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Selling Gingerbread

Observations whatsthatsound - September 18, 2010 90

Here we are now, entertain us! - Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Just look at Bob and Judy, they're happy as can be inventing situations, putting them...

Wish You Were Here…Again

Observations Questinia - September 8, 2010 45

I was chosen for jury duty on September 10. The rest of the prospective jurors were allowed to leave and resume their lives and...

Netroots Nation from Behind the Curtain

Observations TakeInAPlay - August 5, 2010 23

I recently attended my 5th Netroots Nation Convention. I was on staff with the convention for the first two years when it was the...

C*ntry First?

Observations Marion - August 5, 2010 34

The cover of the latest edition of TIME magazine shows the noseless face of an 18 year-old Afghan girl, who was disfigured as a...

The Little Right Wing Voice in Your Head

Observations AdLib - August 4, 2010 25

When you stay at hotels around the country, visit a bar or restaurant, find yourself in some public place where there's a tv, you're...

The Facts About Ignorance

Observations AdLib - July 12, 2010 58

The Boston Globe just reported today on a study at the University of Michigan that examined how people, especially those who are wrong about...

The China Man Cometh

Observations Bauart - June 30, 2010 9

So I'm out on my driveway washing my car last weekend, when my neighbor walks by. He is an old Chinese guy in his...

The Dissent of Man

Observations whatsthatsound - June 27, 2010 37

We are stardust, we are golden we are billion year old carbon and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden - Jonie Mitchell, "Woodstock" Ferrets are...

QUICK, GO BUY A CARD. MAYBE A TIE?

Observations bito - June 19, 2010 27

Happy Fathers Day, Dad. The day is here. What memories do you have of this day? Do you remember a kindness that you and your...

Change He Can’t Believe In

Observations whatsthatsound - June 5, 2010 81

Well, Joe Biden was certainly right when he said that President Obama would be "tested" soon after taking office. The question is not so...

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