I hope Facebook doesn’t become the standard bearer for Web 2.0, because I work for a Web 2.0 company, I like my job, and want to keep it.
Facebook sucks.
It is a better-designed version of MySpace that’s not crawling with illiterate teenagers (yet), with more toys.
Even those of us too-old-for-MySpace will get sick and tired of […]

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Posted on September 28th, 2007 by JM

The fact that the Indian version of Tom Cruise is pitching a skin-lightening cream, to help his darker brothers take on a Brahmin pallor, has been causing a stir in India.
It should come as no surprise to anyone who’s familiar with Indian, or just about any dark-skinned, culture, that a premium is paid for those who are fairer-skinned. […]

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Posted on September 27th, 2007 by JM

Yes, we all know that Georgie is stupid: he can’t pronounce foreign names, he seems ignorant of the dynamics and history that govern the political world, and mangles the English language. We’ve known pretty much all of this for about 7 years now.
Is anyone still in the dark about GWB’s intelligence? There is no way he’s […]

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Posted on September 26th, 2007 by JM

If you ask the average person if they think gays’ & lesbians’ well-being is getting better or worse nowadays, most will say worse.
To which I say: bullshit.
Keep in mind, I am gay, I do not think gays & lesbians enjoy equal rights, and I do think there is a lot of work still to be […]

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Posted on September 25th, 2007 by JM

This is a basic backgrounder for Americans, primarily, who might think Europeans do nothing all day but bitch about Americans. Don’t get me wrong—they do love bitching about Americans. But they also like bitching about each other, as well. Bordering countries, especially, have complex caricatures of each other, even when an outsider might think they’re […]

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Posted on September 24th, 2007 by JM

Laurie David and environmentalist activists like her really annoy the shit out of me. Probably because I actually do care about the environment.
Ms David is yet another personality who is most famous for marrying rich and famous (in her case, the curmudgeonly Larry David, whom I like), but in order to inject some purpose in […]

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Posted on September 21st, 2007 by JM

I have a friend who I love one-one-one and hate in groups. I’m sure most of you know what I’m talking about: great conversation partner, has great stories, but can not manage crowds. Small dinner parties send them into a nervous breakdown.
I also hate spending time with this friend in groups because her friends suck. […]

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Posted on September 21st, 2007 by JM

Richard Dawkins must have gotten the shit kicked out of him as a kid. Because now, 60 years later, he’s coming out strong and hard against the religious, and he’s not taking bullshit from anybody.
I mean, I am an atheist. I can easily understand the frustration he feels at religious people’s reliance on equal parts […]

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Posted on September 19th, 2007 by JM

We all know that male fashion designers, with the odd exception or two, are typically gay. This is why they are said to favor androgynous female models, who are so anorexic so as to not have any visibly feminine characteristics (such as breasts, hips or a post-pubescent ass). I always thought this was strange, since, […]

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Posted on September 18th, 2007 by JM

I am an atheist, yet I’m more than comfortable with the fact that most people in this country are God-fearing Christians. Why? “God-fearing” is a good thing for a person who has no innate sense of morality on his/her own. If they weren’t fearing retribution from God, some of these people would be committing all sorts […]

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Posted on September 17th, 2007 by JM