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the donkey says "It's a celebration, drinks are on me!" and the elephant says" no, no, I'm celebrating, the drinks are on me!" "It's rare to see you both so happy," the bartender says, "what's the good news?" "Alberto Gonzalas just resigned," they both reply.
- Gabriel Pressman, Atlanta, GA
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The Scoop on Tripp Cook |
| People I Would Like to Meet |
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Sadie Hawkins of Dollsquad,
Augusten Burroughs (to ask him why he gets a pass on faking biographies),
Barack Obama,
Tony Blair,
John Cleese,
Howard Schultz of Starbucks,
George Lakoff ('cause it must feel pretty awesome to be so damn rich you can both have opinions AND change the world),
Jane Monheit (cause baby has it going on),
Ken Burns (everything he touches turns to magic),
Stephen Hawkins,
Gina Bellman from the BBC's "Coupling",
crazed narcissist
Ann Coulter (but only if I am wearing a godless liberal tshirt to evoke her wrath)
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| My Favorite Books & Authors |
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Writer-Diva Hollis Gillespie,
author Shelby Steele,
"Zen" author Robert M. Pirsig,
Douglas Coupland,
Ellison's "Invisible Man",
Clarke's "Rendevous with Rama" and "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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| Favorite Television Shows |
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BBC's Coupling,
Scrubs,
Lost
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| Favorite Music |
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Jay-Z,
Julia Fordham ("Porcelain" is my all time favorite album),
Indigo Girls,
the entire amazing Gilberto family of Bosso Nova fame (Joao,
Astrud,
and moderist daughter Bebel),
Zero 7,
Dr. Dre,
Stanley Turrentine ("Sugar" is the most amazing jazz album EVER),
Chemical Brothers,
David Gray (right now I am really into his stuff),
Sonia and Disappear Fear,
Cowboy Junkies,
Yaz,
Jet,
Ani DeFranco (but only in limited doses),
Kabao,
Eliza Carthy,
and da Snoop Dogg. An honerable mention has to be made for Joey Ramone's version of "What a Wonderful World."
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Birthday: August 20, 1968 (40 years old)
Location: Atlanta, GA
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My Current Poll |
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Posted: Apr 23, 2008
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| What is your favorite ice cream? |
| "Stephen Cobert's Americone Dream" by Ben and Jerry's. No lie. |
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| What is your earliest memory? |
| This question. (Where did I leave my drink, again? Damn.) |
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| What really makes you angry? |
| Spam from organizations I actually LIKE. I can't delete it! It just SITS there making me feel GUILTY for not forwarding the rainforest-saving, challenger-supporting, consumer-rights-protecting, Plan-B demanding petition on to 10 friends. Grrrr. |
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Feelin’ pretty good: Obama, 50%; McCain 42%
Obama Hits 50 Percent In New Gallup Poll by FOXNews.com Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has reached the 50 percent milestone in the latest Gallup Poll, the first time he has hit the threshold considered to be a safe number for victory. According to Gallup's Daily Tracking Poll, the Democratic presidential nominee now maintains an 8-point lead over Republican John McCain, 50 percent to 42 percent.... Read More
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Barack and Michelle Obama are ‘uppity,’ says Lynn Westmoreland
Barack and Michelle Obama are ‘uppity,’ says Lynn Westmoreland Thursday, September 4, 2008, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, who was born and raised in the South, said Thursday that he’s never heard the word “uppity” used in a racially loaded fashion — and meant nothing more than “elitist” when he applied it to Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. “If anyone read more into it, no undercurrent was intended,” Westmoreland spokesman Brian Robinson said this evening.... Read More
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| A Donkey and An Elephant Walk Into A Bar c.2009 |
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