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Sounding Off with manilajo n e s

There is a school of thought that says that a woman’s level of intelligence is inversely proportional to how good-looking she is. This may or may not be true. I don’t really know if most hot women are stupid or if most…
Starbucks Story Tuesday: Coffee Creamer

Even though I’ve known of Meredith at Starbucks for over a year now, it’s only been over the past few months that I’ve developed a quasi-crush on her. I’m certain that this crush is just an illusion. I know that I have…
Top Tracks, Etc.

Someone made a fan page for my blog on Facebook. This is not a lie. According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: Girlfriend - Avril LavigneWhip Appeal - BabyfaceAlone - Avril Lavig…
The Personal Fame Epidemic

I don’t know Lady Gaga personally, so I don’t know if she is purposely trying to piss me off, but every time I hear her “hit song” Poker Face I feel like ripping my ears off the sides of my head. Now, I’m not an artist,…
Christianity Never / Yesterday Forever

Barack Obama is probably not a socialistic Muslim terrorist. He’s probably not even a Muslim. From what I have seen, it has been well documented that he’s a devout Christian and he goes to Church every Sunday, regardle…
Starbucks Story Tuesday: Brevenoia

Something peculiar has been going on with the Starbucks baristas for the past two weeks. Except for one or two of them, they generally don’t care about me or acknowledge my existence, even though I’ve been going there…
Blood, Sweat, and Years

On Saturday night I found myself overlooking northern Orange County from atop a hill, and this immediately reminded me of the view from atop Mt. Soledad in San Diego. When I was in college Mt. Soledad was generally a pl…
Top Tracks, Etc.

According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: One Wrong Foot - P!nkBlue School - Blue ScholarsI'm Feeling You (featuring Michelle Branch & The Wreckers) - SantanaSpeechless - Mus…
Facebook is Good; You Are Bad

I love Facebook. Facebooking is fun! Like most people in today’s day and age, I enjoy being able to know what’s going on with people I pretend to care about (and vice-versa). The best part about the Facebook experien…
The Ho Tax

One of the major issues that figures prominently on many Americans’ choice on who to vote for in Presidential elections is taxes. Generally speaking, the Democrats favor taxes to fund public programs and the Republicans…
Starbucks Story Tuesday: Aged Espresso

There’s an old lady named Betty who occasionally hangs out at Starbucks. She’s very sweet because she talks to everyone at the store, but she’s kind of crazy because no one knows what the hell she is ever talking about.…
Music Majority

Later this week thousands of people will flock to the Mojave Desert for the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. For three days in Indio, California, concert goers will endure the heat of the grueling Califo…
Top Tracks, Etc.

According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: Mysteries We Understand - Sophie B. HawkinsSummer Sunshine - The CorrsLet Me Let You Know - P!nkIn This City - Iglu & HartlyUniverse…
God's Blog

Here’s what I don’t understand about people who follow the Bible. I can understand that, although the Bible is thousands of years old, people believe it is still relevant to the modern world because it was written with…
Engagement Ring = Divorce Insurance

One of my favorite TV shows of all time was Friends, and whenever there is absolutely nothing good on TV I usually find myself watching a DVD from my Friends collection. Three nights ago I was watching an episode from s…
Starbucks Story Tuesday: Failure Frappuccino

Whenever I go to Starbucks I almost always get regular coffee or some kind of espresso drink. I don’t usually get their Frappuccinos because they don’t do anything for my insatiable need for caffeine. But I will get th…
My Relationship Advice

(This post was inspired by Jay-Z's 99 Problems.) I don’t know exactly what the purpose of being in a relationship is, but I have an idea. It’s nice to have someone to have dinner and go to weddings with. It’s good to…
Top Tracks, Etc.

According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories No Rest For the Weary - Blue ScholarsPony - FarDon't Let Me Get Me - P!nkOn a Sunday…
Lisa Loeb's Nostalgic Propaganda

Everyone says that the best years of your life are the ones that you spend in college. This might be true. For four years it seemed that my life’s primary objective was to have no objective at all, which resulted i…
Duality (Every Other Line)

sometimes I feel like I’m the only person in the world. if you take away my soul and my essence, what’s left of my life? a closer look: you may notice that this is nonsense. it’s because no one wants to deal with a…

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