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sarahkliff

  1. #ff for this weekend: my fine colleagues at @capitalweather, obviously.
  2. Pair of rainboots discovered under my desk! Would like to say it's great advance planning, but mostly laziness of not taking home earlier.
  3. RT @sam_baker: RT @drgrist: That's a tornado, all right! is.gd/97gi8x
  4. RT @brianvastag: Apparently @Kickstarter will let anyone beg for money for just about anything. kickstarter.com/projects/16885…
  5. RT @tlaskawy: .@mattyglesias @sarahkliff The soda tax debate begins and ends with the American Beverage Association: grist.org/food/why-bloom…
  6. I totally could have won the 1936 spelling bee. wapo.st/KmLyN7
  7. In 1932, the winning spelling bee word was "knack." This year? "guetapens." How the bee got so insanely difficult. wapo.st/KmLyN7
  8. A few thoughts on soda bans v. soda taxes. wapo.st/JYjBaz
  9. Do we have a cancer epidemic? Or an epidemic of overdiagnosis? wapo.st/KmhkKl
  10. 10-foot cigarette went missing from DC-area backyard last night. Anyone know where Mayor Bloomberg happened to be then? wapo.st/L3u0zR
  11. MT @BetseyStevenson: Women gained, while men lost this month b/c biggest job growth was in healthcare, biggest losses were in construction.
  12. "I think there should be an Alanis/Otter video mash-up called 'You Otter Know'" - @suzykhimm #fridays #wonkladies
  13. RT @joshgreenman Snigdha-Stuti 2028
  14. @BenjySarlin that so happened!!
  15. Don't know if any of y'all are watching the Scripps Spelling Bee, but I'm totally on #teamlena
  16. RT @sam_baker: Drink 1 every time the speller asks for the part of speech after getting the definition. #spellingbeedrinkinggames
  17. Drink each time there's a word with a Latin root. #spellingbeedrinkinggames
  18. This picture is all kinds of fantastic. nyti.ms/LMCjk3
  19. Started hiccuping. @BradPlumer tries to scare them out of me by saying "They just repealed health reform!" #wellplayed
  20. @badler fwiw the ban doesn't touch diet soda.