Posted in Personal on Feb 23rd, 2008
There’s a list of political opinions attributed to CBS commentator Andy Rooney which has been circulating for a while. I’d like to point out first of all that not only did he not write this piece, but he has condemned the content, calling it “nasty, mean, and totally inconsistent with [his] philosophy on life.” Details [...]
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Posted in Personal on Feb 20th, 2008
“ppl” is not an acceptable abbreviation for an academic assignment. It just isn’t — not even in a timed, hand-written test. I don’t even like looking at it in actual text messages. You had time for that useless paragraph restating the prompt, you have time for three extra letters. Just cut it out, ok? Please?
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Posted in Personal on Feb 8th, 2008
From a post on Alternet by Melissa McEwan, on the subject of this country’s potential outbreak of it’s Nader infection:
AlterNet: Blogs: Democracy and Elections: The Return of Nader
Nader also rejects the “spoiler” label many Democrats have applied to him since 2000, when his candidacy was blamed in some circles for helping [...]
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Posted in Personal on Feb 1st, 2008
I’m a bit particular about my movie-going experience. You might even say I’m a bit of a jerk about it, at least if you’re one of those people who likes to opine out loud about the film. No, sir, I will not relax. You may not talk to the movie until you’re watching it on [...]
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