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Yearbook Names Senior Girl Vale-strip-torian

January 13, 2012

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In another slow news day, major media outlets are reporting on the plight of a Colorado high school girl whose senior picture was deemed too racy for the yearbook. After being told her picture was rejected for being inappropriate, she was allowed to submit a second picture which was also rejected. The girl and her […]

Beyonce Gives Birth to $1.3 Million Bundle of Joy

January 12, 2012

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If you’re anything like me, you took the week off work to digest news of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new baby. Most of my digestion time was spent trying to remember why Jay-Z was important. My friend Andrew says he’s a rapper. If that’s true I must confess I couldn’t name a single Jay-Z song. Not […]

The Economic Future is so Bright, I Have to Wear Shades

January 10, 2012

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The Republican New Hampshire primary takes place today. The media has been talking about the Republican race for a year, but unfortunately for the Republicans, none of them stand much of a chance of beating Obama as long as the economy keeps improving, no matter how many times they insist it isn’t. Statistics show the […]

Tupperware Tupperwhere?

January 9, 2012

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About once a week my wife and I discuss the case of the missing Tupperware. Some people can never find their socks and blame the dryer. Some people can never find a wooden stake when a vampire comes knocking. Some people can never find their medication, because I’ve hidden it. My wife and I can […]

The Greatsbys’ Bali Finale

January 6, 2012

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We’ve had a wonderful trip these last three weeks. I skiied in South Korea, and in Bali I hiked, surfed, and waterslid at Bali’s WaterBom waterpark on Christmas Day. We didn’t bring cell phones and were delighted to never know what time it was, which sounds nice in theory but may have accounted for why […]

The Untelevised Life

January 4, 2012

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I’m sitting in a cafe in the tropical mountains of Ubud, a small arts village an hour’s drive from the main tourist beaches of Bali. As my family spent the last five days visiting local artiststudios and hiking the hills traversing the rice paddies and lush valleys, we’ve encountered so many friendly villagers who seem […]

New Year’s Resolving to be an Even Greater Greatsby

January 2, 2012

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I’m hoping to make 2012 even better than 2011 so here’s a list of my New Year’s resolutions to make that happen: They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. I can’t remember to eat an apple every day, but I do think I could remember to eat seven apples every Monday. Write […]