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Carlin is Still Immortal

Photo courtesy of www.casinoballrom.com George Carlin will be remembered as a legend.
June 30, 2008

The heart of George Carlin gave up after pumping hard for 71 years. The death comes as a surprise. We often think of legends as immortal and I thought Carlin would be telling jokes to my children’s children.


Carlin told some of the funniest, most clever and poignant jokes of our time. He wrote and performed in 14 HBO specials, produced 23 comedy albums and wrote five books. He also appeared in numerous television shows.


Journalism classes across the nation study Carlin’s performance of the “Seven dirty words you can’t say on television.”


His frequent stabs at religion earned him a seat of controversy that few other comedians had maintained. Lines from his comedy such as “If God had intended us not to masturbate he would’ve made our arms shorter,” left a young generation rolling in laughter and a stiff religious sect angry and confused.


Jerry Seinfield, a close frie

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Watchdog Still Watching

June 30, 2008

3. Cry Wolf, Cry!

I have a hard time believing CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer is a capable newsman. His dry candor and monotone droning is anything but pleasant; his mediator quality (that a man of his caliber should possess) is poor, if existen

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What's On Your Bod, Mike Adkins?

June 30, 2008

Photo 1: My father gave me the necklace on the bottom. I’ve worn it every day for the last 14 years. The two above that are handcrafted pieces from PNUT jewelry. I got them in exchange for the value of a couple prints I sold. I wanted to have s

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What's In Your Head, Claire Potts?

June 30, 2008

"New Kicks"

Le Tigre

It's this political song that expresses how democracy is what we have but we don't use it because we have all these idiots running around.



"Swing"

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Dressing Like the ‘City’ Girls

June 20, 2008

Except for a few opening night franchise installments, dressing as a character in the movie has been reserved to “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Now, with the release of the big screen movie based on the HBO series, women turn out dressed as

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Environmental Activism without Time

June 3, 2008



Since “green is the new black,” suddenly it is hip to save the planet — but who has time? Turns out, there are plenty of things you can do without spending the night shift in a tree sit. “I think one of the most i

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