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Lyric for the day
Unrequited love's a bore And I've got it pretty bad But with someone you adore It's a pleasure to be sad And it really was a pleasure, but circumstances ended it today.
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Yankee or Dixie?
I took this test, and got a 72% Dixie score.
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Me? A liberal?
Up until the mid-'90s, I was a pretty staunch conservative. I guess that's changed. You are a Social Liberal (73% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (38% permissive) You are best described as a: Democrat Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid (Tip o' the hat
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Feeling old…
I was having lunch at the PSU Subway this morning and enjoying the music, particularly "Heart of Glass" by Blondie. Then I realized that the kids working behind the counter probably hadn't been born when that song was released. Ah well. At least the sub was
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Six weeks and gone
In 45 days, I will be on the road to Portland, Oregon in a big yellow moving van, with all of my worldly possessions in the back. Do I know where I will live when I get to Portland? Nope. (Though my sister has a spare basement to loan me
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Five years from now...
For one of my library school classes a few years ago, I was asked to come up with a goal statement for my career. Here was my first draft: A. Five years from now, I will be...working behind a reference desk in Laredo and getting smashed on tequila every
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Where I Was From
Joan Didion's latest book is an extended reflection on California, seen through the eyes of a native Californian; a musing at length about how the mythology and promise of California differ sharply from its reality. Come to think of it…every Joan Didion book I've read
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St. Patrick's Day
Next March 17, I want to wear no green, and a button that says: Kiss me -- I'm not pretending to be Irish.