i apologize in advance.

30Apr08

peter made me make this muxtape, but it my first and not my best effort, because half my stuff isn’t mp3, for which i temporarily hate apple, although it is partly my fault.  i’ll make another one, soon, and it will be better.  the guiding principle here is that i went through my mp3 files [...]

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affichistes

30Apr08

those of you who know me, know my feelings about Bansky.  now, he’s got some competition. 

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some things are not interchangable.

30Apr08

From one of my listservs:
“My Bad: Seems like Lou Rawls has been dead for a couple of years…So instead
of a Lou Rawls concert…it is actually Lou Reed..sorry didn’t mean to scare
anyone…and, also, the date is Friday May 2, not May 3 which would be a
Saturday…all else remains the same…$200.00 or best offer…8:00 pm show…”

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29Apr08

“Ivy League Prof Sues Students for Being Mean to Her.” Read the comments, too.
Also, whiles we’re at it: “Tight Baggy Jeans Achieve Holy Grail of Pants.”

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go-on o’er there.

29Apr08

Grad skool rulz #19: Words for women.

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no you didn’t

28Apr08

how could nerve vote this only the third greatest comedy sketch of all time?

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tgif, although that doesn’t solve anything

25Apr08

It is clear that the story of my life will be punctuated by a series of incidents where public figures engage in acts of racial discrimination and mistreatment, and call it justice. Today’s incident: the Sean Bell verdict. 50 bullets? Dear god. I certainly hope to hear from my man ‘bama [...]

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hug yer gramz

24Apr08

but i can’t help it.  this was adorable to start with (see the set, gratis, SS), and THEN there’s a duet with gram:

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rice, ne win’s government, classrooms, public transportation…

24Apr08

“Tun Lin refers to the years under Ne Win as “the time of the green spectacles”. To look at something through green spectacles, he explained, is to look at a thing that is bad and be forced to think of it as good. The phrase has a curious history. The battles and bombs of the [...]

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they never use apple

24Apr08

the kids-without-proper-grades over at brown university (whoot! for me hometown) decided to throw cream pies at Thomas Friedman yesterday.  there’s a video and a list a reasons here.  basically, they just don’t like his ideas.

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