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Starbucks Story Tuesday: Grande Cameltoeccino

One of my favorite t-shirts is a navy blue Oakley shirt. It spells “Oakley” in the pattern of an eye chart, in that there is a big “O” on top and the rest of the letters are printed below it in progressively smaller siz…
Persistent Roundness

Can the universe explain why we have 2 eyes?? Let’s say that I’m sitting at a table at Starbucks. My traditional drip is too hot to drink so I just let it sit on the table to cool. Because I’m alone, and because I get…
Transcendent Insanity

In 2006, Mitch Cozad, the backup punter for the University of Northern Colorado football team, was arrested for allegedly stabbing Rafael Mendoza, the starting punter for said football team, in his kicking leg. Police sa…
Caffeine Universes

“Fuck. I’m going to be late.” Although the office didn’t normally close until 8:00pm, I left around 7:45pm that night. The office closed a little early that night but I still had some late work to take care of. It was T…
THIS is Socialism

First impressions are always interesting, especially if I am involved with them. No one knows this more than Delilah.Back in the fall of 1996 I was beginning my 2nd year at the University of California at San Diego. I wa…
Fuck a Chink

I spent about 3 months in Gainesville, Florida for a student internship. Gainesville is a little town in north-central Florida and it is best known for being the home of the Gators of the University of Florida. I worked…
Top Tracks, Etc.

According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: See the Light - Green DayMissing You - Tegan and SaraThe Best Damn Thing - Avril LavigneBlack Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT TunstallI W…
North By Northwest

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…
Starbucks Story Tuesday: Special Brew

I bring my laptop to Starbucks to work on stuff, which means that I need to use a table that is close to an electrical outlet. There are three such tables at the Starbucks that I go to, and one of them is a designated h…
The Reconstruction of Shane Varnet

Ten years ago Lauryn Hill released a song called Everything is Everything. I assumed that this song was about a concept that angsty college poets and coffee shop philosophers like to talk in excess about. It’s the conc…
Top Tracks, Etc.

According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: Freedom - Tegan and SaraSuperstar - Tegan and SaraWalking With a Ghost - Tegan and SaraLove Type Thing - Tegan and SaraProud - Tegan and…
MC Identity

There are two stores at the mall that make me feel like a complete douchebag whenever I walk into them. The first store is Abercrombie and Fitch, which I find to be extremely obnoxious. It seems counterproductive to me…
Every Year Has Thirteen Junes

It’s June and that traditionally heralds the beginning of wedding season. If you were born between the years of 1974 and 1980, then that probably means that you will a) be getting married sometime within the next three…
Starbucks Story Tuesday: Stir Stick

I’m a pretty normal guy and I live in a pretty normal city. Every morning I go to a pretty normal Starbucks where I get a pretty normal cup of coffee. I see pretty normal baristas, pretty normal high school students, a…
Solstice Reintroduction

My eyes have been bloodshot red for the past two weeks. This is the direct result of my new soft contact lenses. All soft contact lenses are composed of two things: 1) Plastic and 2) water. The differences between th…
Top Tracks, Etc.

According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: Womanizer - Britney SpearsDo You Miss Me? - Jocelyn EnriquezCome Out and Play - The OffspringSanteria - SublimeSwitch - TLCWhip-Smart -…
manilajones' Two Commandments

One of my most favorite sound bites in sports occurred after Super Bowl XXXIV, in which the St. Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans. In an interview immediately after the game, Rams quarterback Kurt Warner was asked ab…

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