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issues: (n.) a cuphemism for psychological problems. "Those psycho singles in Greenough have, uh, issues...
agro: (adj.) Californian, meaning annoyed and aggravated: "Uh, Jenny's going agro on me. You think we oughta call an outreach hotline...
...sake, she claimed, that she continued lying once she became a writer. What Weston left unsaid is that given Hollywood's relentless, cannibalistic hunger for the new thing, TV writers too lie about their age all the time, often shaving years and suspiciously dated credits (Who's the Boss? Uh-oh) from their resumes. A thirtysomething friend of a friend of a friend of mine, a comedy writer, even had plastic surgery so he could pass as a twentysomething, presumably fresh off the Harvard Lampoon...
Maybe it was her wildly original lyrics, or thelittle "uh" sigh that punctuated each line ofmusic, or the fact that she never quite gave us anexample of true irony. Maybe it was all of thesethings and more--but one thing was clear. Thefollow-up to Alanis' debut would be the mosthyped, expected (read: feel the pressure) album inrecent memory...
...Aside from the horsemeat question, there are more, uh, meaty issues on the table in California, of course. The original Meathead himself, Rob Reiner, is fronting for a California proposition that would tack a 50 cent-per-pack increase onto the price of cigarettes. Smoke of another kind -- medical marijuana -- gets a look in five states and the District of Columbia (no, Marion Barry is not behind this), while abortion-limiting proposals come before the voters in two more states. In Hawaii, voters are being asked to decide the fate of same-sex marriages. Our favorite resolution? In four states...