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The Day That Love Failed Me

I don’t understand the mind of an arsonist. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I can understand some arsonists. I can understand someone who is so broke from the economic recession that he burns down his home in orde…
The iPod Conundrum

One of the most important events in the history of the modern era was the release of the iPod in 2001. But before that, the very first mp3 player I ever owned was a Rio digital music player in 1999. It was 32mB big and…
The Barista and the One (A "manilajones Forever" Epilogue)

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Dreams of the Weak

Last Monday I had a dream that I was a professional basketball player for the American Basketball Association in 1972. Our team played exceptionally well throughout the season, but failed to clinch a playoff berth by vi…
manilajones Forever

There is a popular feel-good saying that goes, “Dance as if nobody is watching.” I generally agree with the sentiments of liberation and un-inhibition expressed by this phrase. Of course, I don’t take this expressi…
This is What I Did on Sunday

(There are fundamentally two types of blogs on Xanga: (1) There is the daily journal in which people chronicle every detail of their lives, and (2) there is everybody else. I am part of the “everybody else” group and th…
Love vs. Compromise, Part Two

A few months ago I posted an entry called "Love vs. Compromise" inwhich I explained why compromise undermines the integrity of true love. The majority of the feedback disagreed with me. Most people felt thatcompro…
Competitive Dating

The city of Boston has had a lot to be proud of over the past several months in regards to sports. Last fall the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. Last year Boston College had a highly successful football season aft…
Grudge Pounding

There is a Judd Apatow comedy out right now called Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In a nutshell, it’s about a dude who gets dumped by his girlfriend Sarah Marshall, who’s been cheating on him behind his back for over a year…
Marriagetime in the LBC

I don’t practice Santeria. I don’t even know what the hell that is! The extent of my knowledge of Santeria is that it might have something to do with people from the Caribbean. But, I also know that it’s the title of…

manilajones

- Name: Shane Varnet™
- Country: United States
- State: California
- Metro: Los Angeles
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 4/13/2006
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