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...film she inspired, than to a presidential campaign, Palin reportedly greeted staffers at the Republican convention wearing only a towel. Whether or not this instance fits into a pattern of Palin using her sexuality as a means to an end, it certainly doesn’t demonstrate discretion or self-awareness...
...wasn’t sure how to interpret all this down-home-boy stuff. It felt a little performative. I knew he was from Texas; he didn’t have to remind me every five minutes. When I asked Caleb why Karl Rove chose him, he retreated into self-deprecation. “I figure he made a mistake and thought I was somebody else,” he said. Humility was one thing, I told him later, but come on. Before I had flown to Washington, I sat down with Andrea R. Flores...
...strangling the person who’s participating for the sake of participating: Eventually you will realize that most of your irritation stems from how much you identify with this person. In the meantime though, use it to your advantage that this one is a chronic self-contradictor. Recycle his bullshit into yours. 3) Avoiding eye contact with the TF after an impossible question’s been asked: Head down. Write. Write as much as you can in that notebook of yours and don’t look up. This screams “genius-flowing-no-interruptions...
Shoppers are migrating to the Web for a variety of reasons. Rising financial anxiety and tight credit availability are making holiday shopping this year an exercise in self-restraint, and the Web offers a quick, clean shot at purchasing 24 hours a day. Moreover, with websites like FatWallet and SlickDeals featuring bargain-basement prices, hunting around for the best value is a convenient mouse click away. That's an easier proposition for many than slogging to the mall and fighting traffic, crowds and parking problems. "Comparison-shopping online dwarfs what you can do in the real world," says Nita Rollins...
...band.“We went to bandnamegenerator.com,” O’Neill said, which produced results such as Pear Tree at Point’s End and Running for Rabbits. Unready to accept these alliterative suggestions, the band asked the growing crowd for ideas. Maybe the self-titled route isn’t so bad.Frontman Benjamin M. Kultgen ’08 describes The Ben Kultgen Band as “halfway in between Coldplay and John Mayer.” For Kultgen, the highlight of Friday’s show was playing a solo with...