. It’s fantastic.

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