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Fo Sho

You know what they say - you’re nobody until you can see your own house on google map street view.  Can any of you say that?  No, you can’t because you’re nobody, and I’m somebody!

Ma’am, the tests show your country is…special

So I was going to break some incredible news about how John McCain not only did indeed have an affair with that lobbyist, and not only is she HIS OWN ILLEGITIMATE GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, but she is ALSO descended from slaves John McCain owned before the Civil War! That will, however, have to wait for another day.
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America the Plebeian

It can be dangerous when a cynic is given internet access and, at the same time, becomes a passive observer to sometimes banal or ignorance-driven conversations concerning the likes of terrible music, movies, or Mike Huckabee. In times such as these, I frequently find myself agreeing strongly with Susan Jacoby’s articles featured […]

Culture: Come Back to Us

Now that most of my job involves standing in front of a stainless-steel counter and mixing pastry components (which is ok; there are much, much worse jobs that involve standing in front of a stainless steel counter, and all things considered I’d rather have my hands covered in dough than…other things), I listen to NPR […]