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Posted on July 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

CLOSED THIS WEEK FOR CAMPING TRIP

back with new posts next week!

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Friday Happy: America the underdog

Posted on July 2, 2010 | Leave a comment

Really, Russia? You’re gonna spy on us now? And after we just treated you to some hot slabs of American cuisine? And right before HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA weekend too, no less!

Might we remind you how the last Cold War ended? With Slyvester Stallone pummeling your national pride into a bloody mess in front of a rabid agitprop-prone crowd. One spectator was reportedly so devastated her only consolation was a several year bizarre televised relationship with American time clown Flava Flav.

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This Week (or so) in Great Sentences

Posted on July 1, 2010 | Leave a comment

Theme this week: the enemy is everywhere.

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nuclear wessels?

There were 11 alleged Russian agents arrested this week, under accusations that they’d been living as Americans while reporting back to the mothercountry. But mostly we care about the hot one.

-Monica Hesse, “Alleged Russian agent Anna Chapman could have warmed up any Cold War night,” Washington Post, 7/1/10

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So if the only IP address StatCounter has to report is your own, and your comments section features a chorus of crickets rivaling that field behind the cabin you visited last weekend (and posted about in painful detail), face it: Your blog is that pathetic, friendless kid who skulks under the jungle gym at recess and reads Lois Lowry books in the bathroom during lunchtime.

- Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz of Stuff Hipsters Hate,  ”Is your blog the unpopular kid?” CNN Netiquette, 6/29/10 Continue reading →

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