January 2012
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On The Knicks
I know, I shouldn’t bother, but this is my personal venting space. The Rangers are as good as they’ve been in a long time and the Giants, well, if I posted every week on this crazy ride they’ve been on, I’d write a lot of incoherent, screaming, excited gibberish, which you will probably get if they happen to win a week from today.
Anyway, last thing I’ll say about...
List of well-meaning platitudes I find immensely...
Trying to set myself right and be optimistic and blah blah blah but there are some phrases and whatnot that irritate me when I hear or read them, mostly because I have to fight to urge to go “WELL NO BECAUSE I…”.
Damn you, damn you to hell New Year’s resolution.
But seriously, believe whatever works for you, people.
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No way this is real right? Right?!?! →
Oh boy.
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New Hampshire primary footnote:
From a Reuters update:
Perry is slightly ahead of prank candidate Vermin Supreme, who has 95 votes on the Democratic side. Supreme is promising better zombie preparedness, free ponies for all, and more funding for time-travel research. He came to a Ron Paul rally recently wearing a rubber boot on his head and multiple neckties.
Why was I not informed of the existence of this campaign? Just...
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"Everything Happens For A Reason"
Trite nonsense.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think it isn’t well-meaning. It certainly is. It just seems like the kind of thing people say after their lives have turned out how they wanted them to, to rationalize past bullshit. Have you ever heard somebody who’s heartbroken, broke, and otherwise not doing terribly well insisting to those around him that all of the bad...
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My Fellowship Is Not Pretend.
Wizards of the Coast announced today that a new version of Dungeons and Dragons is in the works. My response to that is “meh”, as I haven’t the slightest idea what to expect of the next edition and it seems like a bit of a PR stunt/panic move as it’s come relatively soon after 4th edition. The news also inspired a typically fluffy “lifestyle” piece from the New...
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Sunday Sports Breakdown
This Sunday got off to a rather inauspicious start. Having DVR’d the Manchester Derby, I awoke at 9 AM downstairs to the sounds of my dad yelling at the television about how shit the referee was. Over the past couple of years, I’ve gotten Dad to become a City fan, so much so that he makes it a point to try to watch a lot of the matches with me when he can and that he often gets angrier...
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The High Road in 2012
I haven’t dated anyone for a calendar year now. I don’t mind saying that because I don’t think any judgement should come with that fact, but it’s still a bit jarring to write. I’m 26! I’m supposed to be in the middle of some 20-something love affair like all the people on TV and the movies are! Nope. Not me. I had a serious attempt at online dating in 2011,...
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"Why are you so against Santorum?" →
This is an excellent takedown of Santorum.
I still think Mitt Romney is going to win the Republican nomination, and fairly convincingly. If a few thousand Iowans accomplished something this week it was probably putting Santorum next in line to crash. But really, this is the best we can do for a major party candidate in 2012?
Poor Jon Huntsman.
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