Word: regretful
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...along a balustrade: ?One need never leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery one wishes. I can?t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there?s a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life...
...worst part about that random hook-up, the abiding regret which neither liquor nor denial can purge, is that while not looking (the better part of that night was spent not looking), a lady friend downloaded Snood onto the computer. For the uninitiated, Snood is a silly game of cartoon canons that burp out cuddly-faced symbols, a game which so many call “infectious” but I call “incurable...
...indiscriminately, with multiple and anonymous partners, sometimes for a two-minute quickie with a basic screensaver program, sometimes for an extended fling with one of the well-endowed Internet browser conglomerates. And for what? That fleeting moment of recreation which quickly dissolves into years of blinking icons and burning regret...
...hard drive are inconsequential compared to the residual effects of Snood. It endures on the toolbar no matter how many trips one makes to the Recycling Bin. So to the young woman who has caused this scourge, look what I have been reduced to! And to downloaders everywhere who regret that moment of e-donism; to the promiscuous Snooders and College Jeopardy champions who hear my cry and want to send the blinking icons right back to the people who spawned them; come to the computer lab for an LED-light vigil, for a show of solid-state solidarity...
...We’re happy for him, but for the institute we look at it with profound regret,” Nakamura said. “We hope we can keep up the momentum he started...