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This Week’s Recommended Reading

August 6, 2010
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Freelance Writing (insider's guide)/Central Midfield Role/Snooki/Influence & Plagiarism
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Lost in Starvation: Ruuude Chicken

August 6, 2010
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Lost in Starvation: Ruuude Chicken

I was a foreigner to these parts again, and for a guy trying to cook something from a book with a cartoon cat on the cover, that was a bad sign.
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2 Sentence Review: Lifetime’s Website mylifetime.com

August 5, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Lifetime’s Website mylifetime.com

If you’re like me and missed How I Met Your Mother the first time around, Lifetime’s website presents you with the chance to catch-up on old seasons (now on Season 4). In addition, in case you missed the premiere, Season 8 of Project Runway started last week – (OMFG, Casanova?!) – and you can watch...
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College Football is Not a Religion. Still, It Interests Me. (Part 1)

August 3, 2010
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College Football is Not a Religion. Still, It Interests Me. (Part 1)

The only two sports scenarios that might cause me to become completely irrational is the play of the All Blacks and the Boston Celtics. So, now that I have made the case that I am somewhat/completely unsuitable to be a sports writer, let me reiterate that I am. A sportswriter and an unsuitable sportswriter.
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Why I Eat TV

August 2, 2010
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Why I Eat TV

Judging by ratings, lots of people think they like it, but a taste for trash is an acquired one. Once you realize it's garbage, it doesn't go down easy.
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I Touch Their Poo: Morning Person

July 29, 2010
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I Touch Their Poo: Morning Person

I'm telling you: Frozen waffles are so much better when you eat them at the same time of day as the people on the box.
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Cover // Original Verdict: Goodbye Girl

July 27, 2010
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Cover // Original Verdict: Goodbye Girl

Like how the Garden State soundtrack reminded people about the Shins and Nick Drake, Levi's Pioneer Sessions will introduce a whole new generation of people to rock, soul, rap, and pop songs that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.
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Lost in Starvation: Blackened T-Bone with Root Beer BBQ Sauce

July 27, 2010
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Lost in Starvation: Blackened T-Bone with Root Beer BBQ Sauce

"I know the bottles under the sink are brightly colored, honey, but don't drink them."
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2 Sentence Review: Diary of a Teenage Girl (An Account in Words and Pictures)

July 23, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Diary of a Teenage Girl (An Account in Words and Pictures)

Having recently discovered this multi-media gem from 2004 at one of my favorite thrift stores for a mere $2, I’m pleased to find Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel/journal-entry style documenting the pubescent sex-capades of her fifteen-year-old character Minnie Goetze and her subsequent loves, losses and intense loneliness so all-consuming that I read Diary of a Teenage...
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