Category Archives: Pop Culture

The passive-agressive guide to OccupyWallStreet

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I grew up Catholic in St. Paul, Minnesota or as I like to say, I had a season ticket front-row seat to the “Minnesota Nice Guilt-Fest.” We used to hold passive-agressive contests at the local parish church every Sunday where … Continue reading

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How stupid is Mike Bloomberg?

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I have nothing to add other than when the weak become fearful, they start shooting and hitting. On YouTube Regardless of what you think about Keith Olbermann, elected leaders who choose to start arresting and repressing the pubic only fuels … Continue reading

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The complete and authoritative guide to social media

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My buddy Neil Hedley wrote a blog post yesterday that I just had to comment on. That comment turned into a blog post for me. (yay!) This came on the heels of a post by Bonnie Stewart on Salon.com about … Continue reading

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You cheated me. You stole my destiny.

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There is a scene in Forrest Gump where Lt. Dan hauls Forrest to the floor of the military hospital and lashed out at him for saving his life. His destiny, he yelled through clenched teeth, was to die in battle … Continue reading

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Puppies of Mad Men

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Anyway, it got me thinking that if Mad Men started off with a puppy, there has got to be a ton of other puppy references throughout. So I am going to find them and add them here. Continue reading

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I’m a joker, I’m a smoker, I’m a midnight toker… but mostly I’m a welder who writes haiku and works as a janitor on the weekends

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When I was young, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life when I grew up; EVERYTHING. I wanted to be on the receiving end of a firehose of experience that was exciting and revelrous and peaceful … Continue reading

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Who do you trust?

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When Steve Jobs died, I knew about it a few minutes afterward because I saw a tweet from Chris Brogan asking if it were true. But I didn’t immediately retweet or reply; I went to nytimes.com. And cnn.com. And msnbc.com. … Continue reading

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