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Entries from May 2008

Senate kills new FCC ownership rules

May 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Senate in May passed an almost unanimous vote to nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s latest attempts to change U.S. media ownership laws.

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See American Right: The time I went to L.A. to see Leatherface

May 23rd, 2008 · 10 Comments


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Anna Karenina in 5 days (While not Fasting), Day 5

May 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

All good things must come to an end. Trite, yes, but I really don’t feel like pontificating on this anymore, and that goes both for the book and my dietary curriculum. The long and the short of it is I’ve had diarrhea all day and I’m really not in the mood. So let’s get right […]

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Anna Karenina in 5 days (While Fasting), Day 4

May 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Falling off the wagon never tasted so good.

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Anna Karenina in 5 days (While Fasting), Day 3

May 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I can already feel that I’ve lost weight. The hunger isn’t nearly as pervasive as it was the day before, but I still find myself visually raping every piece of food I see.

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Anna Karenina in 5 days (While Fasting), Day 2

May 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’ve got a joke for you:  Q: What does a Russian bride get on her wedding night that’s long and hard?  A: Her new last name.
I kill me.

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Anna Karenina in 5 Days (While Fasting), Day 1

May 8th, 2008 · 7 Comments

I’ve never read Anna Karenina. In fact, I’ve never read anything by Tolstoy. I love to read (and by God the Russians did it right) but though it comes as somewhat of an embarrassing admission, there’s something in me that approaches those 1,000-page tomes with severe intimidation. This philistine has probably shrugged off a great […]

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