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Loading ...Damn, it feels good to be a blue state. (Fear The Beard)
Posted November 5, 2008 at 10:47 amDear Coastal FTB Brethren,
Hey, it’s your landlocked pen pal here, across the Sierras, across the Great Basin of Nevada, across the Rocky Mountains here in Colorado. This morning I am happy to report that the route I just described - roughly the line drawn from San Francisco to Denver by Interstate 70 - last night [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Yes! We! Did! (Fear The Beard)
Posted November 4, 2008 at 8:00 pmThank you America. Thank you for the most singularly affirming political event that I have ever witnessed. I am beyond words right now.
Thank you.
Daniel Turman
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Postcard from “post-racial” America, part three: election elegy. (Fear The Beard)
Posted November 4, 2008 at 1:15 amFormula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, Senator Barack Obama
Filed from: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
Today, there is a strong possibility that America will elect its first person of color and first African-American to the highest office in the land, that of President of the United States. It is quite likely in many respects that the speed and [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Postcard from “post-racial” America, part II: on becoming the man. (Fear The Beard)
Posted October 30, 2008 at 4:01 pmFiled from: Napili, Maui, Hawaii
“…I threw the ball with two hands at first, then developed an awkward jump shot, a crossover dribble, absorbed in the same solitary moves hour after hour. By the time I reached high school, I was playing on Punahou’s teams, and could take my game to the university courts, where a [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Postcard from “post-racial America,” part I. (Fear The Beard)
Posted October 27, 2008 at 1:26 amFiled from: Kihei, Maui, Hawaii.
Relaxing used to be easier. That’s how it seems at least. Barack Obama is leading the polls by many a measure right now, but there is also a countercurrent that seems to be palpable. The question: is it real? The answer: yes and no.
First, a picture. Here it is. From the [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Lakers not as attractive as usual (SFGate Sports: Golden State Warriors)
Posted October 18, 2008 at 5:26 pm- Amid the bright lights of America’s most sinfully extravagant city, the NBA’s glitziest team filled slightly more than half an arena last weekend. It was a bit colder than usual around these parts, but even the Los Angeles Lakers were feeling the chill of…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Murs runs for President. My vote is unrocked. (Fear The Beard)
Posted October 1, 2008 at 11:14 pmIn the years after releasing what was probably one of the best albums of 2006, “Murray’s Revenge,” Los Angeles rapper Murs bearded-up, dreaded-up and major labeled-up. He is also running for President, and what do people running for president do in America? They move toward the middle while still trying to appeal to their base [...]
Tags: America, Barack Obama, Board of Supervisors, Chris Daly, Elect Murs, Los Angeles (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Ratto: Bad moves by Ellis, but Warriors shouldn’t fine him (SFGate Sports: Golden State Warriors)
Posted September 24, 2008 at 5:05 pmA moped. Monta Ellis put $66 million on a moped. Of course he did. As Comrade Hu just reported, Ellis blew up his ankle and will be lost to America’s Favorite Ninth-Place Team for between two and four months, depending on whose diagnosis you believe. He did…
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