I never in my life thought I would be deciding between a female candidate and a black candidate for President. As if that weren’t exciting enough, it looks like our primary vote here in Virginia will actually make a difference, something else I thought would never happen in my lifetime. If interdimensional aliens landed [...]

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Tomorrow a lot of states are going to go vote in the Republican and Democratic primaries. So today I’m going to talk about how much I loathe paper.
I really do loathe it. I’ll admit it’s a handy tool when you need to communicate information in a low-tech way. And it’s often easier to read [...]

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Start My Game points out that Microsoft is putting more barriers in the way of XBox Live Silver users accessing content. (XBox Live Silver: the free online account.) I’m not really clear on what the XBox Live thing gives me, but it seems to primarily be access to multiplayer online gaming and downloadable demos. And [...]

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At first it was Lynn Winstead, Chuck D and
Rachel Maddow. And then Air America shook its lineup up, eased Winstead and Chuck D out of the door, and gave Maddow the morning slot. A few months later, they shook things up again and gave her the drive home. The schedule changes didn’t make any [...]

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I had hoped we could go this season without the stupid “war on Christmas” bullcrap. It’s come pretty close to ruining the holiday for me. Last year,
even acknowledging another holiday could get you in trouble. This year, you may have heard, the American Family Association got mad at PetSmart for not
segregating the Christmas [...]

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