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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Sentences that should've been rephrased

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Christine O'Donnell walked off the set of her interview with Piers Morgan after he probed her
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Nothing to see here, folks, move along, step lively

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So it seems that this 18-year-old girl in Australia was found with what was purported to be a "booby trap" type of device around h...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Why would she do this to me, that's all.

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I just want to know why she'd do this to me. Why would who do what? Why would Jane Wiedlin, at whose hotness I once fell at her feet....
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Saturday, August 06, 2011

So go figure.

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In the first 10 minutes of this WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Maron reads some e-mails. One of them is from me. He doesn't read my nam...
Monday, August 01, 2011

Again indulging that occasional habit of Amazon reviewing

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Talking to Girls About Duran Duran , by Rob Sheffield.

It's time for the annual try

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And now, four completely unrelated matters. 1. Tuesday, September First, will be my birthday. 2. iTunes sells gift certificates; I have a ...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

A New Feature

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You in my vast reading audience are familiar by now with the fun I like to have with headlines. "Headlines That Should Have Been Rephr...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

I'm beginning to think John Boehner may not be the wisest of men

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Hello. If you follow the doings in our government, you may remember this incident a few months ago: House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

That's the funniest thing I've heard in years

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"As hours pass and the uncertainty builds, I think the market is starting to price in the potential that we might not have a solution b...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

I've been dissed by the star of one of my favorite shows!

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Holy shit. Okay, quick backstory. About a month ago, MoveOn.Org ran a clip from the Roseanne show under the headline, What If Everyone Und...
Monday, July 25, 2011

And if that doesn't just say it all.

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With pressure mounting on Congress and the White House to ensure the government doesn't default on its debt, the latest Democratic offer...
Friday, July 22, 2011

I ask for your forgiveness in advance

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Just reading an article about the killings in Norway today . And I want to be clear that I'm as horrified by the thought of them as I h...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

A choice of replies

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Paris Hilton storms off TV interview after being called a has-been 1. Don't you have to have once been something in order to be a has-...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

They couldn't have just turned on a TV, I suppose. (Edited w/addition)

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I'm not saying journalism all over the world has other problems than the Murdochs...but I did just notice something. If you read news i...
Monday, July 18, 2011

See, this is how you know you've crossed some sort of a line.

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If You Offer To Masturbate For Her, Sophie Monk WILL Get In Touch With You.
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Appeals to the public? I wouldn't be so sure of that...

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There's an old saying. I've seen it attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, and I've seen it attributed to a "French radical." I...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Gracious. Don't tell me I offend.

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Got a nice note from a fella screennamed "joe_h," who informs me that You have suckass taste in women. This is in reaction to an...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Oh, no no no no no no no no no...

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Mars Needs Moms didn't fall flat soon enough to stop this future eyesore from being made. Spielberg doesn't understand animation m...
Thursday, July 07, 2011

To coin a phrase: This is obviously some new usage of the word "responsibility" I wasn't previously aware of

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Orrin Hatch: The 'Poor' Should Do More To Shrink Debt, Not The Rich "I hear how they're so caring for the poor and so forth...

I'd like to start a rumor--tee hee--that Demi Moore's daughter's real father is Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins

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"...a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice."
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