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obamas
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/us/politics/14friends.html
I want to have a social network like that! -
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favorite fictional couples: the ones whom i'm interested in, against my better judgment
draco and ginny (draco trilogy): of course. so dramatic. so many ups and downs. but i love the ending.
jessica and marcus (sloppy firsts, etc.): ok, so maybe books 3 and 4 were kind of whiny, but the excerpt from book 5 totally caught me. another very dramatic ( Read more... ) -
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when push comes to shove, i still write in my (handwritten) journal. -
stock market
OK, so I have to admit I don't get it.
The Fed dropped the inflation rate earlier this year, and people were panicked about inflation.
Now the CPI shows a decline, and people are panicked about deflation.
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whee! nytimes just called indiana a tossup this year! (this is from two weeks ago, when it was trending republican)
my vote will count! =) -
What generation are you?
I'm not sure how accurate this is - I mean, generations are more than just technology, there's also common cultural references - but it's pretty amusing ( Read more... ) -
Voting
Growing up as an immigrant in the United States, I've always appreciated the significance of American citizenship. It meant not having to wait in exhaustive lines at airports and getting visas easily; it meant having a great and powerful country back you up when abroad. But most importantly, it was about the right of every citizen to vote in ( Read more... ) -
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is it just me, or does the whole house/senate vote on the financial crisis sound a whole lot like Model UN? -
ouch...
And Generation Y has more special abilities than any previous one: these are people who came of age taking the Internet, BlackBerries, cash machines, Facebook and iPods for granted. They also take the taking for granted. They are the most coddled, indulged and overprotected generation ever. Swaddled in safety and self-esteem, they have all been ( Read more... )
