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Midnight linkage
To Grow Roots, or Not Grow Roots: That Is the Question | BlogHer » I tend to feel the same jealousy this woman does when my friends can point out their elementary and middle schools and were in the same school district for longer than two years. Mobility has its advantages, but having a home may have more.
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Oh, and about those snakes
In which Travis makes an ass of himself. Continue Reading Oh, and about those snakes
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Well, there were snakes.
And it did take place on a plane. Other than that, Snakes on a Plane had didn’t have any redeeming qualities. Samuel L. Jackson is doing the same tired stuff he’s been doing for that past few years–playing in roles that make him out to be a badass because he can get away with it. He was too long in the tooth for the role and it showed–his movements were stiff and aged. The acting was terrible. The writing was awful. The delivery of those lines was flat. It was shocking and gross just to be shocking and gross. It wasn’t really funny. It tried to be campy in parts…
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Interestingly enough (or not) | Prometheus 6 » Why is there still the perception that blacks are lazy or lazier than other races in America? Prometheus has a great discussion here. I especially like the idea that folks don’t know what responsibility looks like–ebonics and comfortable clothes don’t
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On U-Hauls and driving
I had enough boxes and containers to form a single layer on the bottom of a 10 foot U-Haul truck. The furniture I took home (nightstands, a would-be coffee table, and a bookshelf) laid on top. Too much stuff. I need to throw away a lot more. Driving the U-Haul was amazing. I almost sideswiped two cars before I learned about the little mirrors that let me see right next to the truck. But the truck handled like a dream and had some umph. If that’s evidence of how GMC makes trucks, I’m impressed. The 12-ish miles per gallon was for the birds, though. Luckily, it only took one tank…