All Posts by MrOink

In the UK-of-the-day spirit … Motherlode, a New York Times blog, reports today that a 70-year-old woman has given birth in India. It only mentions in passing that her husband is even older: 72. The real story, of course, is the 70-year-old woman’s record age, and whether or not it’s irresponsible for her to...
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Tremendously bad. A real waste of money. Makes your coffee taste like you put sour milk in it. I can’t recommend it.
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Well then … Hollywoodlife.net reports that Kirsten Dunst has a stalker. So unfair. I’ve never had a stalker. Nobody’s every cared enough to stalk me. I’m as captivating and good looking as Kirsten Dunst, in my own way. Don’t get me wrong. I know stalkers can go overboard and do crazy things. And even...
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And now the news you’ve all been waiting for: I’m going to run a Marathon. Probably the New Jersey Marathon on May 3, 2009. If any of ya’ll want to run it and live in NYC, I’m going to see if I can put together a group of friends to train. Or perhaps to...
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I just saw Lawrence Lessig on Charlie Rose. He’s a law professor and author with close connections to Obama. And he’s a lot smarter than me. His new book is called Remix (available soon under a Creative Commons license). He proposes a dramatic revision of copyright law worldwide to fit how information is used...
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Though it may be not be official, news reports and conventional wisdom have it that Obama will nominate Eric Holder to be the next Attorney General. This would make him not only the first African-American Attorney General, but also (I believe) the first AG from Queens! (can someone confirm that he’s actually the first?...
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A recent New York Times article got me thinking about this topic. It begins by stating: “Michelle Rhee, the hard-charging chancellor of the Washington public schools, thinks teacher tenure may be great for adults, those who go into teaching to get summer vacations and great health insurance, for instance. But it hurts children, she...
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As a preface, let me point out that this post has nothing to do with Mormonism, which I’ve posted about lately. Mainstream Mormons long ago denounced polygamy. Although Fundamentalist Mormons still practice it, they are entirely separate from regular Mormon church. What this post is about is whether polygamy is consistent with progressive ideals....
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Oh my god. I fucking thought that this was a big joke with the Mormon sacred magical underwear. But Mike Wallace and Steve Young have breathed new credibility into it for me. Now, if only Charlie Rose will confirm this, I’ll be sure. And thank you Joseph Smith — without you, today’s post would...
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For all I know, Mormons long ago abandoned magical underwear. But since Mormons have been picking on gays lately, I feel like picking on Mormons. And I about lost it when I saw this on Dan Savage’s blog: I also found some additional helpful information on Mormon undergarments on YouTube:
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