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The Morning News – Do You Have Hipsters?, by Eric Feezell I get confused by all the social labels floating around these days. You have emo, goth, hipsters, grups, gen x, gen y, and a myriad of others. Satire is good them. ;)

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over my med body! >> How To Hold Back Tears This post reminded me of something Dr. Guimon said when I was in Uganda on my last trip. Because so many people there were facing starvation because of a late start in the planting season caused by the LRA, Dr.…

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Managing Your Online Identity

I remember reading Anil Dash’s article, Anil Dash: privacy through identity control many years ago. As a result, I purchased the JasonWall.net, JasonWall.org, and the .net and .org versions of walljm.com. Though I had other reasons, that article was influential in motivating me. In keeping with the idea that if…

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Wedding – a photoset on Flickr Mr. and Mrs. Kottke’s photo set on flickr.

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Google Finance Google launches a google news like section for financial data.

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The Little Men Who Love Little House – Why boys like girls books. By Emily Bazelon I read rather broadly when I was a kid, mostly because I would run out of books of my own and have to resort to whatever I could find around the house.

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Urban Saint Louis dot Com

Urban Saint Louis, a website that keeps track of developments happening in the city I live in, looks useful. I’m a pretty bad when it comes to civic minded stuff. Its nice to have a well designed and interesting looking site to keep me informed. Score one for the lazy…

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Extrodinary Selfishness and Debasement of Life

From an article in the LA Times this little excerpt nearly bowled me over:Sarah, 23, says it never occurred to her to use birth control, though she has been sexually active for six years. When she became pregnant this fall, Sarah, who works in real estate, was in the midst…

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The “your name needs” Meme

The thing to do is google "Your Name needs" and see what google thinks you should add to your life. Here is what google told me:Jason needs a PismoJason needs your micro-cashJason needs to SHUT UPJason needs your helpJason needs to diet because he has become too fatJason needs a…

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Farther Steps talks about Profaning Mammon. Taken from a quote by R. Kent Hughes in Set Apart, 33, he notes that to profane mammon is to give it away, and that giving it away to God is the ultimate way to profane mammon. Exquisite.Astounding. We follow the footsteps of Rome,…

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Abortion Rates Continue To Fall Under Bush Administration

Remember during the election when some guy posted a study that said abortion rates had gone up under the Bush administration? Well, it isn’t true. According to a factcheck.org article, abortion rates have continued to drop under the Bush Administration, though at a smaller rate than in previous years.