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because i just watched home alone 2 and it was, righteous.

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it’s time for me to come to grips with myself. it’s time for me to admit it to myself, i want to be a yuppie. yep, that’s a right a goddamn yuppie. i’m not talking about a moderate yuppie. i am not talking a semi or a psuedo yuppie. not someone who kinda lives in [...]

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two thoughts on getting new board shorts with about a week ’til its time to head back to college. 1. better late than never. 2. board shorts are so cool, perhaps i can wear them to class and pretend they’re just shorts. thought #2(A) relates to me asking an internal question (is it vain of [...]

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i couldn’t sleep last night. i’d a rather too substantial afternoon nap, and wasn’t feeling ready for bed (though it was 2 am). so i turned on the television, and tuned in to my new favorite station, setanta sports. setanta is the yellow and black branded dream that broadcasts english premiership soccer, worldwide and rugby, [...]

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following up on my post quantifying the rough costs of world cup 2010, i thought i would offer a brief assessment of the costs of seeing club soccer in various places around the world. we start with the home team, the new england revolution, who can be seen at home about every 10 days for [...]

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a bittersweet moment to be sure. the feeling that the summer has begun coasting down the hill to its end, and there’s nothing to do now about it save enjoy the ride. part of enjoying that ride has been a rampant engagement with fifa 07 of late, the last installment of the legendary soccer video [...]

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it has been an enchanting summer working at the berkman center for internet & society. everyday, i get to hang out with some of the most brilliant people on the planet. we talk, we write (emails), we blog, we laugh, we play rock band. and when things need to get done, we stay late hyped [...]

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i recently caught a pretty underground flick at the fenway regal. you might not have heard of it. it’s called “the dark knight” and it’s about a rich, urban billionaire who spends his evenings fighting crime as a super hero in a city called gotham. apparently, this dramatis persona, called “bruce wayne,” is a recurring [...]

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