Blog is a Mix Tape

one line: dear obama letter

2008-02-15T20:05:17Z

Feeling inspired is soooo early-February.

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one line: where does black fit in the trio?

2008-01-09T19:42:33Z

Given the choice between being born poor and being born female, which would you choose?

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Speakeasy: Hogwarts on The N (Spoilers!)

2007-07-26T04:20:15Z

note: I can't contain myself anymore so I'm going to start discussing The Deathly Hallows. Read on at your peril. Perhaps it's blasphemy to even suggest it, but didn't the epilogue read to you as a perfect seven-page treatment for the pilot of Ho...

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Speakeasy: Smoking Thrills

2007-01-17T07:12:41Z

There are plenty of reasons for Obama's magic voice: where he grew up, how his parents talked, how he breathes. But perhaps most important is one Obama doesn't want to talk about: cigarettes. Obama is an occasional smoker. - Smoker's Voice by Juli...

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Speakeasy: The New Dave Eggers

2006-12-09T17:45:21Z

Written as a series of alternating sections or flashbacks, What Is the What—bad title, terrible cover—calls itself a novel but was created closely out of the story told to Eggers by Valentino Achak Deng, who reached Atlanta, after 14 years in refu...

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Speakeasy: Why I Might Not See Borat

2006-11-07T05:11:06Z

Cohen is acting; they are real. It is easy to forget that although reduced to subculture stereotypes, these are individuals whose trust Cohen is taking advantage of. Their lamentable and often distasteful sentiments and prejudices should not diver...

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I'm going on a Carbon Diet

2006-10-23T20:00:21Z

For the next eight weeks, Slate, in collaboration with eco-Web site treehugger, invites you to consider your own individual contribution to global warming—and challenges you to go on a carbon diet. The goal is to reduce the amount of CO2 that you ...

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