November 2010
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Dear First Lady Michelle, →
Dear Michelle,
Can I borrow some money so we can move into an apartment and buy a new Mustang convertible? I don’t mean to waste money. I will use some of the money to buy a drum set and have a cool pool. Can I have $10,000 to buy my passport to go to Las Vegas? Send me a picture of the White House and the statue of Abraham Lincoln.
— LUIS MOLINA, age 10, Los Angeles
How excited do you...
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Study: One in Three South African Men Admit to... →
A 2010 study led by the government-funded Medical Research Foundation says that in Gauteng province, home to South Africa’s most populous city of Johannesburg, more than 37 percent of men said they had raped a woman. Nearly 7 percent of the 487 men surveyed said they had participated in a gang rape….
A survey by the same organization in 2008 found that 28 percent of men in ...
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The Future Knocks Again →
Thank you to one David Rakoff, who finally convinced me, after 24 years, that the fact I never went to Disney as a kid was not a sign of deprivation. In fact, I now realize I should actually be thankful my parents shielded me from such a gag-inducing orgy of consumerism and artifice. (An alternate version of this epiphany-inspiring article appears in his excellent new book, Half Empty, which...
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Unlearning to Tawk Like a New Yorker →
The New York accent is a distinctive amalgam of Irish, German, Yiddish and Italian — now infused with black and Hispanic dialects and a Caribbean lilt — that was identified at least as far back as the early 19th century….A 1940 study by two New York University professors found that the New York accent was the most widely disliked style of speech in the United States.
So interesting....
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whydoihaveablog:
I’m thankful for…how my grandmother still cuts my turkey off of the rotting, fleshy carcass for me so I don’t have to see that it came from an actual animal with bones and stuff.
Ignorance is second best to veganism, never forget that. Never be afraid to settle for silver.
I know it’s hypocritical that I even eat meat when I cannot handle seeing it raw or being...
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Albums Rocking My World Lately
Not that I have particularly good taste in music…but if you’re looking for something to listen to, I recommend:
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green
Up from Below - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Easy Wonderful - Guster
Invented - Jimmy Eat World
Everything Under the Sun - Jukebox the Ghost
Let Live and Let Ghosts - Jukebox the Ghost
My Beautiful...
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Red Flag #83
When a dude refers to other dudes as “cats.” Case in point.
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American Guy In Paris Freed From The Idea Of... →
I’m glad no dudes tried to pull this shit when I was in Paris, or I would have had to slap a lot of le faces. Although, I suppose the fact that I was with my 6’3”, 220-lb. college boyfriend the whole time meant I was pretty safe.
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Deliveryman for a Day →
A typical New York pizza deliveryman makes about $60 per shift, or $300 a week, assuming five shifts. That’s a little more than $15,000 a year for a full-time position.
I guess I need to start tipping even more…
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People with Moles Less Prone to Aging →
Moles or beauty spots…are formed by rapidly dividing cells that start producing dots of dark pigment on children as young as four, but which usually vanish from about the age of 40.
In some people, however, they continue to spread as they grow older, producing a smooth and wrinkle-free complexion that can make a woman look at least seven years younger than her real age.
That...
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