February 2011
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Feb 1st
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January 2011
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Jan 28th
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Disclosure
All of that is not to say I don’t support Egyptians, or Tunisians, or Yemenis.  I truly do!  A widespread disruption of dictatorships across the region is pretty incredible and democracy would be great, because I have absolutely no concept of what it would be like not to have my life, liberty, and property, and everyone should have the same! *Except also just because people are fighting...
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Predictions for tonight's State of the Union
Excessive clapping Clapping for no reason Not clapping for no reason People sitting with arms crossed shaking their heads Inappropriate politicized mention of Gabby Giffords Rep. Joe Wilson will yell out “Pot Pie!” over the fact that he unfortunately forgot to eat dinner Media will offer countless comments on the “will they, won’t they” of Supreme Court Justice...
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Boring Best Picture Nominations
Black Yawn Insleeption The Pushover The Kids are at the Mall, Probably Hot Topic The King’s Speech* 127 Hours (nuff said) The Social Networking Party Where Everyone Talks About Their Beemers Toy Story 3 (I couldn’t think of anything for this one) True Sit** Winter’s Nap *Speeches are boring! **Ha!
Jan 25th
Listenbeenthinking: The Greatest Sum - The Avett...
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 13th
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a bright wall in a dark room.: A Year in Review →
brightwalldarkroom: SOME MOVIES I SAW IN 2010 Black Swan I’ll begin with what I liked about Black Swan: Clint Mansell.  He is an incredible composer.  That combined with the sound design made the movie worth complimenting!  Please throw the rest away, except perhaps Vincent Cassel’s performance.  That was pretty good.  And Winona Ryder if only because she has lost the ability to say no to...
Jan 12th
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“Politico’s Jonathan Martin wrote Monday that Palin may soon have to decide...”
– HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Yes, it is simply a matter of choice for her to live up to Reagan or not. Actually, I don’t want to post this, but also don’t want to delete it (what?).  I don’t want to be the kind of person who’s going to cut down someone arbitrarily like that.  And...
Jan 11th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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“I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever...”
– Justice Thurgood Marshall, first black Supreme Court Justice, 1987.
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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On meeting Matthew Allard
This has been sitting in my Drafts for too long now.  Matt and I did not have drinks last week.  It was last year! (Yuck yuck yuck).  I don’t know what happened.  I think it was a confluence of being in a bad mood at the time and then losing the steam I wanted to write about.  Anyway, Last week, I had the good fortune to enjoy a drink with Matthew Allard, the acclaimed author of to slow...
Jan 5th
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