no, i'm not back quite this quickly, i just wanted to acknowledge the, if anything, rhetorical step forward that america took yesterday in taking care of its people. it was an absolute mindfuck to hear nay-siding representatives of both parties talk about how the current ...
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do you love pretty drawings? do you love to be jealous of how much other people make because it gives you an opportunity to wallow in your own decrepitude? great, the best jobs in america infographic is for you!

i agree wholeheartedly with the pundit-born opinion that the daily show and colbert report do the job that most actual journalists do not perform anymore, question authority. when you engage in such risky behavior on either side of the political debate, you run the risk to, from time to time, run into someone you can't outgiggle. this happened to jon stewart last night with his guest, marc thiessen. the above is what aired on the teevee and you can see the rest of the interview ...
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it's really hard living with a cuban wife. not just because she's petite, gorgeous and can bend every which way but because every time a news item, a book, a conversation even marginally approaches the subject of political oppression, she thinks that she has the right of way and will school you in the matters of her dear parents' lives having been robbed at ...
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in 1962, hugh hefner wrote photographers billy woodfield and lawrence schiller a letter describing his vision for a new marylin monroe centerfold, now at at the height of her career, the principle to which she had acquiesced. it starts with if this letter doesn't do it - nothing will...

there are few things more awesome than a good info-graphic (unless it's an info-graphic on a tablet, naturally) and these haitian aid cocktail umbrellas are no different. that's really the only way to understand properly that gisele bundchen gave more money than poland. damn you poland!

not much news to report from the weekend apart from some work for the agency as well as unexpected web lovin'. watching television with much sadness from coco's last show to haiti coverage, whether it involved selfless on-site rescuers or the real heroes, the box was filled with sensationalism and approximations which made me wonder about the validity of today's news distribution channels. aloud. to the great discomfort of my cuban in-laws with whom i was spending the weekend in philadelphia. so i decided that maybe it was better to shut up and write it down before they dug up a hole in the backyard to let me slow cook for a day instead of the usual pig.

  news is a concept that we seem to feel is external to us, something we watch or read about, not something we can get to on our own, without a third party. may it be a newspaper, a television show, a magazine or even friends, news ...
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is it amazing to you that african tribes, their rites and cultures are vanishing at an alarming rate so that may have giant cupcakes? it is to me, especially when the existing sets of costumes and makeup are needlessly wasted on lions and life magazine ...
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although i suspect apple only chose the red cross because they're the only ones with a clean logo, they've made easy to donate though iTunes. click here and just choose your amount. need more of a poke? this should help... do your part.

i guess there's a time and place for everything. i guess we could discuss the various ways conan could get back at jay. but for now, let's give help to those who need it.

general help
the red cross
unicef
operation usa
save the children
mercy corps
UN central emergency response
help haiti now
haiti children
madre
partners in health

celebrity help
ben's stillerstrong
wyclef's yele haiti
bill's clinton foundation

food help
world food bank
action against hunger
word

medical help
doctor's without borders
international medical corps
direct relief
CARE
albert schweitzer hospital

searching for people
haitian earthquake registry
state department

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amnesty international ads, if they can even be called that, are never all that much fun to watch. this one just about ruined my triple breakfast morning with its foul ending. how lazy are we, really, that we cannot ensure the safety of our fellow creatures ...
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philip niemeyer attempte the possible, to reduce the naughts to an icon chart. he succeeds, we applaud.