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A Story for Valentine’s Day

February 13th, 2008 · by John · 14 Comments

19 years ago, Jana and I met. We danced. I asked her out. I washed her hair. We fell in love. 18 years ago, we kissed. Then we kissed a lot more. I left for my mission in Japan. We didn’t promise to wait for each other. 17 years ago, we wrote to each other [...]

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Tags: Personal · Satire

Find Out What It Means To Me

February 13th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

(Apologies to Aretha Franklin) I do not agree with many of Senator Clinton’s positions. I’ve never met her, so I shall reserve thoughts on her personality. But she has my respect. She is a woman in the most manish of manish professions, she has worked her way into the halls of male privilege, and I’d [...]

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Tags: Career · Feminism · Gender · Politics

Obama’s Sweep: Eight States and Counting

February 13th, 2008 · by John · 12 Comments

I don’t think it would be exaggerating to say that Obama kicked ass in the Potomac Primaries yesterday: we’re talking about a frickin’ 50% lead in DC. When was the last time you saw a 50% lead? If you’ll forgive me a little apples and oranges comparison here, two hundred years ago, James Madison beat [...]

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Tags: Current Events · Politics