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Your Parents Don't Know Everything

11.17.2009

I get frustrated when people, clearly distressed, defend their decisions and actions based on the old adage, “It’s how I was raised!” To which I like to respond with: “So what!?” I’m far less interested in how someone was raised because all that tells me is what someone’s parents believe; I’m interested in what the [...]

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Older and Wiser

04.07.2009

We ate at Perkin’s Restaurant for breakfast today and we were by far the youngest group in there.  Being in charge of the band’s tour money, I went up to the counter to pay for our meal.  I waited in line behind two geriatric patrons, one of whom was paying for his meal with loose [...]

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Faith-Based and Government? Of course!

02.05.2009

I lied in my previous post.  I had to make a quick remark on this article. President Obama will be revamping President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives.  I still am having trouble figuring out just why our federal government needs any such office, no matter how revamped it gets. President Obama said that the office: [...]

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Michael Phelps and America's Moral Ridiculousness

02.02.2009

Apparently Olympian Michael Phelps smoked weed.  He’s had to issue a public apology for his “bad judgement.” It’s time America got over its ridiculous moral snobbery when it comes to marijuana and those who smoke it. Watching the Super Bowl last night, every single commercial break had at least one spot advertising beer.  Alcohol is [...]

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Proposition 8 Proponents Forced Out of the "Closet"

01.31.2009

I wish I knew how to feel about this. Perhaps I’m already numb to the menality of those who supported Proposition 8.  Or maybe I already expect so little from them that this doesn’t surprise me.  Either way, it’s an interesting development in the ongoing marriage equality battle, and one that seems to give a [...]

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Where'd you meet? I'd rather not say.

01.30.2009

Last night while out with friends – all of whom were female – the topic of Internet dating somehow came up.  Naturally everyone starting whining and complaining about how awful their experiences were in the world of cyber courtship and how they only even signed up in the first place out of a sense of [...]

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Best Actor: Mickey Rourke

01.26.2009

Mickey Rourke deserves all of the Best Actor awards out there.  He’s won most of them so far, too, which half-surprises me: usually the movies/filmmakers that I pull for end up getting beat out by Clint Eastwood and/or Paul Haggis. Rourke lost the SAG Award to Sean Penn for his performance in “Milk.”  I enjoyed [...]

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Why Proposition 8 Failed

01.26.2009

The leaders of the No on Prop 8 movement gathered together at a summit last week to plan for the future and also to look back on the misteps of the previous push toward marriage equality.  The article shows that even amongst those involved in the campaign, there are different ideas on how best to [...]

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Insomnia and Insomnia

01.26.2009

What a forgettable movie. I remember the hype for this movie: Robin Williams at the pinnacle of his “dark” phase, paying back his actorly debt for starring in such awful tripe like “Patch Adams” and “Bicentennial Man.”  Al Pacino hoo-ahhing his way through the 2000s, riding a wave of goodwill from the 70s/80s.  Hilary Swank [...]

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Middle America is Beautiful

01.24.2009

I love this photo.  Kyle just told me about how he saw a whole exhibit of Eggleston’s photos and after searching for him, I found this. It looks like an amazing September evening in Michigan, but could be any number of places in the Midwest I’m sure.  It reminds me of: growing up in the [...]

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