I know all I do is link to Slate each time I write, but man! I love it there! It is a warm and fuzzy place, full of hilarity and democracy! Today, there is a piece involving the confidential medical experiment Bush and Cheney participated in back in 1972.
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Want to make a fabulous birthday present, one that will inspire awe and/or crying? Here’s how!
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Have y’all read the transcript of Jon Stewart’s appearance on “Crossfire”? I didn’t know you were allowed to say “dick” on CNN.
When we were about 14 or so, my friend Vicki Nelson and I liked to hang out at this flea market.
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Slate asked novelists to weigh in on who they’re voting for in November. I read the results with fear, waiting for horrid explanations from writers I respect and love. Although the teaser on the front page reads, “Surprise: Some are for Bush,” I was glad to see that I’d never read anything by those people anyway.
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I’ve refrained from commenting about the debates (or really any other political issue) because there are lots of people out there who do it better. But reading this in Slate today affirmed that I was not the only one who was shrieking a bit while watching Edwards v. Cheney Tuesday night:
Biggest Nonverbal Mistake: Edwards’ frequent sips of water from that black coffee mug. I realize a man needs to wet his whistle now and then, but every time Edwards swallowed, he let his tongue loll outside his mouth for a brief, terrible moment, like a camel ruminating in the desert sun. I came to dread those sips. There is not a politician out there whose tongue I want to see more of. Less political tongue in ‘04, that’s my motto.
I made a delicious dinner last night…well, delicious if you like burned things, excessively salty things, and bland things.
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Yesterday Mrs. Floon was working late, and her husband called her on her cell phone. Mrs. Floon’s boss was in her office, and did not leave when the phone rang.
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Anyone want to buy a crusty, run-down, delapidated, nasty house full of junk and dog poo and with the words peace and love written all over it?
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