{"id":107,"date":"2003-06-22T14:29:27","date_gmt":"2003-06-22T14:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=107"},"modified":"2003-06-22T14:29:27","modified_gmt":"2003-06-22T14:29:27","slug":"dead_drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"Dead Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister has been staying with me for the past few weeks because she’s taking a summer class and needed a place to stay. She is an avid Harry Potter fan and had the new book<\/a> FedExed to my place. But the delivery guy left the package sitting on top of a trash can by the elevator, even though there’s a concierge in the main office 24 hours a day. She would never have found it if she hadn’t called them. Not sure what he was thinking.
\nSat on the deck yesterday and tried out my iPod. I got a nice tan going on my arms. Unfortunately, because I don’t move much, only the top sides of my arms get sun, leaving the undersides pasty white. And I’m not the kind of guy to take my shirt off. Let’s say the cops need to clear a lake because some idiot dumped a school of hungry piranhas into the water. Then maybe you could talk me into taking my shirt off. Maybe.
\nBill Turner of brilliantcorners.org<\/a> has assembled a List of Bests<\/a> that compiles various “best of lists” regarding books, films, and music. It’s a great idea and not a bad measure of cultural literacy. I’m going through the list of SF books to get some ideas for my summer reading list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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