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...goal was really to increase our chances of meeting Stephenie Meyer one day,” he said. “We really admire her literary prowess. We just hope our book doesn’t offend anyone,” he added wryly...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lampoon Publishes 'Twilight' Parody | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...clear that people have the constitutional right to use profanity, especially when it comes to government officials, because that is a form of political speech," Walczak says. "But despite that, we have police officers regularly misapplying the law to punish people who offend them - that's really what it comes down to." (Read a brief history of disorderly conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Have the Right to Flip Off a Cop? | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...rank amateurs. "It's on purpose," says Huh. Actually, they're carefully cultivated by 20 staffers, mostly Seattle-based, including a lapsed lawyer and a former investment banker. The company is hiring roughly one staffer a month and gets some 100 applications for every position. Applicants should not offend easily and must have held a job they hated, says Huh, to better appreciate the joys of spending their days perusing funny photos. Plus, he says, "we want them to have spent serious time goofing off on the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Media Empire Around I Can Has Cheezburger | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...Introduction to capitalism taught by textbook tycoon and Feldstein heir N. Gregory “Greg” Mankiw and a legion of teaching fellows. Usually the most popular (or at least most taken) class at Harvard. 2. If you’d prefer to not offend your liberal sensibilities, take Social Analysis...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dictionary of Harvardisms | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

What kinds of sources do you use when getting your celeb tips? - Katie Walthall, Sterling, Va. Well, the best sources are always my friends. I won't just put anything up. I take what I do very seriously. I push buttons and say things that offend people, but I also want to make sure that I'm not perpetuating lies. I've never made up anything on my site. I think the only celebrity magazines that don't make up stories are People and Us Weekly. All the others, it's a combination of true things and fabricated things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Perez Hilton | 5/28/2009 | See Source »

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