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Key and Peele Reaction: Vandaveon and Mike Fix Episode 1 02/07/2012
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Two fans offer suggestions for new Comedy Central show, "Key & Peele."  (...psst!  It's Key and Peele!)
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Whatever that song is called, by Adele 02/01/2012
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I can't handle it.  They started playing the radio in my office, and I have this disease where I can't not listen to music.  If it a radio is on, I hear it even if I don't want to, no matter how softly it's playing.  So, whenever that Adele song comes on, (hourly), I play this through my headphones.  Loudly. It works.
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The More the Marrier, by Ben Greenman 01/21/2012
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Hi-larious.
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Relentless 01/20/2012
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John Cassidy's "Rational Irrationality" Blog 01/20/2012
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Here is his most recent post on last night's South Carolina debate.  'Tis a fine place to start.

Here's the whole blog.

I also think his book, "How Markets Fail," is the bee's knees.
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I'm a sucker for good, funny writing 01/19/2012
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__ That happens to be right.
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Steve Martin on Earl Scruggs 01/17/2012
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Excellent bit of writing here. 
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On the Insanity of Online Reviews 12/19/2011
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Someone recently Yelped my church.  We got three stars out of five.  The review was so hostile that I'm surprised we got that many.   He disliked the homily (which was excellent, I was at the same mass) and the music (also excellent, it's one of the main reasons people go there).  The dude took exception to "Lots of long, pregnant pauses during the consecration," because the Transubstantiation is something best when it's rushed.  ("Why on earth does the priest keep closing his eyes and folding his hands?")  He rebuked the congregation for wearing jeans.  Even Jesus Himself took a knock:  "St. Clement's also uses soft, crumbly bread as the Host during communion." 

I assume that when he actually likes the Host, he takes a picture of it and posts it on Facebook.

So I enjoyed this article in the Times yesterday by Jim Windolf about anonymous online reviewers.  From the article:

"Who are these people? I’m not sure, but they are more exacting than professional critics.

Take “Lisa C.,” of Millbrae, Calif., posting as follows at Yelp after having visited a Starbucks with her boyfriend: “the barista ... looked at me confused when i said ‘grande hot apple chai’ as if he didn’t know what it was ... then he said ‘apple juice infused into chai tea?’ i responded, ‘yeah...’ my bf usually gets that ‘ice vanilla latte with restretto (sp?)’ and they stared at him too ... my drink didn’t taste that well ... something was off balance and i ended up tossing it...”


Yeah, something was definitely off balance.

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Judy is a Punk 12/09/2011
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Civil War, via NPR 12/08/2011
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I haven't read the article discussed in the interview yet.  I bet I will eventually link to that too.

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/08/143291199/black-scholar-of-the-civil-war-asks-whos-with-me

His blog is good, too.

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