The day after the presidential election, America woke up with a hangover: the realization that, despite taking a giant step forward in living up to the founding ideals of this nation by electing our first African-American president, California took a step back. Prop 8 passed with a not-so-narrow margin, banning gay marriage in one of [...]
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In the modern tradition of ugly word smashing (see also: vlog, Brangelina), a nasty little neologism has woven itself into our economically depressed 2008 lives: staycation. A staycation is when you take some time off of work, but you don’t actually go anywhere, since airline rates and gas prices are through the roof, and you [...]
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After reading this article from the Washington Post this morning, I was ready to give up on humanity. Apparently the recent strain on the US economy is forcing families to make financial sacrifices, and one of them is giving up their pets and sticking them in shelters. Well-behaved, deserving pups out on the streets!
(By [...]
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You know Heidi, you’re right. I don’t care that you’re voting for John McCain. And it’s not because I’ve never seen a full episode of Laguna Beach or The Hills. It’s because just by reading the rag mags and gossip websites, I can tell you’re an airhead and do not deserve the second rate fame [...]
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Could I love Tina Fey anymore? SNL returned this weekend hosted by the lady head-writer herself. Although I didn’t catch the whole show (who knew I’d so easily forget about television once all the good stuff had been off the air for months and months?), I thought her monologue on Weekend Update was brilliantly delivered:
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/index.shtml#mea=221773
I [...]
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Ahem! I’m about to talk about politics. This doesn’t happen often, so write down the date.
Mitt Romney was criticized in Slate recently for evading questions about his faith.
[Even though he had been quoted saying "The [Mormon] Church says that Christ appears and splits the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. … And then, over a thousand [...]
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