Jacob Christensen

But maybe one of you would like to apply? It doesn’t say that Irish citizenship is required.

HT: Bernadette Connaughton.

Eric Rauchway despairs:

The 00s were the decade when it stopped being okay to call me on the phone and ask me stuff you could find on the Internets in about fifteen seconds. … People have actually called me to ask my email address. I honestly don’t know how it is possible for this to occur.

Scott McLemee considers the Zeitgeist of the 00s. When his cats do not wake him up at 6 AM on Saturday mornings, that is.

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