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Protected: Thoughts, Redacted
Published December 5th, 2009 in Family, People, Suburbia and Work. Enter your password to view comments.There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
World, what makes me the target for interactions like this?
Published September 21st, 2009 in People and Suburbia. 3 CommentsI got a phone call from a stranger asking if I was related to George L. Surname, because he’d just found original paperwork while repairing an antique piano and thought it might be neat to see the old instrument appreciated by the ancestors of its original owner. Alas, I am not related to ol’ George, [...]
Three Endorsements and a Complaint
Published September 5th, 2009 in Consume, Food, People, Stuff and Suburbia. 20 Comments1) Did I ever tell you that I made these cookies, but that I made them with lime instead of lemon? They were delicious — the texture in particular was divine. I think I’m making these tonight. 2) I thought my friends were hippies for trying to make me try a neti pot, but when [...]
Protected: Conundrum
Published August 18th, 2009 in People and Suburbia. Enter your password to view comments.There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Published July 22nd, 2009 in Complaints Dept., Family, Money, Obligation, People and Work. Enter your password to view comments.There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Homogenous, Homogeneous
Published May 31st, 2008 in Celebrity, Education, Indiana, Language and People. 5 CommentsFantastic: After watching his sister try three times to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Sameer Mishra put himself on a mission. “I told my mom I was going to do the bee,” Sameer said. “And if I was going to do it, I was going to win it one day. And I guess it [...]
Madeline L’Engle died yesterday of natural causes: Madeleine L’Engle, who in writing more than 60 books, including childhood fables, religious meditations and science fiction, weaved emotional tapestries transcending genre and generation, died Thursday in Connecticut. She was 88. Her death, of natural causes, was announced today by her publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Ms. L’Engle [...]
I drove up to Chicago last night to catch part of Yearly Kos, and met Jill Filipovic and Amanda Marcotte finally after multiple years of online contact. Jill snuck me into a panel Amanda and Jessica Valenti were on called “Blogging While Female” and then got me an attendance bracelet to get into the Hillary [...]
Magical Negro Strikes Again?
Published February 28th, 2007 in Advertising, Entertainment, Movies, People and Religion. 17 CommentsObviously I haven’t seen “Black Snake Moan” yet, but I can’t get away from the buzz today. Several bloggers I respect are writing about the website and the trailers (see here in particular), and a particularly nasty discussion about the movie posters has erupted at Salon. It’s the interview with director Craig Brewer at Salon [...]
Well, isn’t that sweet. I’m still not buying your magazine.
That’ll Do, Pig. That’ll Do.
Published December 13th, 2006 in Assholes, Feminism, People and Pr0n. 4 CommentsConsidering that Joe Francis makes $40 million a year coercing young women to take their tops off with alcohol and peer pressure, it ain’t much. It is something: The founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video empire was sentenced to community service Wednesday for his company’s guilty plea to federal charges of failing to monitor [...]
A Congratulations to Mary Cheney
Published December 6th, 2006 in Asides, Assholes, GLBTQ and People. 0 CommentsReally. I agree with this one. Live the dream, Mary.
“Americans will know that, when they buy a diamond, it doesn’t make you an asshole with money, it can make you a person who’s empowering Africans.” Why, thank you, Russell Simmons. I too find bloodshed, enslavement, and civil war a truly empowering thing for all African nations. I’ll get one today! H/T
Yo, Macaca, Welcome to America!
Published September 30th, 2006 in Asides, Assholes, People and Politics and News. 6 CommentsThe George Allen Insult Generator
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