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- On The Sound of Young America Podcast, Tony Millionaire (one of my absolute favs) discusses how he made a living asking random people if he could draw their house for 25 bucks.

- Common Errors in English. This is a simple yet fantastic website that lists common, uh, errors in English. Example:

YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING

Here’s a case in which eagerness to avoid error leads to error. The original expression is the last part of a deliberately ungrammatical joke: “If that’s what you think, you’ve got another think coming.”

- What happened to this VP pick, Obama?

- A cool collection of WWI maps.

- The other day I opened Columbia's webpage to find a video by professor Lincoln Michell. Hey, I'm pretty good at this foreign policy stuff.

What happens with an only child?

I have a very short piece up at McSweeney's today. Check it out here: Notable Moments at the Home-School Prom.

Hey baby, is that a quote from Nietzsche on your lips?

- As my regular readers (wha??) know, I give out regular awards for the best/most absurd Google search that leads someone to my blog... I'm afraid I may have to discontinue it after the following gem:

youtube hannah montana very sexy stuff like kissing and guys with shrits off

The spelling of "shrits" seals it!

- Did you know Mike Mussina writes for McSweeney's?

- Who are you voting for this election? Newborn baby or Democratic kitty?

- Another blast from my past:

The first mistake occurs when
you say, I love you and I reply, oh,
I thought you were going to say you had an STD.

- My current favorite quote:

Everybody has about exactly enough courage to jaywalk or cheat a wife or a friend with a quote form Nietzsche on his lips

~Barry Hannah