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This is the moment

By On November 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Politics

[Liveblogging throughout the day, because I want to remember as much of this as possible...]

11:45pm: Wow. President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama. Drop the “elect” and it rolls off the tongue. I’m kind of speechless, actually. It’s all over but the big speech; a speech that, after a string of amazing speeches, will be the [...]

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Six-Word Memoir

By On March 20, 2008 · 2 Comments · In Personal

Mine:
Always questioned authority; never feared failure.

Yours:
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Tagging: Salomé, Dan, Xia, Melissa, Earl and Phil.

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When politics gets personal for Latinos

By On February 8, 2008 · 9 Comments · In Personal, Politics

In reality, politics are without question a very personal matter but, partly due to the media’s focus on the horserace aspect of elections and partly due to the candidates often allowing themselves to be defined by labels (or at the least, trying to marginalize their opponents with them), most political debate occurs from a safe, impersonal distance. [...]

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International Delete Your Myspace Account Day

By On January 30, 2008 · 2 Comments · In Personal

[via Bloggasm, with a hat tip to Nick Mamatas] 

If you’re reading this and you’ve experienced any of the things on the list below, your account may be in need of deletion:

1. You rarely log in to Myspace except to delete spam friend requests from nude webcam girls.

2. You [...]

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High School Musical

By On January 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Personal

Taking a break from politics for some mindless memeing… 

Go to this convenient compilation site right here http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php and find the five years you were in high school. For each year, admit to the song that was your favorite at the time, then decide which one you now generally consider to be the [...]

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