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The Republic

Meat Market

June 29, 2010
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“I get a call on my way to the audition from the agent.  He said, ‘What is really important is that you are fuckable.’” – Adrienne Shelley (young actress)

How to Fix the Environment: Make Cigarette Butts with Seeds

May 26, 2010
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Wouldn’t that just flip the whole goddam world upside down?  Imagine if there were seeds inside every cigarette butt.  Every time a smoker tossed their butt out of a car window or onto the pavement somewhere, it would have a chance to sprout into a beautiful tree or flower or something.  Instead of brands of [...]

How to Survive Bay to Breakers

May 14, 2010
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This will be my sixth year doing Bay to Breakers here in San Francisco.  I’ve compiled a few helpful tips for how to survive and make the best of it.

Stupid Nerds – The Lost Social Class

May 12, 2010
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I had a realization some time ago that there is a sad little sub-sect of the Nerd social class that nobody much talks about: Stupid Nerds.  In the broad, two-party system of social classes, where you’re either a jock or a nerd, most accept that, where nerds lack in athletic prowess or social aptitude, they more than [...]

Cinco de Mayo – Celebrating Mexican Independence

May 5, 2010
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Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) is not Mexican Independence day, but it might as well be where Americans and, specifically Chicanos are concerned.  Pride in one’s nation, check.  Beer being marketed at an unusually high level, check.  Bar-b-que? Check.  I did some checking up to try to figure out this holiday’s significance, because knowing why [...]

Five Topics I’m Not Writing About Today

May 3, 2010
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Being a writer means treating it like any day-job: you ought to work at it every day, and you can’t just cheat it.  But I’ve been busy the last few days with my actual day job and, frankly, nothing has fired me up saying, “Write me!  Write the shit out of me!”  So here’s a [...]

Modern Sophist 2.0! (up and running again)

April 20, 2010
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There’s always going to be more improvements to make but, for now, ModernSophist.com is back up and running again.

Please Pardon the Mess (Under Construction)

April 14, 2010
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I am playing around with a new look to try to streamline this site and make it a lot more appealing.  I know a lot of you really liked the look of the last one but I think, once I put the work in, this new version will look and feel a whole lot better. [...]

Why Organ Donation Wont Kill You

April 12, 2010
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Given the recent articles about problems with the donor registry in England, I thought I’d address the most common reason people say they aren’t sure about donation from what’ I’ve heard in America and the American system.

Messing With Other People’s Porn – The Backlash From TittyCity

April 9, 2010
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I think I might have hurt their boners.  I’ve pissed a bunch of dudes off on a website/blog called Tittycity.com, which features a lot of exceptional photos of naked girls.  Now, there’s a lot of argument.  The expression of their anger can be summed up in one of two ways, “you’re not funny,” and “you’re [...]