Recent Blog Posts
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Shape
You know what the absolute worst part of not working out for a long time is?The first time back. That’s when you’re slapped in the face with the fact of how utterly out of shape you are, and how far you have to go until you’re back at a point more closely resembling where you…
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Perspectives on the Huffington Post suit
A group of volunteer bloggers who have written for the Huffington Post have come together in a class-action lawsuit against the newly AOL-owned site to the tune of $105 million, headed by a journalist called Jon Tasini. Their argument is that HuffPo has taken advantage of them and owes them back pay for all of…
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It’s as if they’re trying to give Colbert material…
Colbert has been tweeting all sorts of non-factual statements about Kyl today. A sampling: Jon Kyl calls the underside of his Senate seat: “The Booger Graveyard.” #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl sponsored S.410, which would ban happiness.#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl has the world’s most extensive catalogue of snuff films.#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl once ate a badger he hit with his…
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On being “gender atypical”
I’ve written before about how LGBT issues are ultimately about gender role conformity in general, and Dan Savage posted on that topic today in relation to the It Gets Better Project: Got this question last night at Cornell University… Cornell professor Ritch Savin-Williams said in the New York Times that he’s concerned that it’s not…
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“I have a suicide”
In Colorado Springs yesterday, an elderly man called police to report his own suicide: At about 8:15 a.m. the 74-year-old man called 911 to report “he had a suicide,” according to the police report. When a dispatcher asked for more information, he replied, “Hold your ears,” then the dispatcher heard a gun discharge, according to the…
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Historical tweets
Scott Johnson at Extralife imagines what might have happened if Twitter had always been around: I love this idea. I also love the fact that they’re all “tweeting” on whatever communication device might have been available at the time. It made me immediately start to imagine tweets that could have been made by famous historical…