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Archive for February, 2007

Media’s Unbearable Lightness of Being…

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

“What then shall we choose? Weight or Lightness?”
-Milan Kundera, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
For those familiar with the book, the author plays with several themes. My favorite, embedded in the book’s very title, plays on three themes:
1) the “heaviness” associated with romantic relationships
2) the transient “lightness” associated with bachelorhood and
3) the constant […]

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I like giving the benefit of the doubt to creative user generated ad campaigns.
Even when they fall flat on their face.
But as I’m already a loyal TurboTax user for filing my relatively simple tax returns, I have to say that it would take a lot to forsake that trusting relationship.
Something say like… The Tax Rap […]

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The “Mystery” of Obama

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

No one has ever owned a presidential candidate this agreeable… Obama’s appeal, according to mainstream news sources, is that he’s still a variable.
In fact, turns out he’s an “empty vessel” for his supporters to define.
Anti-war? Obama’s your man. Minority tired of that glass ceiling? Obama fits the bill. Smoker?… err, until a few days […]

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