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The Airing of Grievances, 2011 Edition

December 23, 2011
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It’s that time of year again. The season of giving and spirit and spending and super cheesy jewelry commercials that make even the greatest of guys look like total jerks. This also means that Festivus is upon us. Festivus means the airing of grievances. And boy did 2011 give me some serious grievances to air. [...]

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Finals Are Over and We’ve All Survived

December 15, 2011
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Over the course of this semester, I’ve effectively dismantled the love-at-first-sight & happily-ever-after fantasies of fairy tales, found validation for my opinion that romantic poetry is gross, and rendered myself incapable of watching epic/action/adventure movies without comparing them to Beowulf. As such, I thought I’d share something I was very proud of with all of [...]

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Clash of the Philosophies: Lululemon, Yoga and Ayn Rand

November 19, 2011
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Lululemon, an athletic apparel store that specializes in yoga gear and clothing, recently added the phrase “Who is John Galt?” to their holiday tote bags. First, some background. John Galt is a character from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, who encourages the great creative leaders of the world to strike and “stop the motor of the [...]

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An Open Letter to the CEO of Anytime Fitness

November 17, 2011

Hello, Chuck. A few wonderful bloggers whose work and opinions I respect and admire came across a PR email about your book (Working Out Sucks) titled “Anytime Fitness CEO says money is allergic to fat people.” There is so much wrong with this statement, especially when compared to the description of the book: The success [...]

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The Christmas Conspiracy

November 12, 2011

It’s November 12th. Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. Fall has descended on the Northern Hemisphere and the air is filled with the spirit of.. Christmas? WHAT!? Oh yeah. Christmas season started early this year – the day after Halloween, in fact. The commercials, the trees in the malls, the decorations in stores.. People [...]

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Spelling Bee Protests: When Anti-Intellectualism Has Gone Too Far

November 8, 2011

Years and years ago, I did a bunch of spelling bees. In fact, I was in the spelling bee every year from fourth through eighth grade. I get twitchy when people misspell common words in their blogs, tweets or Facebook posts. Yes, I know, I’m a little bit obsessive, but it’s a conveyance of language [...]

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