April 2009
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Your NPR Name
liana: Eric and I recently discovered a shared fascination with the slew of impossibly named NPR hosts we listen to every day: Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, Corey Flintoff, Korva Coleman, Kai Ryssdal, Dina Temple-Raston. In fact, we’ve often wondered what it would be like to be one of them.  A Nina Totenberg or a Renita Jablonski.  A David Kestenbaum or a Lakshmi Singh.  Even (on our most...
Apr 14th
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March 2009
3 posts
Six Mistakes Of Man
stuffaboutminneapolis: “There are six mistakes of life that many of us make,” said a famous writer. They are so well-founded that we are sharing them with you: The delusion that individual advancement is made by crushing others. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it. Refusing to set aside...
Mar 25th
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February 2009
4 posts
The 20 Best Free PC Games →
Feb 19th
“The GOP has passed what amounts to a spending and tax-cutting and borrowing...”
– via Andrew Sullivan
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“Obama’s stimulus plan is no call for socialism. It is a far from radical...”
– The party of prima donnas | Salon
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December 2008
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47.2% →
http://plutor.org/filmaddict/?f=f1z230eu
Dec 17th
I'm dreaming of a nostalgic Christmas. →
Even the antennas move.
Dec 13th
Smartest Things Said About Fatherhood →
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Why the stories about Obama's birth certificate... →
Sad, but true.
Dec 5th
November 2008
7 posts
Zakaria: A More Disciplined America | Newsweek... →
I have become somewhat of a financial crisis junkie, subscribing to a few blogs (NPR’s Planet Money) and reading well regarded financal intellects (Krugman).  But despite all this info overload, I always feel like there’s gonna be another shoe that will drop.  I think this article tries to address that feeling.
Nov 25th
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Nov 21st
16 Funny Senior Portraits And The Reasoning Behind... →
I was too smart to do any of this stuff back in ‘92, thank God…
Nov 14th
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Looking ahead to 2009: Scrubs is back →
Hell, yeah.  Scrubs is back, baby.  Scrubs is BACK (on ABC). Oh, and last year for that Zack Braff dude.
Nov 5th
Breaking Barriers on "An historic night" →
Truly sublime.
Nov 5th
The Next President of the United States →
Bonus: Here are the headlines from a bunch of major newspapers.
Nov 5th
October 2008
5 posts
ListenDue to popular demand, here is me, Chris, and...
Oct 31st
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Head Over Heels: Literal Video Version from DustFilms
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“If you owe the bank $10, it’s your problem. If you owe the bank $10m, it’s the...”
– FT Alphaville » Blog Archive » Lombard: The US bail-out explained
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September 2008
3 posts
GemCraft →
This is a great Tower Defense game, in case you’re in a mood to waste some time…
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Pop Vs. Soda →
Ingenious!  Don’t you want to have the hivemind of the internet decide who is right after your next argument with someone?
Sep 11th
August 2008
3 posts
Totally Looks Like… →
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““Maybe that was vindictive, competitive,” he said, adding, “In...”
– Brett Favre deal turns out to be a good one for Green Bay Packers - Los Angeles Times
Aug 8th
July 2008
4 posts
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30 Days of Night
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ever seen a creepier tower? →
Jul 17th
Dissent →
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June 2008
2 posts
Jun 20th
Blair's 16 Million Reserve
I once got an awesome birthday present from my friends of an elaborately packaged hot sauce covered with tons of disclaimers.  It was made of chili extract, intensifying the spiciness to unnatural levels.  7.1 million scoville units of heat to be exact.  Essentially, it was what’s in mace. It was so hot a single drop in a large jar of salsa created a fiery salsa so hot that jesus cried. ...
Jun 19th
May 2008
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100 Things That Suck
 100 26 Things That Suck 1. Worms 2. Lack of Motivation 3. The momentum of routine 4. Travel time 5. Messy yogurt baby 6. Self-important people 7. The stuff that gets in between the keys of your keyboard 8. The pace of life getting quicker, more hectic. 9. Arguments 10. Stale snack chips 11. Eating out too much 12. Children show themes getting stuck in my head 13. T-shirts that have printing on...
May 19th
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The Blockbuster Historical Tour
May 15th
April 2008
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March 2008
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“And yet, I am now going to weigh in with my own hyperbolic review based on a...”
– Feeding Frenzy: Porter and Frye - Dear Dara - March 2008 - Minnesota Is there a better critic of any kind working the MSP beat these days?
Mar 23rd
PhotoShopped: What happens when PhotoShop runs afoul of the basic laws of physics and anatomy.
Mar 20th
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New Mitch Hedberg Album Due This Year →
Yes, you heard me correctly.
Mar 8th
Geek Love →
Wow…I’m totally filled with nerd-envy.   I only wish I was such a l33t hax0r.
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