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Los Cerritos

I download music and I don’t pay for it. Regardless of what the music industry thinks (this includes artists, producers, and executives), I don’t consider it stealing. It’s not stealing because I’m not taking anything…
Seattle Rock City

Everyone in Los Angeles is predicting that an earthquake will rock the city any day now. The majority of Los Angelenos are not seismologists (per se), but everyone seems to be convinced that an earthquake will occur som…
Three Stories at Starbucks

I’ve been doing a lot of writing lately, and I’ve been spending almost all of my free time at a local Starbucks trying to get some work done. Sadly, I have the attention span of a 2-year old. I can’t seem to get any wo…
It’s Not Complicated™

When indicating your relationship status on Friendster, your options are “single”, “in a relationship”, “engaged”, “married”, and “it’s complicated™”. I don’t know what the deal is with the “trademark” symbol on “it’…
Divorce Insurance Policy

(Last night I was engaged in an intriguing online conversation with an internet friend in Idaho. We were talking about American Idol contestant David Cook’s rendition of "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey. She claimed…
Cultural Rhyme Scheming

Whenever people ask me what I think makes up a good rapper (which never happens), I compare for them the rap styles of Mos Def and Peril-L (of the Mountain Brothers). Here are four lines from Ms. Fat Booty by Mos Def:…
One Thing You Can't Begrudge a Kid is His Dumb Shit

I heard that for every bit of useless knowledge that your brain absorbs, you actually lose an equal amount of useful knowledge. Here is a sample of some useless knowledge I’ve managed to accrue during my 29 year tenure…
Musical Musings

I don’t really know what my friends think of me. I don’t know if they think I’m cool. I don’t know if they think I’m funny. For all I know they might think of me as a big dumb douchenozzle. The only thing I know is t…
Feminism

Someone once said that I have the musical taste of a gayperson. This may or may not betrue. I don’t know anything about the musicalpreferences of the gay community. Rightnow I have Ingrid Michaelson, Liz Phair…

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