June 2012
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OK, OK, You've got your rights ...
… but lets say you don’t buy health insurance, and then something catastrophic happens. Like you flip you’re Chevy whilst doing donuts in a parking lot after last call? Or the breakfast at Hardees catches up with you, and you develop diabetes a little earlier than expected? Or a fellow hunter mistakes you for an obese chunk of orange venison and sprays you with buckshot? Who pays...
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The Entertainment, Digital Media and My...
Here’s entry number 9 on the 15 books that make you undateable list from Flavorpill.
I’m reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
Ugh. What a sentence. If you stop reading now, no one will blame you. “Who does this fucking pseud, this Q-list character actor with an English BA from a safety school think he is?” I hear you. Go with God.
I was under the impression that a very smart friend of...
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A Moment on the A2IM awards
Which is so indie they had a Q-level sitcom recurring guest star host their show tonight, and he had a blast. The Libera Awards, or ‘Libbies’ are presented to independent labels and their artists in a broad cross-section of categories that showcase the hard work these guys do to get music out to people without corporate interference. Awards included Independent Album of the Year, Road...
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ONE SEMESTER ABROAD
Meghan lived in a numb cocoon before she spent a semester in London. Once she deplaned at Heathrow, she immersed herself in the ‘culture,’ which meant that she had tea at 4 o’ clock and while none of her friends were doing carbs she polished off a scone or if she was feeling ‘cheeky,’ a piece of chocolate chip shortbread. Her girlfriends were also excited to be here, and assimilated to a...
Amy Connolly amyart.co.uk: Weird London - The Old... →
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The Old Operating Theatre is an open museum in London Bridge. It is literally that, an Old Operating Theatre. Up the tiny spiral staircase and through a book shop of medical mysteries is a museum dedicated to preserving this hospital room in the roof of a Baroque…
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The very white poetry of 'Mad Men' | Capital New... →
Here’s a great piece on the (off-screen) racial dynamic of the “Mad Men.”
I’m one of those white guys who loves “The Wire,” and I think that calling McNulty “sage” proves that Boone stopped watching after the pilots cold open. That said, he raises a very interesting point about what White Viewers want to watch, and the point where our empathy turns...
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Ted Leo (who, to no one's surprise, writes very... →
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