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    TLC Biopic: Will you see it?

      As a TLC fan from way back, I definitely had my eyebrow raised when I learned VH1 was filming a biopic about the 90s hip hop trio. Would it be CrazySexyCool…

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    Acclaim/ abstain

    (Us)   They’re rich, famous, and fabulous. And they’ll never “blame it on the a a a a a a  alcohol” since they don’t touch the stuff. From Hello Beautiful, celebrity teetotalers:…

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    Nothing compares to truth.

      After citing Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares to You” as inspiration for her own “Wreaking Ball” video, Miley Cyrus has gotten quite the response from Ms. O’Connor in the form of an…

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    Shut it down.

      I woke up this morning to a flurry of alarmist stat updates decrying the government shut down that began today. Thing is, they didn’t actually state any real information, just a…

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    “Brown”

    (PBS)     While doing some reading this morning, I came across a couple of stories that touched on Brown v. Board of Education and desgregation in American public schools.   The first…

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    I’m starting to miss those cicadas.

    (WNYC)     Last month while at GiGi and David’s, NPR somehow made it into our topic. I think David had mentioned eventually publishing his novel and then landing an interview on…

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    Please stop your proselytizing.

      I know I’m going to sound like a such jerk, but I really wish all those e-proselytizers out there would just shut up. I’m sick of your frequent status updates, pictures,…

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    Throwback Thursday: Early 90s Fashion Edition

    Me, on the left, and Giddel (we go back like babies and pacifiers). Notice I’m wearing black overalls, which would’ve made me on point for trend #7 (see below), except this picture…

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    Please land your helicopters, parents.

        Seeing the headline, “Millennials Now Bringing Their Parents On Job Interviews”, made me gag. Then I immediately thought of the “Ban the bag” Portlandia skit. Yeah, I’m talking about “Portlandia”…

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    “You are not Trayvon Martin”

        I just read a great article by William Saletan at Slate… so great, that I had to get up out of bed (I was reading it on my iPad), and…