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When I'm not reviewing videogames for a living, or blogging about them, I'm reading, listening to music, playing music, complaining about how San Francisco isn't Chicago, or writing the Great American Novel. I also read comics and collect urban vinyl, and am horribly nearsighted, cementing my status as a nerd savant.

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      Living jacket made up of embryonic stem cells dies

      A small jacket made up of embryonic stem cells taken from mice, had to be euthanized because it was growing too quickly for it's own support system. Why grow a jacket?... It was art and the director...  more

      If permitted to grow against the glass, I wonder what it might have become...?  more
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      Ten really unhealthy foods

      Krispy Kreme burger?  more

      Just this week when I was at the Buccaneer Days celebration in Corpus Christi, Texas (continuing through May 4, 2008!), I saw a booth dedicated to the latest hit in fairground...  more
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      Human Rights Torch arrives in San Francisco

      On April 5, 2008 the Human Rights Torch arrived in San Francisco after traveling across the world beginning last year in Greece. The torch is a celebration of human rights and was established by a...  more
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      "It's not A and B"

      It's been thirteen years since Phil became Natalie in the small Midwestern town of Columbia, Missouri. Inspired by fashion, Natalie has chosen to forgo a sex change operation and defines herself and...  more
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      Scientology's 'Operating Thetan' bible gets the full leak

      Wikileaks have obtained a full copy of L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology's 'Operating Thetan,' which is often referred to as the "collected secret "bibles" of Scientology." ...  more
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      Single? Female? You are stupid, study shows

      Smarter women marry.  more

      Hmph! These social scientists should come with me to my high school's ten-year reunion (coming up!) if they would like to evaluate their notes against some real-world data.  more
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      Washington Post wins 6 Pulitzers

      The Washington Post won six Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including the public service medal for exposing shoddy treatment of America's war wounded at Walter Reed hospital, and the breaking-news award...  more

      Also, Iowa City would like you to know that no fewer than three Pulitzer Prize-winners had ties, whether as alumni or as faculty, to the University of Iowa. (It's no surprise,...  more
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      Incest alive and well in South Australia

      It's a disturbing tale, but the story of Jenny and John Deaves has to be seen to be believed. Father and daughter, separated by close to 30 years, have a nine-month old daughter and are continuing...  more

      @ksimpson Thanks for that really amazing link.  more
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      Blogged to death?

      As blogging becomes big business (thats alot of b's), people who get paid to produce blogs are feeling the effects of a highly competitive 24/7 industry. ...  more

      Ugh, I believe it. In an office where every second of the day is a deadline, watching for other blog outlets to break an embargo and leak a story so you can do the same,...  more
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      No worry girls, FHM study proves guys love fat chicks

      I'm tired of magazines Sayin' flat butts are the thing Take the average black man and ask him that She gotta pack much back  more

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    I've been able to accomplish some OK things with recording software, a minidisc recorder, mic, and a Canon PowerShot SD630 Elph. No kidding.

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    college
    Northwestern Univ
    Current Gig:
    1UP dot com
    Influences / Heroes:
    Astro Boy
    Organizations I Belong To:
    Live Action Cartoonists, Retronauts, some googlegroups
    Political Bent:
    left of the middle
    What I would Change About the World:
    more relish
    Favorite Movies:
    documentaries, asian horror, some science fiction, and movies about being awkward
    Favorite Directors:
    Takashi Miike, Terry Zwigoff, Judd Apatow
    Favorite TV Shows:
    Moral Court, Science Court, Home Movies, Freaks & Geeks, Square One TV, Stella, Sports Night, Doctor Who, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, Flight of the Conchords
    Favorite Bands:
    The Unicorns, Malajube, Danielson Famile, Polyphonic Spree, Mountain Goats, Grandaddy, M Ward, Julie Doiron, April March, Edith Frost, Archer Prewitt, Mclusky; basically bands from Chicago, Canada, or 1960s France
    Favorite Track:
    http://jennatar.muxtape.com/
    Celebrity Crush:
    Michael Cera; Richard Ayoade

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