ramblings

The Ultimate Thing Costume

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A few weeks back, I received an email with the subject line “awesome costume.” This email simply contained a link to a site which detailed in steps how someone went about creating a fantastic Thing costume For those that don’t know, he is one member of the Fantastic Four. I’ve been meaning to post it […]

ramblings

Mr. T Has Given Up The Gold

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Yes, you read that headline correctly fool. Mr. T has given up his gold for good after witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. In his own words, ”As a spiritual man, I felt it would be a sin against my God for me to wear all that gold again because I spent a lot of […]

music

"Sunday, Bloody Sunday" as sung by W

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Someone had a lot of time on their hands and spliced together this terrific video of George Bush singing U2’s hit song “Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Its pretty damn funny and weirdly catchy. Enjoy! Via Chris

politics

Israel With a "War" on Two Fronts

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Israel is now fighting the Lebanese in the north and Palestinians in the south. I am very worried that it will attack Syria too very shortly and with America right next door in Iraq, who knows how ugly this is going to get. I’m glad my friend Mendy got back from Israel last night – […]

sports

Do You Love "Jogo Bonito"?

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Even though the WC is over, I’m still going to post about footie. If you love it like I do, or simply pay attention to Nike ads, you might know that Jogo Bonito means “beautiful game” in Portuguese. If you are a Brazil supporter, you may want to find out what your Brazillian name is […]

politics

Hillary's Minimum Wage Bill

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I’ve been on vacation but now I’m back. I just sent the following note to the junior Senator from NY: Dear Senator Clinton: I’m outraged that Congress has given itself $31,600 in raises in the past nine yearswhile those earning the minimum wage haven’t seen a single increase. I’m sick of Congress leaving working families […]

politics

Bingo Is Under Water

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First New Orleans and now Binghamton. All of my favorite cities are getting flooded these days. The NY Times has an article about how badly hit my alma mater’s city is right now which I posted after the jump. I wonder if the Sports Bar is totally and utterly under water… What to Do? For […]

politics

We Are Losing The War On Terror

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An article in today’s Detroit News details a study that simply states that the United States is losing its fight against terrorism and the Iraq war is the biggest reason why. Before you start complaining about who exactly was intereviewed for this study, of the experts queried, 45 identified themselves as liberals, 40 said they […]

literature

Tony Hendra: Who he is and why I interviewed him

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Recently I posted my review about The Messiah of Morris Avenue, a great debut novel by Tony Hendra. Through the power of social networking and email, I recently had the opportunity to interview this author and greatly enjoyed doing so because I not only found the book interesting and engaging but he coincidentally is the […]

television

Harvard's Family Guy

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Seth MacFarlane, the creator of “Family Guy,” gave a speech at Harvard Day this year and it was fantastic. He does the voices of Peter, Stewie and Quagmire while giving some sage advice. It’s seriously awesome. Enjoy! Via Kantro