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Self-history

By alex | Published: 1/28/2007
“I was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of a Volvo factory worker and part-time ice fisherman,” a mock self-tribute begins. “My mother was a backup singer for Abba. They were good folks.” In Chicago, “I discovered I was black, and I have remained so ever since.” – Obama’s send-up of Obama, while he was […]
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The future imagination

By alex | Published: 1/20/2007
“The horse-drawn tram has vanished, and so will the trolley, and some eccentric Berlin writer in the twenties of the twenty-first century, wishing to portray our time, will go to a museum of technological history and locate a hundred-year-old streetcar, yellow, uncouth, with old-fashioned curved seats, and in a museum of old costumes dig up […]
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It’s made of …

By alex | Published: 5/21/2006
“Pollo a La Brasa: Never Before served In The U. S. A. Our Roast Chicken Is Specially Brought Here for The Chicken Eater Lover. They Look As a Regular Roast Chicken. But, The Different Is Our Special Ingredients, You” – Flor de Mayo (landmark local Peruvian-Chinese restaurant)
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Liberal bias

By alex | Published: 5/4/2006
I have a mixed reaction to Colbert’s speech, to be honest (great intent, imperfectly executed), but I will definitely hold on to this gem: “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” – Stephen Colbert, White House Correspondents Dinner
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