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Rethinking “Rethinking Thin” 2007-05-06 18:50:32 If anyone watches the Colbert Report frequently, you might have seen the interview he had with a woman named Gina Kolada (or as Colbert called her, Pinacolada). Kolada was on the show to market her new book, Rethinking Thin, a book about how obese people may not have any control over their weight....
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Poisoned Prescription Drugs 2007-05-06 06:00:53 In the last two decades, at least 8 mass poisonings have occurred worldwide at the hands of unsafe prescription drugs. The ingredient responsible is known as diethylene glycol, a syrupy solvent used in antifreeze. The solvent has been loaded into many different forms of medication, from cough...
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Protection for the Big Foot 2007-05-05 08:00:14 A Canadian MP, Mike Lake, recently took up the fight to add a new species to the list of those protected by the Canadian Government. This list includes the Whooping Crane and Blue Whale. Who is this new addition to the list? Big Foot, of course! Lake argues that whether or [...]
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Paris in Prison 2007-05-05 02:47:08 I never thought I would have the pleasure of blogging about the imprisonment of Paris
Hilton. I’ll admit, I always thought she was above the law. Isn’t that a natural assumption when daddy has billions of dollars? Paris was sentenced to 45 days in jail stemming from her broken...
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Social Networking Protests - The Future 2007-05-04 20:22:08 There was recently an initiative passed by the administration here at Penn State to change the football distribution process from a first come, first server system to a random lottery system. With 100,000 students enrolled statewide, the 22,000 student tickets were definitely not enough to meet...
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Fake Smiles 2007-05-04 19:58:51 In the wake of the first GOP debate last night, I have only one thing to say: Learn how to smile! Look at this picture of all the candidates on stage together. Each and every smile on that stage is forced. For such smooth talkers, you would think that they would be [...]
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MPEACHW 2007-05-09 04:21:17 The DMV of South Dakota recently reversed its intent to recall a license plate it issued earlier this year. The license was inscribed “MPEACHW”, which I think is fairly obvious to decipher. Despite the clarity, DMV officials did not put it together before they issued the plates. When they finally realized their error, they took [...]
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Stricter Liquor Ad Rules: Effective? 2007-05-08 21:19:31 I stumbled upon this article at the New York Times website this morning. The story talks about how Beam Global Spirits and Wine, a maker of numerous popular liquor brands, has agreed to be much more selective with their ads. It continues to say that liquor makers are not only careful about making sure their products [...]
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Mandatory Introductory Religion Courses 2007-05-08 00:21:49 I was trolling through the New York Times website as I usually do, and I came across an interesting letter in the opinion section. The letter calls for introductory religious studies courses to be mandatory for students at colleges. Since this falls along the lines of the other pieces I have written on [...]
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Monday Melee 2007-05-07 20:37:59 This is my first MondayMelee
which I will be doing every week from here on out! The Monday Melee idea orginated at Fracas and is a great way to start off the week. Quite a few bloggers are doing it, including one of my favorites, Blogitude. If you want to start [...]
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Tagged by Mark at Blogitude 2007-05-11 19:21:56 So yeah… the title says it all! I was tagged by Mark over at Blogitude, and I figured it would be fun to play along.
A-Attached or Single? I am attached to a beautiful girl in Oklahoma who I can’t wait to see this summer.
B-Best Friend: Other than Laura, it would depend on if you are [...]
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Presidential Canditates ‘08: Barack Obama 2007-05-11 18:13:51 As a service to those readers who are planning on voting in the 2008 election, I will running a series over the next few days to introduce each major candidate in the ‘08 election. I will also bring some of the lesser known candidates to light and evaluate their messages. The reasoning behind this new series is [...]
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Popcorn Anyone? 2007-05-10 14:27:12 I was directed by a friend yesterday to a site called TV Links. The site itself is a comprehensive list of practically every movie or TV show known to man, with a link to each and every one of them. Here’s the unique aspect though. Each movie and show is streaming, so you don’t download [...]
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Illegal Immigration: Straddling the Fence (some literally) 2007-05-09 17:34:15 Illegal immigration is, believe it or not, illegal. Often enough on the news, we see immigrants who are in the country illegally proclaim that they are not criminals. As a matter of fact, they are criminals. As harsh as this may seem, I am not sure if I am against it entirely. Let’s look at [...]
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People Want to Know About I-Doser! 2007-05-15 04:55:34 I wrote an article a while back on the service I-Doser, an iTunes like website that sells audio tracks that are supposed to alter the users state of consciousness. These tracks are said to make the listener feel as though they are on a certain type of drug using a concept known as binaural beats. [...]
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Monday Melee 5/14 2007-05-15 02:46:50 Â 1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.
I hate hypocrisy. I just don’t have the patience for it anymore. You see it everywhere you turn your head these days. I guess it doesn’t help with attention shifting towards the upcoming election, but even people you think you can trust always seem to show [...]
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For the Good of the Girls 2007-05-15 00:45:18 While a lot of the issues I blog about aren’t really emotionally charged, every once and a while I will find something that hits a nerve. Today is one of those days where I am so worked up over this that I am not going to attempt to be non-biased or look at this objectively. [...]
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Tennessee School Teachers Plan BRILLIANT Lockdown Simulation 2007-05-14 04:48:56 I was reading through the Huffington Post today and I came across an article that I thought Mark and the other guys from Knoxville might be interested in. I’m not sure where Murfreesboro is in relation to Knoxville, but I know you guys are fairly close to Tennesse. Recently, the elementary school was on a week [...]
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You Are Appreciated (Sung to the Tune of Tupac's Dear Mama) 2007-05-14 00:50:49 It’s Mother’s Day again. I know that just about every blog on the net is going to have something about the topic, but maybe that’s a good thing. All I know is that maybe I don’t say “I love you” enough to my mom. Maybe I don’t show how much she means to me, or [...]
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Cocaine Censored Energy Drink 2007-05-13 09:09:09 As a college student, I live on energy drinks. I am lucky if I get more than five hours of sleep a night, as evidenced by the fact that I am writing this post at almost 3 AM. My personal brand of choice is Monster, but I am always open to change. As I was [...]
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Vote for Me! 2007-05-18 04:33:45 Since I am so thoroughly disgusted by the state of politics in our country, as well as the selection of politicians at hand, I have decided to run for president. Ok, so I am not really running for president, but that hasn’t stopped me from asking “what if?” Sometimes I think that I could actually [...]
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Education Begins in the Home 2007-05-18 02:54:08 I often hear the Bush administration taking a great deal of flack about the failure of the No Child Left Behind Act. This criticism is extremely valid, as the initiative has not accomplished the goals that it set for itself. Instead we face the decline of school systems in many different places around the country. [...]
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Barbaro’s Loyal Following 2007-05-17 09:14:06 We all know who Barbaro
is. I attribute this to the insane media attention pointed at the race horse after it was hurt during its race. While Barbaro had an excellent shot at winning the Triple Crown before his injury, he is just a horse. If you pay attention to trivial stories in the news, [...]
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Art Classes Destroy Art 2007-05-17 02:53:42 I will be the first to admit that I am not an artsy guy. In fact, I have little appreciation for painting, scuplting, or theater. I will admit that I enjoy dabbling in photography from time to time, as well as creating graphics in Photoshop. Since photography is the closest I get to art, I [...]
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Religious Nuts and Signs of the Apocalypse 2007-05-17 02:31:24 Lately, I have been approached by many devout Christians who believe that the world is ending. They cite all of the natural disasters, the wars, the terrorist attacks, and countless other events as signaling the Apocalypse
. While most of these perspectives seem utterly insane to me, I can’t help but wonder why Christians seem so [...]
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Constitution: Literal or Interpretation? 2007-05-17 02:07:45 The Constitution
is easily the most important document that our nation has to offer. It governs everything that we do, all the laws we live by. The entire country operates on the premises that the constitution sets forth. With the Bill of Rights offering a model of freedom that many around the world have tried [...]
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National Payment Card 2007-05-21 01:32:39 With the prices of gas skyrocketing this summer, there are new plans being formulated to help alleviate some of the enormous price jump. One such plan comes in the form of a NationalPayment
Card. Every time people use their credit cards to fill up their gas tanks, the credit card companies take a percentage [...]
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