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‘Real Americans’ Pissed at Best Buy for Extending Holiday Wishes to Muslims "Best Buy has struck a nerve deep in the heart of Americaland for including a “Happy Eid Al-Adha” note to Muslims in a holiday circular." Italian Group Asks MTV To Cancel ‘Jersey Shore’ "A national Italian-American organization based in New Jersey says an MTV reality show that depicts Italian-American beachgoers as the “hottest,

seven week itch
Good news! I figured out what caused this awful rash on my stomach. Bad news! It’s my cholesterol medication, to which I am allergic apparently. Posted in personal Tagged: diabetes, NaBloPoMo, National Blog Posting Month, pills thrills and bellyaches, Welchol

countdown to Thanksgiving: “A Turkey Named Brotherhood”
Posts from now until Thanksgiving are going to be speculations on family, food, fat, feasting, famine, and fortune. The usual shit, but with a melancholy Thanksgiving twist. Awesome! When I was a sophomore in high school, I spent most of the year living away from home. Along with my older sister, I lived first with a foster mother in Washington Heights, and then in Forest Hills Gardens with my best friend Kim’s father Russell and stepmother Linda. I don’

last minute and late night
Chifrijo from Irazú Elisa and I had dinner at Irazú tonight. I’d been to the dentist this afternoon so I couldn’t eat much more than chifrijo, chicken soup, and a banana-oatmeal shake. Okay, I guess that’s a lot. And I totally got a steak sandwich to go. Lunch tomorrow, you will be incredible. I’m watching Nights of Rodanthe instead of sleeping. I think there is a Nicholas Sparks movie for every decade of a woman’

Life, Rent, Felt
I know the last few days have been cheats for National Blog Posting Month. I will post harder, better, faster, stronger for the rest of the month, I swears. But first, a few quick notes: I am obsessed with HGTV, For Rent in particular. Probably because I am a long-time renter with no real plans for buying a place any time soon. Also I think it’s hilarious that host Jodi Gilmour and her renters never refer to the cities or neighborhoods in wh