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Author Archives: Jairus

Good morning, and

March 11, 2010 – 5:54 pm

Welcome to America!

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07/14/1978 – 03/02/2006

March 3, 2010 – 3:02 am

You will find me if you want me in the garden
unless it’s pouring down with rain
You will find me if you want me in the garden
unless it’s pouring down with rain
You will find me if you want me in the garden
unless it’s pouring down with rain
You will find me if you want me in the [...]

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37.5 million seconds

March 1, 2010 – 3:26 am

A little over a year and a month ago, I got a message titled “BFF 4 EVER” from an audrawilliams. She thought we’d get along, she said.

After discovering that we worked across the street from each other, we met for lunch the next day, and spent a good two or three hours talking about politics, [...]

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Suck my diiiiiiick, I’m a shaaaarktopus

February 12, 2010 – 4:56 pm

Q: What’s badder than the Battle of Tannhäuser and more dangerous than a swimming pool full of thumbtacks and facehuggers?
A: ROGER CORMAN’S SHARKTOPUS, motherfucker!
News of Sharktopus’ imminent approach came to us by way of Karen O’Hara’s Twitter:
Just got off the phone with the legendary Roger Corman who’s doing a new movie for us this year. Yes, [...]

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Cuuuuuuute!

February 4, 2010 – 10:04 pm
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6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day

January 27, 2010 – 3:26 pm

6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day – You are doomed to a future of terrible choices. Read this and despair.

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Sunset Queen

January 25, 2010 – 9:31 pm
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On masculinity

January 24, 2010 – 8:34 pm

I wrote this reply to a question posed on LiveJournal asking about the contemporary definitions of masculinity, and what (if anything) separates the masculine from the feminine. No one responded over there, so I’m reposting it here, because I’m interested in other people’s thoughts on the subject.
Do not reply to this post to argue about [...]

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Redux

January 4, 2010 – 4:20 am

I’ve been staring at the insides of my eyelides for hours, and work starts too soon. Winter robs me of sleep and sanity.

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overdrawn at the irony bank

December 18, 2009 – 11:00 am

i⋅ro⋅ny [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]
–noun, plural -nies.

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually [...]

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