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Last night I had a curious exchange with another blogger on Twitter. She tweeted that she had been writing, but she was unsure as to whether or not she should post on her blog. (At the time, I was under the assumption…
Doughnuts Are So 2009

I am of the belief that one of the best ways to probe the behavior of modern society is by reading blogs (watching TV is the other way). I read a lot of blogs on topics ranging from entertainment to sports and technolog…
Advancements in Being Liked

A few months ago I was on the popular website IMDB.com, the Internet Movie Data Base where uninformed movie fans go to become informed about movies that they are fans of. I was gathering information (or “data”, I gue…
The Decharacterization of Twitter

I have a friend who is seemingly on the forefront of fashion, trends, and everything else that is (or will be) cool. Meaning, if she discovers a new club or lounge in Hollywood, it will surely be the most popular nightc…
Illegal Health Care

There is something that I have been wanting to write about lately, but before I do I need to be honest about a few things about me. Coincidentally, this seems like an appropriate time to come clean because this appears…
Zero Feet Deep

Someone once said that “still waters run deep.” I don’t know who this person was or what this person did for a living. The person who made this statement may have been simply stating the obvious fact that deep rivers d…
Coffee Shop Philosophies

Do you remember when Prince changed his name to that gender-neutral symbol that no one could pronounce so we just called him The Artist Formerly Known as Prince? And, do you remember that after the name change his music…
Sun God Songs

I haven’t posted much lately. This has less to do with me not having anything to say and more to do with me being bored by the blogosphere’s population of 17-year-old Christian fundamentalists telling me that I’m an idi…
Black Xanga

Kanye West recently said that when it’s all said and done, history will remember him as the voice of this generation. He might be right. His popularity is unparalleled, and it is projected that his new album will sell…
Sarah's Encore

Three years ago I started this blog as an outlet to express the emotive reactions I was going through at that time. This was the direct result of the disastrous ending to a relationship I had with a girl named Sarah, a…