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It's a movie, not end all be all of womanhood
The woman who discussed the SATC movie may have forgotten a little detail: it is a movie... A work of fiction, created for entertainment value only. If you want something more go read a self help book or have lengthy boring conversations with your equally boring friends. Don’t go see a summer chick flick looking for more than a chuckle or a cry ...
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Plato's Pet
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June 2, 2008
Looking out for Grady...
The internet is a powerful tool in bringing many more points of view to the world. And yet, we need a way to process all these new opinions. Ironic indeed that we actually seem to be in danger of reinforcing our own beliefs because we can fill up our RSS and alerts with things we already believe in, rather than different points of view. We do ...
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jamiemacnab
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March 13, 2008
Disinterested amateur
I love my new status as a member of a murky demimonde (any demimonde). Well, maybe it's not so murky down at rank 80. But what is meant by 'disinterested amateur'? I'm actually quite passionate about books. I'd never label myself 'disinterested' although I try for 'honest.'
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Elaine Lovitt
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January 25, 2008
synchronicity
has anyone else noted how nicely this dovetails with Saturday's Undercover Economist, ''How Facebook Is Like Ikea They get their customers to do the work—and to enjoy doing it.''? http://www.slate.com/id/2182149/
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gzuckier
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January 23, 2008
Re: The REAL problem with Amazon reviews
I can 100% confirm what Lisa K has described. My main amazon.com review account has listed as high as a top 500 reviewer, but these days I have pretty much sworn off contributing to Amazon.com content due to the wide-spread Amazon-enabled and promoted abuse of their review system. While I have had negative reviews be posted and remain on the ...
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AmazonTop500Reviewer
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January 23, 2008