Fall Is Not a Time for Dan Brown

Fall reading spotted on the Brooklyn-bound F train: Meditations of Mind and Body, The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett, Introduction to Scholastic Process. (I myself am listening to a Yale Intro. Psychology courses courtesy iTunes U.) Conclusion: Fall is when our brains go back to school (if not necessarily our bodies.)

Stuff I've Looked Up On Wikipedia This Week

How I've been educating my brain this week. In reverse chronological order, then grouped by related searches. Context available upon request.

Chris Ware

Long Tail

George Plimpton
Dave Eggers

Godzilla (film)
Godzilla (in general)

San Antonio
King William
Santa Fe

Fifty Greatest Cartoons of All Time (via Boing-Boing)

Anger
Frustration

The Second Episode of Rome
The First Episode of Rome
Rome: HBO TV Series
The 11th Episode of Rome
List of the Harveytoons Show Episodes

The Andy Griffith Show
Andy Griffith

Prestige Class
Limousine Liberal
Mallard Fillmore (via Shortpacked!)

Where I've Been Sun. Dec. 17- Sat., Dec. 23

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Sunday, December 17 (129)
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Monday, December 18 (115)
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Tuesday, December 19 (39)
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Wednesday, December 20 (129)
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Thursday, December 21 (63)
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Friday, December 22 (246)
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Saturday, December 23 (221)
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Where I've Been: Sun., Oct. 8-Sat., Oct. 14

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The first, median and last sites I visited each day of the past week.

Sunday, October 8 (40)
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Monday, October 9 (127)
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Tuesday, October 10 (151)
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Wednesday, October 11 (87)
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Saturday, October 14 (133)
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Where I've Been: Sun., Aug. 27-Sat., Sept. 2

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Sunday, August 27 (5)
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Monday, August 28 (6)
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Tuesday, August 29 (0)
Nothing. Nada. Zippo.

Wednesday, August 30 (43)
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Thursday, August 31 (0)
Thursday I didn't go online because of that thing with the bear.

Friday, September 1 (115)
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Saturday, September 2 (122)
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Where I've Been: Sun., Aug. 6-Sat., Aug. 12

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The first, median and last sites I visited each day of the past week. MCTR was giving me shit for the lack of updates lately. I put him in his place. Then he kind of turned it around and put me in my place. That's pretty much what passes for content around here.

Someday someone will read all of these in a row and know everything about me. I'd like to think that someone will be my biographer, but it's much more likely to be either an insane girlfriend or someone trying to arrest me. I'm just not egotistical enough to expect a stalker.

Sunday, August 6 (22)
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Monday, August 7 (80)
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Tuesday, August 8 (301)
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Wednesday, August 9 (187)
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Thursday, August 10 (63)
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Friday, August 11 (57)
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Saturday, August 12 (94)
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Where I've Been: Sun., July 30-Sat., Aug. 5

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The first, median and final site I visited each day of the past week. I spent last week driving across country with my dad. Then Wednesday I came home and went to sleep. I am still not fully awake.

Sunday, July 30 (302)
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Monday, July 31 (0)

Monday I didn't go online because we were driving from Ohio to New Hampshire and I couldn't get the internet working in the hotel.

You suck, Holiday Inn of Johnsville, N.Y. - and I don't care who knows it.

Tuesday, August 1 (71)
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Wednesday, August 2 (73)
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Thursday, August 3 (284)
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Friday, August 4 (47)
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Saturday, August 5 (36)
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Where I've Been: Sun., July 24-Sat., July 29

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This first, median and last web sites I visited each day this past week.

There's a fascinating story of addiction here for anyone who cares to see it: Sunday and Monday are almost exclusively me reading Narbonic. Tuesday I start to leave the house. Later on in the week I go so far as to start looking for a job. And, of course, by last night I'm back on the smack again.

Sunday, July 23 (113)
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Monday, July 24 (76)
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Tuesday, July 25 (148)
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Wednesday, July 26 (80)
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Thursday, July 27 (44)
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Friday, July 28 (240)
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Saturday, July 29 (18)
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Where I've Been: Sun., July 16-Sat., July 22

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The first, media and last sites I visited each day of the past week. If it seems like I've done nothing except read Narbonic this week, that may be because I've done nothing but read Narbonic this week.

Sunday, July 16 (125)
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Monday, July 17 (109)
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Tuesday, July 18 (127)
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Wednesday, July 19 (117)
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Thursday, July 20 (242)
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Friday, July 21 (148)
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Saturday, July 22 (77)
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Where I've Been: Sun., June 4-Sat., June 10

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Where I've browsed in the past week, suckas!

Sunday, June (223)
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Monday, June (36)
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Tuesday, June (124)
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Wednesday, June (81)
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Friday, June (116)
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Saturday, June (112)
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Where I've Been: Sun., May 27-Sat., June 3

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The first, median and last sites I visited each day of the past week. I always thought of this as something I did on Saturdays when I didn't want to think too much, but Cousin Barles says this is one of his favorite regular features. Of course, I don't have any other regular features, but I guess I'll keep it around for now.

I just realized this totals over 650 page views this week - other people must have more, but it still seems like a lot. I know I've started reading blogs as regularly as comics, but I don't think that's it exactly.

The way I browse reminds me of when Eric Kraft's character, Peter Leroy, gets a new set of encyclopedias in Where Do You Stop? When Peter comes down for dinner the evening after the encyclopedias are delivered, his Dad asks him what he learned from them that day, expecting a couple of factoids. Instead, Peter talks for the rest of the meal about all the stuff he's read. Each entry in the encyclopedia took him to another entry that took him to another, and before long, he knew more than anyone wanted to hear.

I do the same thing.

Now that I'm calling out lurkers (talking to you, Marmo!), I'll also open the door to questions about what exactly I was doing when I browsed to some of these sites. I promise all my answers will be almost completely true.

Sunday, June (2)
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Monday, June (88)
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Tuesday, June (77)
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Wednesday, June (125)
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Thursday, June (138)
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Friday, June (174)
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Saturday, June (57)
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Where I've Been: Sun., May 13-Sat., May 20

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The first, median, and last sites I've visited in the past week. They say it's fascinating. Like, look, I didn't go online on Sunday. Who knew?

Monday, April 17 (51)
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Tuesday, April 18 (86)
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Wednesday, April 19 (67)
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Thursday, April 20 (124)
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Friday, April 21 (39)
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Saturday, April 22 (117)
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Where I've Been: Sun., May 7-Sat., May 13

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The first, median and last sites I visited last week, except for Monday. Monday is for suckers.

Sunday, May 7 (45)
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Tuesday, May 9 (106)
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Wednesday, May 10 (119)
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Thursday, May 11 (33)
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Friday, May 12 (189)
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Saturday, May 13 (48)
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Where I've Been: Sun., April 30-Sat., May 6

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Sunday, April 30 (178)
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Monday, May 1 (90)
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Tuesday, May 2 (51)
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Wednesday, May 3 (209)
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Thursday, May 4 (71)
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Friday, May 5 (158)
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Saturday, May 6 (56)
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Where I've Been: Sun., April 23-Sat., April 29

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The first, median and last site I visited each day of the past week.

Sunday, April 16 (175)
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Monday, April 17 (29)
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Tuesday, April 18 (128)
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Wednesday, April 19 (227)
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Thursday, April 20 (153)
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Friday, April 21 (11)
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Saturday, April 22 (107)
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Where I've Been: Sun., April 16-Sat., April 22

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The first, median and last sites in my browser history for each day this week. This turned out to be an exceptionally boring week, browser history wise. Nearly every site falls in to my usual three categories: comics, this blog and the vaguely pornographic (just to spare Speedrail the trouble, that's Thursday median this week.)

Sunday, April 16 (22)
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Monday, April 17 (46)
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Tuesday, April 18 (93)
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Wednesday, April 19 (205)
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Thursday, April 20 (165)
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Friday, April 21 (31)
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Where I've Been: Sunday, April 9-Saturday, April 15

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Where I've browsed this week.

Sunday, April 9 (290)
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Monday, April 10 (121)
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Tuesday, April 11 (142)
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Wednesday, April 12 (198)
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Thursday, April 13 (40)
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Where I've Been: Monday, April 3-Saturday, April 8

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The first, median and last site from each day's browser history.

Speedrail pointed out to me that last week's browser history made it clear how tame a lifestyle I lead. Although my life does not consist exclusively of reading comics and checking my blogger statistics (Monday median and Wednesday first this week), that's probably not far from the mark.

I did admit that I sometimes use private browsing, and once I explained to Speedrail what that was (Windows User), he knew exactly when I started using it: when he went through my browser history at work and discovered some not-safe-for-work stuff (see also: Monday last).

New feature: I am listing the number of pages visited after each date. Also note: Sunday April 2 is missing because I'm developmentally disabled.

Monday, April 3 (127)
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Tuesday, April 4 (154)
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Wednesday, April 5 (189)
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Thursday, April 6 (26)
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Friday, April 7 (287)
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Saturday, April 8 (47)
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Where I've Been: Sunday, Mar. 26-Saturday, April 1

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Just to prove I'll blog anything, the first, median and last site from each day's browser history.

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