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1st Mistake: Robbing a Casino on the Strip in Blackface
If you ever consider robbing a casino on the Las Vegas Strip, please do not compound the idiocy of your crime by doing it in blackface. People watch Ocean’s 11 and whatever that stupid Kevin Spacey movie was where the kids were counting cards at the blackjack table and think taking down a casino is…
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This Account Tweets the Lyrics to ‘Africa’ by Toto Over and Over Again
I was trolling Twitter last night when I stumbled across the best thing I had seen on the internet that entire day. There is a Twitter account that does nothing but tweet the lyrics to the song “Africa” by Toto over and over again. Before I go into my explanation for why this is amazing,…
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Meek Mill vs. Brock Turner: The Injustice of Our Criminal-Justice System
As Meek Mill sits in jail on parole-violation charges related to a case he caught when he was just 19 years old, his mother is appealing to the newly elected district attorney in Philadelphia to help her son get the justice she feels he deserves. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that during a brief news conference…
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Is Flirting a Form of Cheating?
I am an incurable flirt. It is a big part of my personality, and it is something that often happens without me being conscious of it. For the most part it is harmless. I’m not going to lie—I have used flirting to my advantage to get my way in public with both men and women.…
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I Wish I Could Have Back All the Naps I Didn’t Take as a Child
Twitter tells me that Monday, the day after we did the whole “spring forward” thing for daylight saving time, is #NationalNappingDay. It’s a funny coincidence, because the one thing I could definitely use right now is a freaking nap. I’m so serious. I am surviving off of three hours of sleep through no fault of…
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Republicans on House Intelligence Committee Don’t Think Trump Is Putin’s Pawn
The Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee announced Monday that they do not believe Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to help Donald Trump win the 2016 U.S. presidential election. According to CNN, those same GOP members said they found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and they will be shutting…
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Incidents in the Life of a Serial Nonmonogamist
I wasn’t planning on meeting anyone, and I wasn’t planning on liking him. It was late last summer in New York City. I had come for a work event, and ended up with some extra time on my hands in the city. I should have been on a plane on my way back home to…
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You Know the Housing Markets Are Rough When Adults Are Paying to Live in Dormitories
House prices these days are ridiculous, especially if you are a single professional living in a larger city. I live in a beautiful studio apartment on the West Hollywood-Hollywood border. My neighborhood has a Walk Score of 92. The best nightlife Hollywood has to offer and the famous Walk of Fame are just minutes away…
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Trump Appointees Are Out Here Living Their Very Best ‘It Ain’t Tricking if You Got It’ Lifestyles
Just a week after the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it would be canceling a $31,000 order for a new dining set to decorate Secretary Ben Carson’s office, the Department of the Interior confirmed that it will be spending more than four times that amount to make repairs to the office of…
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A Condom With a Hole In it, and 9 Other Things I Trust More Than Trump
At the White House press briefing on Wednesday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders was discussing the departure of top Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn. He is just the latest member of Donald Trump’s administration to say, “You know what? I’m out of here” and quit his job. A member of the press asked Sanders about the high…
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