January 2010
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“Edwards was not as careful as he could have been.”
– Duh.
This, despite 17 different ways he tried to pull this off. (Go look. It’s pretty incredible.)
He was almost* vice president.
Yes, I want to read Game Change and The Politician.
Yes, I would enjoy a compare/contrast betwixt the Rielle and the Monica, in terms the magnitude of damage...
The "Golden Girls" were 62, 63, 59 & 63... →
“Which is how old Jaclyn Smith, Loni Anderson, Jennifer Tilly and Suzanne Somers are now.”
And that, is also a show I would watch. (Wait, Jennifer Tilly? Really?) So I guess Jaclyn is Dorothy, Loni is Blanche, Suzanne is Rose, and we put Jennifer in old drag just like Estelle Getty (who I believe was the youngest of her crew too) and we have ourselves a show.
Fun oddity in this...
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“A greater majority of recruits have never been in a fistfight.”
– I was asked a million questions before I signed up, this was not one of them. Hi. You may call me Majority Stagg.
I learned this while reading bayonet training might be axed from Basic Training. And yes, I enjoyed using the sharp metal verb here very much.
In this new life where I take a great...
Clor-on-the-rox...
Me: Can you point me toward the laundry stuff?
Hardware Man: Right this way.
Me: Would you mind reaching down the bleach for me? Clearly I have a hot night planned.
Hardware Man: Like my mom always said, "There's no time to start drinking like the present."
The State of the Full Text... →
I don’t want to see the performance art piece, I want the script. So here’s the full text of last night’s speech, my preferred method of consumption. Less lavender behind the speaker this way. With absolute deference to my new code of public opinion, I will merely point out this singular highlight while acknowledging old habits sting a little when you change them:
And let’s...
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It Seems We Are at an IMpasse...
The world of social media is flat and I’m pretty sure I just got to the end like the cover of “Where the Sidewalk…” So you can’t friend a stranger on Facebook simply because his reply to one of your friends statuses made you laugh, but you could follow a stranger on Twitter for the same reason, and yet you have no where to worry about such things but your blog.
Lols....
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The Definitive Guide to Internet Privacy...
With the Pope advocating for an all-out blog-olution, and the top story at the New York Times being a very complicated and thorough step-by-step of how to protect your privacy on Facebook, it might be time for this. Want to keep it simpler and safer?
Here are Five Tips to Keeping Yourself Safe on the Internet:
You are your own best and only privacy setting. Do not post anything online you...
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“45% of American families have donated money for Haitian relief efforts.”
– Nearly half. Pretty amazing considering voter turnout in 2000 was 51%, and in 2008 61%. Now yes, that’s matching up families to voters, but it’s still converting knowledge into a decision into action. Plus, voting is free. Though maybe the lowering the barriers to giving has helped:...
That Would Be a Heck of a Souvenir...
Me: 'Kissed by a Rose' was my Senior Prom theme.
He: That's a little...grim, isn't it?
Me: I'm not sure the thinking was that symbolic. Junior Prom's theme was 'Tonight's the Night.'
He: You might as well just call it 'Pregnancy Pact' and get it over with.
Lights Out Leno... →
The White House Correspondents Association has picked Jay Leno — also known as this week’s most publicly unpopular stand-up comic — to headline the White House Correspondents Dinner in May.
So subversive.
The only real question that occurs to me amidst the War on Late Night is WHO LETS YOU PEOPLE STAY UP SO LATE? Honestly? Almost half a million in the I’m with CoCo...
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Reblog Regret...
So I think. Christopher Walken. Can see. My soul. Every time I look. At. My blog he’s there.
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Super-sets of Perspective... →
Yes. Running in the rain is less fun, but at least that rain is falling somewhere women are actually allowed to work out. I’m no Pollyanna, but different day, different thing to be glad about:
Health authorities in Jeddah have shut down an “illegal” women’s fitness centre attached to a hospital, closing one of the few venues where Saudi women are able to exercise, local...
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I Enlisted.
“Anyone who’s paid any attention to anything you’ve ever said, won’t be surprised in the least.”
SO. I enlisted.
In doing so, I’m facing the hardest personal challenge I can imagine. But I’ve decided when I’m done on this planet, I want to know that I could and I pushed myself until “could” became “did.” I’ve chosen...
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“This morning we stopped at a hardware store on our way to the hospital to find...”
– “We are operating, but it is not ‘operational’ yet.”
Dr. Mark Hyman in Haiti.
There’s nothing I can add to this but tears.
Check with Alanis, but Irony? Maybe? →
A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek after he was startled by his hands-free cell phone device escaped the sinking vehicle by blasting out the window with a handgun.
So what we can gather from this story:
Hands-free cell phone devices—DANGEROUS.
Guns—SAVE LIVES.
I’ll just be washing my ten thousands spoons now, don’t mind me.
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Who Wants to Watch "Fireproof" Next?
Me: Okay, I'll admit it: I wanted the husband she settled for who got cancer to die so she could be with the hot soldier she *really* loved. Cancer Husband said it was okay even!
Nicholas Sparks: You're a terrible person who paid no attention to the stuff I said about love.
Me: Who could? I was rooting for the guy with the autistic brother, tragically dead parents, and cancer to DIE. I was a little distracted.
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Virgin/Wow...
So I’m sitting at the movies alone waiting for New Moon to start and the Dear John trailer plays. In case the first sentence didn’t make it abundantly clear how awesome I am, I audibly appreciated it, the thing is so hot. And in case the second sentence doesn’t make it clear that makes me hate myself a little for it, well, watch it and get back to me.
I’m usually a...
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“Daddy tells me that this may be a hard year for the Democrats, since they have...”
– Look out now people — Avery Smith is running for Congress and has a blog. Oh yeah. Running in 2034, just as soon as she’s old enough. Avery’s almost three months old now, though appears in prose to be wise beyond her minutes. “I may only be 5 weeks old, but I don’t see...
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If Churchill Rode the 21-Hayes...
Stache: Dude. Uh-HEM. You cool? You got enough room there, or what?
Winston: No sir, I do not. But soon I shall get off the bus, and you will still be a rude turd burglar.
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Maybe Something in... Blue?
Facebook Bro: Is curious how the 2010 Men of the Islands calendar ended up on the wall of my bedroom?
Facebook Zoe: I am unsure how that conforms with the decor concept. I need a swatch of said calendar to see…
Me TXT: Ah. So like beachy hues with lots of texture and natural elements. And giant pecs.
ICE TXT: Yes. And maybe some essence of ball sweat aroma therapy candles.
Me TXT:...
“Some hospitals have reportedly cut the Livestrong wristbands from patients’...”
– Oh good gravy! As if they weren’t already terrifyingly ugly, their looks could kill (you)?
Livestrong wristband - Wikipedia
SING IT ALANIS
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Sugar & Spice & Everything Sigh...
Recognizing this is in full possession of the inch and in pursuit of the mile — I mean voting, whoo; working, holla — but there’s more. The gender chasm is a puppy dog’s tail from closure, and I want it.
Stepping out to run this morning, there was a strange dude on my corner. Now by strange, I mean I know the early-morning habits of every cat in a four-mile radius...