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If you read only one sociological analysis - infused with literary commentary and festooned with crisp graphs - of R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet today, it should be this one.

The graph has a very dense core and two peripheral structures. The structure on the right consists of Pimp Luscious, Bishop Craig, Reverend Mosley James Evan, and the ( Read more... )

Back in the deep south from whence i came. Already missing friends but glad to be with family ( Read more... )

Behold! A meme I just made up

At work you are known as that weird guy/girl who: opens the little creamer thimbles and tests them individually before adding them to my coffee. They go ... stale, I guess. They're actual half-and-half, but pasteurized, and preseved who-knows-how. So they don't go bad, but they do develop this really chalky offtaste ( Read more... )

This is surely the greatest music video ever directed (by a former special effects director, made for a musician whose dreams covered your Trapper Keeper).


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My OLD method of dealing with road rage: barking at the offending driver, on the theory that since road rage comes from a primal place, giving explicit voice to those primitive urges will both soothe the mind and make me feel ridiculous enough to not respond with more bad driving.

My NEW method of dealing with road rage: yelling "Merry Christmas ( Read more... )

Currently waiting on a memory leak test to complete. Time to let out some punchy thoughts on movies.


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My dream architecture is heavily integrated with the natural environment. I want cities with elevated walkways so that forest can live below. Every roof should be a living roof, and the border with the wild should be at least as near as the nearest window, if not closer ( Read more... )

Presenting the real trailer

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To Mrs. Abernathy, my AP Biology teacher: I told you so.

In a study published in the journal Nature in 2006, a team of scientists reported that receptors for the basic tastes are found in distinct cells, and that these cells are not localized but spread throughout the tongue. That said, other studies suggest that some parts may be more sensitive ( Read more... )