June 18

I've seen Jesus fish. I've seen Darwin fish. I've seen dead Darwin fish. I've even seen Sushi fish, Gefilte fish, and the rarer (if more correct) ΙΧΘΥΣ (Ichthys) fish. But until today, I'd never seen a PADDLE fish, and it really amused me.

Of course, I haven't a clue what it means. I know what a paddlefish is, but the PADDLE fish on a car seems to be designed to befuddle. It succeeds in that respect -- at least to me.

But it's still amusing, if only for causing the confusion, because it's exactly the kind of thing I would do.

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May 10

Boyfriend and I had a date this afternoon.

We're both Star Trek fans, so the release of the new movie is good news to us. Boston wasn't fortunate enough to be one of the early release cities for this film, so this weekend was the first chance we had to see it. And even though it's the third day since its release, the theater was still packed. For what it's worth, we both enjoyed it immensely.

I won't go into a movie review here, nor will I give away any spoilers. If you're a Star Trek fan, though, go see the film for yourself -- and hopefully, you'll enjoy it as much as we did.

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January 12

I've been a happy iPhone user for a little more than a year now. While I was initial skeptical, following the hype of the original iPhone's release, using the phone on a day-to-day basis won me over.

It was kind of distressing when my phone began turning itself off, apparently at random. The iPhone is a small computer, and when you're done, it goes to sleep, but it's always ready to wake up for an alarm or an incoming call. I restored my software to a new configuration, on the advice of Apple, and the problem didn't go away. The folks at Apple were adamant that the problem was software-related -- which didn't make sense to me. I narrowed the problem down to the switch at the top of the phone sticking.

The stars and moons aligned today, and I was able to find a parking space near the AT&T Wireless store. I went in and told them about my problem, only to be told that yeah, three people today have had the same problem with the switch sticking. Unfortunately, the repair involves shipping the iPhone out to Apple and waiting, so I opted to buy a new iPhone (pictured above).

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