Feb
1
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
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The word stupid just doesn’t cut it anymore. It’s not strong enough. Certain actions are so beyond stupid that they need a different word to describe them. Idiotic? Nope. Moronic? Nah. Retar…not gonna go there.
Jan
28
RIP: J.D. Salinger 1919-2010
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Okay, so it’s not really sad that he’s dead since he was pretty darn old. C’mon, 91 years should be long enough for anybody. But he should be recognized for his contribution to not only literature, but society in general. Seriously, do you think we’d have disaffected and disillusioned musicians like Nirvana or comedians like Janine Garofalo or John Stewart without him? I think not. Also, there would be no Bananafish of TwoWhiteBoys without him either.
“Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.” - Holden Caulfied, “Catcher in the Rye”
Jan
27
RIP: Howard Zinn 1922-2010
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“You people baffle me. You spend all this money on beautiful, fancy books…and they’re the wrong books….
”A History of the United States, Volume I. If you want to read a real history book, read Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States.” That book will knock you on your ass.” - Will, “Good Will Hunting”
Jan
15
Image is Everything
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There are two things that teenagers make the news for doing - something good or something bad. Leon Orr and Lynden Trail did neither. They didn’t make national headlines. They didn’t get interviewed by Oprah. They barely made the second page of a college sports column. But the fact they are news at all, is news itself.