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Last login: 7 hours agoJay-Ferrari: Jay-Ferrari is a 39 year old married guy from Washington DC, USA.; Likes 219 pages, 9 videos, 5 photos • 5 fans; Member since Jan 30, 2007

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Assessing the new poet laureate. - By Meghan ORourke - Slate Magazine: Aug 9, 5:36pm 2 reviews poetry, ryan, poet-laureate, kay-ryan
http://www.slate.com/id/2196198/pagenum/all; From the page: "Ryan rejects the pained, stylized self-consciousness that characterizes so much contemporary poetry. Where many poets today are engaged in issues and questions that would be meaningful mainly to other practitioners of the art, Ryan's concerns about the nature of reality are relatively translatable to a general audience."

The Olympics needs more politics - Fourth-Place Medal - Olympics - Yahoo! Sport…: Aug 7, 10:27am 1 review sports, politics, olympics
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/The-Oly...; Oddly, the answer to this question begins just like the answer I give my eight year old when he asks why we can't do something that he would like to do and I would not.

Identity Trumps Issues, Part I &8212; A Case Study in Tax Cuts | Ketchup and Cav…: Aug 3, 10:24am 1 review politics, economy, taxes, obama, mccain
http://www.ketchupandcaviar.com/politics/identity-trumps-issues-part-i-a-case...; You'd have to make more than $603,402 not to be helped more by McCain than Obama.

So why is it that many middle class Americans will end up voting for McCain rather than Obama -against their economic interests -- while claiming that tax cuts and the economy are most important to them?

RatTube & Vincent Bugliosi at Impeachment Hearings 7/25/08: Jul 25, 1:12pm 3 reviews politics, iraq, bush, impeachment, bugliosi
http://rattube.com/blog1/2008/07/25/vincent-bugliosi-at-impeachment-hearings-...; Vincent Bugliosi at Impeachment Hearings 7/25/08

Peak Two Marketing and Strategy: Jul 16, 8:42am 1 review marketing
http://www.peaktwo.com/Walmart%20logo; "Changing their shirt without showering."

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The Well-Read Child: Family Reading Challenge and Giveaway: Jul 10, 10:38am 1 review kids, books, reading, contest, summer
http://wellreadchild.blogspot.com/2008/07/family-reading-challenge-and-giveaw...; This is a great blog championing child reading. The summer contest specs: "Would you like to spend more time reading and challenge yourself and your family to read a bit every day? If so, I'd love it if you joined me! The only rule is that you try to fit in time every day. You know what will work best for your family, so you decide the logistics."

Op-Ed Columnist - An Ideal Husband - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: Jul 9, 6:23am 3 reviews health, married-life, relationships, love, marriage
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/opinion/06dowd.html?em&ex=1215748800&en=fd7...; "A therapist friend insists that `more marriages are killed by silence than by violence.' The strong, silent type can be charming but ultimately destructive. That world-class misogynist, Paul of Tarsus, got it right when he said, `In all your dealings with one another, speak the truth to one another in love that you may grow up.'

The Well-Read Child: A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg: Jul 2, 1:08pm 1 review childrens-books, books, reading, racisim, race-relations
http://wellreadchild.blogspot.com/2008/06/thousand-never-evers-by-shana-burg....; Set in Kuckachoo, Mississippi in 1963, A Thousand Never Evers is historical fiction told from the point of view of the 12-year-old African American girl, Addie Ann Pickett. Kuckachoo is a town separated by color--"the white side" and "the colored side." Racism runs deep, and the town sheriff may be the biggest racist of them all. When Addie Ann makes fun of a white lady's hat, her brother disappears. On top of not knowing whether or not her brother is alive, an incident with the town garden leaves Addie Ann's Uncle Bump on trial, and Addie Ann must find the courage to save him.