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Scenes from a Childhood: A Photo Essay

2009-06-28T14:53:23Z

Since y'all seemed to really enjoy the Michael Jackson pages from my childhood scrapbook, I thought I would share the rest of the pages (at least the pages I took pictures of four or so years ago when I moved to Supergenius HQ). Sure this might...

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He was the first one who was special in my heart

2009-06-26T14:21:34Z

I had a poster of this image that hung in my bedroom. I kissed it every night before bed and after applying bubblegum-flavored Lip Smackers lipgloss. If you looked closely, you could see the greasy spot. Like so many people my age, Michael Jacks...

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And suddenly I found myself deeply engaged in "Too Young to be a Dad"

2009-06-22T03:02:08Z

Apparently this, the longest "day" of the year was meant for doing nothing more taxing than making fried rice and shoveling it into my gaping maw. I'm not sure where the day went. I know at one point I cried my way through "Mr. Holland's Opus." I ...

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I call it Ziggy, after the computer in Quantum Leap

2009-06-20T23:30:38Z

Do you ever get so busy doing stuff that you stop, look around and realize that an entire week (or realistically month) has passed when you weren't looking? It's been four weeks since I lost my job and for someone who is unemployed, I haven't had...

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I can't remember the last time has a movie has frightened me so

2009-06-15T04:16:48Z

I loved the book The Time Traveler's Wife. It's a moving, touching love story wrapped up in a very clever concept. It's like Harlequin romance meets sci-fi, only better written. Seeing the trailer for the film-adaptation has frightened the hell o...

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My not-so-secret shames, a confessional list

2009-06-13T01:15:15Z

Every Wednesday night I watch "So You Think You Can Dance" and cry about 63 times an episode. I don't know exactly why, it's a physical reaction I have to the beautiful dancing. I can always tell when a couple has done really well because I cry....

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Re-ranking the Pixar movies, 2.5 and 3 movies later

2009-06-07T22:13:22Z

Last time I ranked the Pixar movies in December 2007, I hadn't yet seen Cars and Wall-E and Up hadn't yet been released. Now I've remedied the Cars situation and as of Friday afternoon have seen all the Pixar feature-length films (and all of the s...

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Go Jodi, Go Jodi, It's your birthday

2009-06-06T20:42:23Z

As I type it is 50 degrees and rainy out. It is also my birthday. The biggest tragedy of this day is that I will soon have to part from my pajamas, put on a bra and attend a graduation party for my cousin's kid. The only thing not making me drop t...

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Stuff I've been reading: 1 sentence reviews* (05/09)

2009-06-01T02:26:33Z

*The format of this column, the idea of which I stole from M-----l, is changing. I don't want to lose my 104p52w challenge on a lame technicality. So instead of writing 10-word reviews, I will be writing one sentence reviews in the hopes that will...

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The Food Network

2009-05-31T01:24:52Z

I'm here over at Casa de Kimball for some burned meat foods and they've been watching the Food Network. I've never been so hungry after eating a meal in my entire life. It's some sort of burger or hot dog or junk food marathon and I can't take my...

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