i got by with a little help from my friend

man. i had this friend once.
he was so. freaking. cool.
seriously.
this guy was co-ol.
he would let me call him like 17 times a day and never get annoyed. and then he would call me like 14 times in the same day and compliment my “micheal jackson” ring-back tone no matter what. 
and he would let me talk about [...]

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if you haven’t seen “broadcast news” then the following review is totally timely

editor’s note: the following is a follow-up to my previous post, found below or by clicking here.
to be fair “broadcast news” has some pretty great lines. I stole the following off imdb’s site here. even though you could just click that link and read them or you could just watch them in context by renting the movie from the “favorites” [...]

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my cue to read ‘the elements of style’

so tonight i was talking to this guy i recently met about my blog.
and he was all “‘ya, i was thinking about starting a blog, but i’m not that good at spelling or grammar.’”
and then i was all, “‘umm, have you read my blog? it’s not about that kind of stuff. it’s about writing without editors.’”
and he was [...]

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Goooo spell check!!!!!

Spell check, spell check he’s our man. If he can’t do it, no one can! Gooooo spelllll check!!!
just wanted to say thank you to the nice people at wordpress for bringing back the box with the little “abc” in it and the check mark! my blog just got much smarter as a result!

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despite being a journalist, i can’t relly spel*

umm, so wordpress changed a bunch of stuff this weekend and for some reason i can’t find the spell check. and seeing as how im the worst speller ever, (true story) im just giving you guys some warning that my posts might have some mistakes until i figure it out.
and, anyone who knows where the square button with the abc letters [...]

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randomly me

I’ve been a writing a crapload of stuff for work lately and all those coherent articles have made it hard for me to post anything long. so instead of a regular post, tonight you’ll be getting a list of random thoughts. enjoy:
*I finally got my freaking Wisconsin Driver’s license. and it’s pink. so that almost [...]

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you know, becuase M takes sooo long to say. and write.

so i’m not trying to scare anyone, but i’ve noticed a disturbing new trend among media folk. like on cnn. and the radio. and even some commercials, people are saying times as either 10 p or 10 a.
umm, wtf? did someone decide “m” was just too long? or too complicated? or too boring?
i like to [...]

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