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Total Recall
If you’ve been reading this here Web site for a few years, you’re probably very aware of how I feel about the Segway. You’re probably so aware of how I feel about the Segway, you’re probably sick of hearing me say it. Seriously, I have had several not so pleasant run-ins with Segway owners (see…
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Wax On. Hair Off.
We’re leaving on Saturday. For a week we’ll be spending our days near a pool and a great big lake, surrounded by giant Florida bugs and 90-degree weather. (100+ if you count the humidity.) I’ll be wearing a bathing suit. A lot. The last time I visited the salon, I asked the woman to “clean…
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Forbidden Thoughts. Five Years Later.
One year after September 11th, 2001, Salon published a rather controversial article called Forbidden Thoughts and Forbidden Letters where people anonymously wrote in and shared their thoughts no matter how bad they seemed. Some thoughts seemed so very harsh, others were disturbingly callous, and still others were bizarrely comical. That publication has stuck with me…
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Soccer, Homemade Ravioli, and Flying.
Tobyjoe is leaving for Boston today. He’s heading up there to attend a Ruby on Rails class. And I’m stuck here all by myself. My soccer league starts tomorrow and although my team doesn’t yet have a name, and our game is all the way up in Foreverawayville (138th Street), I’m looking forward to trying…
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Narcissism? Let's Be Honest.
Immediately following the news about the Crocodile Hunter, a chorus of dramatic comments and stories rode in on a tidal wave of narcissism. Have you ever noticed, that no matter what the news story many bloggers will find whatever way possible to talk about him or herself? We’re so thoughtful and creative and amazing and…
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It's a Good Thing I Chose The Post. Look at What the Daily News Readers Are Up To.
I do believe that this photograph might very well be the most distressing photo Tobyjoe has ever taken. I was there at the time and for some reason it’s even worse on film. Also, there are several more shots up at The New York Post Project. Swing by, kittens.
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Our Hole.
By now everyone has heard what Mr. Nagin said to 60 Minutes reporter, Byron Pitts. If you haven’t, I’ll repeat it. Byron Pitts confronted him about how he’s taking too long to clean up after Hurricane Katrina. To which Nagin replied, “You guys in New York can’t get a hole in the ground fixed and…
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Drama Hits JDate
Seriously, y’all, this is the funniest and most screwed up thing I have read about or heard in years. I had to share it.
