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Apartment Foto Friday #16

This is kind of personal. It’s hanging in my hallway. The thing about love that a lot of people don’t realize is that it isn’t necessarily supposed to make you happy. It’s fun if being in love brings happiness, but…
The Title of This Post is Overrated

At some point in the last ten years it became fashionable to be overtly knowledgeable about popular culture. The best way to show how much you know about pop culture is to be pretentious about it, and the best way to be…
Superficiality

There is a popular television show on Fox called 24. It chronicles the adventures of a federal agent turned rogue vigilante named Jack Bauer (played by Kiefer Sutherland) as he fights terrorists and thwarts their attemp…
Entitlement Game

(Note: This blog entry is really not about college football.) Tomorrow night the Sooners from the University of Oklahoma will face off against the Gators from the University of Florida in the FedEx BCS National Champio…
Transcending the White House with Purple Rain

For people who grew up in the 1980s, pop music revolved around three iconic men: Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna (although Madonna is technically a woman). Most people would agree that Michael Jackson is, overall,…
Re: Solution

Whenever I tell someone that I have a girlfriend they almost always resolutely respond with, “How in the name of Hollywood Undead is this possible?” I can understand where this sentiment comes from. The people who know…
All-American Irrationality

I don’t know much about the All-American Rejects. I don’t know where they’re from, what the names of the band members are, or what genre of music they’re (specifically) trying to sing. However, I do know two things abo…
The Real Feminist

Someone once said that I have the musical taste of a gay person. This may or may not be true. I don’t know anything about the musical preferences of the gay community. Right now I have Ingrid Michaelson, Liz Phair, Ka…
Heroes and Villains and the Battle for Pregnant Women

A recent study found that the single leading cause of death for pregnant women was murder, and that the murderer was usually an angry spouse or boyfriend. After reading this I asked several women if they would reconside…
F@k!ng N@m3s

Pink has a new album and I recently legally downloaded () it from Amazon.com. Immediately after legally downloading () it I added it to my iTunes library, but when I typed “Pink” into the search box it didn’t come up.…

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