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A few weeks ago, my blog imploded.  For whatever reason, my backups weren’t actually backing up, and one day I awoke to a tweet from a reader informing me that none of my posts existed anymore. That’s never good. So I contacted my tech guy, Shawn Smith, who’s been saving my digital ass since 2003 [...]

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If you haven’t heard, the US Women’s soccer team is in the US Women’s World Cup semifinals.  They got there by beating Brazil, traditionally one of the global powers in soccer, in a thrilling comeback that was settled by a shootout.  It was, by all accounts, one of the most dramatic exhibitions in recent US [...]

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The web sitcom I produce, The Baristas, is having a story contest this month.  The contest ends today.  And you should enter it. Yes, you.  No matter who you are. Now, you may not think you know how to tell a good story, but you’re wrong.  Because if you’re reading this blog, then no matter [...]

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There’s a stranger in my bed / There’s a pounding in my head Glitter all over the room / Pink flamingos in the pool I smell like a minibar / DJ’s passed out in the yard Barbie’s on the barbeque / There’s a hickie or a bruise Pictures of last night Ended up online I’m [...]

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Justin on June 14th, 2011

NOTE: Ironically, Bill Simmons wrote almost this exact same post on Grantland, which I could have just linked you to and saved myself the trouble, had I read it first.  His is funnier.  You should read it.  But anyway… When LeBron James made The Decision in 2010 to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and take his [...]

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