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...around him in his rapid transformation from star to villain. With his career and fortune in ruins, he recalls, his main "reason for waking up every morning was knowing my children were waiting for me to give them some hope for the future because they couldn't see their dad destroyed...
...unique tonalpalette. He is both self-deprecating andcritical: in his introduction, for example,he calls into question his own unplannedbirth to delegitimize the whole concept ofthe “accidental child” (“I’m a doer not asayer, shaker and a mover /...my dad saidI was an afterparty baby / This goes out toall the accidents out there / Keep on makingmistakes”). Even with these trenchantcriticisms, Cadence Weapon manages todeliver a smooth, clearly-enunciated flowover powerful beats.“Afterparty Babies” is packed withunconventional mixing, playful sampling,and contagious rhythms. Fromdistinctly...
...next day at school, he threatened to tell everyone that I was a training wheel-dependant a baby. Obviously, I had to defend my honor. After wiping away the requisite tears, I went home that night, told my dad to remove my training wheels, and learned how to ride a two-wheeler. My long division could wait—I had a lot of catching...
...vary in their pertinence, but when they’re all this entertaining, that hardly seems to matter. One lesson that seems pretty universal comes from the account of Dan Vebber, who has written for shows like “Futurama” and “American Dad.” His story “Sex Is the Most Stressful Thing in the History of the Universe” starts the book off with a bang. Vebber describes, in lengthy detail, his failed first attempt at sex with his long-standing girlfriend and the resultant emotional scarring. Illustrating...
...want to continue teaching their own kids. On Feb. 28, Judge H. Walter Croskey of the Second District Court of Appeals in Los Angeles ruled that children ages six to 18 may be taught only by credentialed teachers in public or private schools - or at home by Mom and Dad, but only if they have a teaching degree. Citing state law that goes back to the early 1950s, Croskey declared that "California courts have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children." Furthermore, the judge wrote, if instructors...