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In John Updike’s “The Witches of Eastwick“, Joe Marino was an important character. He resurfaced in an ancillary way in Updike’s recent sequel “The Widows of Eastwick” (excellent book). Joe Marino in the books was a plumber. Once again art was ahead of life.
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After a glorious week (not) in Kansas and Detroit, I was driving home from SFO the other night, listening to KQED (NPR) and I couldn’t help but think about Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Maybe it’s just because he’s California’s governor and I was glad to be back home, but I think it was probably because he...
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Yeah Ok, someone ratted me out.  At least they were telling truth.  I LOVE fat girls. Please girls, if you are out there: don’t be afraid to finish that can of pringles or that bag of doritos.  Many of you must be wondering– why?  Why does this chubby boy from Wisconsin love chubby girls...
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Good evening. I finally have been broken down by my editor to actually become an active participant rather than a pretty name in the ‘contributors’ column.  Apparently I’m also serving as some sort of experiment for her. I have to say, I like the ‘newspaper’ theme to the site.  it’s about as close to...
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Newest single from disco superstar Hercules and Love Affair, off the debut album that’s got every blogger begging for more!! PS LOOKOUT PHILADELPHIA. There’s a rumor that Herc will be playing at Making Time very, very soon. You do NOT want to...
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First of all I should say that I’m very happy to be here at nonpretentious. The name says it all. These guys are covering all the bases and in a great and accessible way. I can already tell that I’ll probably be spending more time than I should on this site checking in on...
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hi, i’m a jmit. this is my new column. in case you don’t know what a jmit is, it’s a Jewish Mother In Training. You probably want to get that expression in your head if 1) you are a JMIT; 2) your girlfriend is a JMIT; 3) you like to date Jewish girls; or...
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a little birdie once told me that my introduction wasn’t long enough. here is a list of 15 things you must know about me in order for me to (tough) love you.
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What is a Mr.Oink? I am. And what indeed. I’m only the newest product from NonPretentious. I am (and I took a personality test on Facebook to figure this out, so listen up) — I am Creative, Expressive, Logical, Objective, Curious, Compulsive, Spontaneous, Loyal, Ambitious. The personality test also said that I was organized....
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for sake of my college GPA, i have to be mjs’ slave for nonpretentious and common vision. i don’t feel like writing a paragraph to introduce myself so I will just say that I am the best looking! I also *love* taking credit for everything mjs does!!!
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