December 2011
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I just left Facebook. Again.
[ I start negative and cynical, but I go somewhere positive.] I don’t care that you just got a pedicure. I don’t care that you and three other friends I’ve never met are about to have a night on the town. I don’t care what political candidate you have been led to support through your shallow, uninformed, and impetuous selection process.  I don’t care that you just...
Dec 31st
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10 of The Craziest Things Newt Gingrich Has Ever... →
Dec 26th
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Someone just told me I’m more attractive that Don Draper. Is this real life? More to the point, should I be filing blasphemy charges? 
Dec 25th
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WOD
Row 2.5K 50 Pull-ups 50 Back extensions 200ft ladder climb 30 toes-to-bar And some other random stuff.  
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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“I don’t want to be the best lover you’ve ever had, I just want to be...”
– Derrick Brown, Hot for Sorrow
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Let's get some interactivity going here. Ask me... →
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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“Deliver me from Swedish furniture. Deliver me from clever art…...”
– Chuck Palahniuk
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again....”
– Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho (1983) Thinking of a new blog title from this. “Fail Better” instead of “Conspicuously Discreet.” What do you think?  Update: I changed it.
Dec 21st
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ListenThrow Away Your Television - Red Hot Chili...
Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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“With this defense authorization act, Congress will, for the first time in 60...”
– Al Franken (via azspot)
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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“I got a lot of emails from people saying, ‘Why can’t you just keep it clean?...”
– Louis CK on emails from people who have seen some of his clean stand-up [full interview here] (via nprfreshair)
Dec 14th
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To be honest,
Facebook “evangelism” gets under my skin. 
Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Listen“Countdown” - Jupiter One About to...
Dec 10th
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WatchWatch
Ah, Fox News, just can it. You sound like bratty children who don’t have anything real to tattle about. 
Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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“The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art’s...”
– (via journalofanobody) And this is the audience’s fault, and this is the artists’ fault. The former needs to rethink values in an ever materialistic world, and the latter needs to make an effort to be less dadgum esoteric. 
Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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ListenYou Really Got A Hold On Me - She & Him I may...
Dec 5th
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andiegee123 asked: Do you believe in second chances?
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 1st
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The Cognitive Benefits Of Chewing Gum →
 Chewing without eating seems like such a ridiculous habit, the oral equivalent of running on a treadmill. And yet, people have been chewing gum for thousands of years, ever since the ancient Greeks began popping wads of mastic tree resin in their mouth to sweeten the breath. Socrates probably chewed gum. It turns out there’s an excellent rationale for this long-standing cultural habit: Gum is...
Dec 1st