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Beauty Vs. Brains: Winnie Cooper and the Girly-Girl Conundrum

Posted in Geek Aug 8, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Perhaps you will say that this story doesn't apply to you. Maybe it's that you never struggled with mathematics, or...

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Magnets: Nature's Shark Repellant?

Posted in Geek Aug 2, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Hey, did somebody say SHARK WEEK?

I know, I know: the article I am linking to is a couple of months...

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This is Not the Mexican Food You Are Looking For

Posted in Culture Aug 1, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Hey, Americans: have you ever wondered how the rest of the world filters and perceives the fine traditional cuisine...

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MST3K Returns To Our Screens (Though It Never Left Our Hearts)

Posted in Geek Jul 26, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



I was originally going to write some boring article about scientists inventing a cure for smoking and alcoholism or...

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American Technology: Fuck Yeah!

Posted in Geek Jul 25, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



As you may remember from previous articles, I have yet to hesitate...

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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: Rebuilding You For Yesterday's Future Today

Posted in Geek Jul 19, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Sure, of course, hover-cars and robot maids and sentient homes would be great. This is a point I would never argue.

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Möbius Strip Curiosity: SATISFIED

Posted in Geek Jul 18, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



The first time I ever remember hearing about a thing called a Möbius Strip, I was around ten years old. I was in the...

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Competitive Hot Dog Eating: Best Sport Ever

Posted in Geek Jul 12, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Erudite sports aficionado that I am, I anticipate each Fourth of July with bated breath. It is on this day, of course,...

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Wikipedia, Groaning, and The Shape of the World Around Us

Posted in Geek Jul 11, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Have you ever seen one of those fancy educational world maps, where the size of its countries are adjusted to proportionally...

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7-Eleven Becomes Kwik-E-Mart; Hilarity to Ensue?

Posted in Culture Jul 3, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Yet another story from the low-culture, oddities-of-advertising front: art imitates life, life imitates art, and sometimes...

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Action, Excitement, All That and a Bag of Chips

Posted in Culture Jun 29, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



There is no other way to preface this story, so I'm just going to come out and say it: I love junk food. I love...

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Hey Librarians: Less Book Clubs, More LAN Parties

Posted in Culture Jun 28, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Youth culture is a curious and fleeting thing--one day you're totally hep and the cat's pajamas, and then suddenly...

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Suicide Bookshelf: The Mightily Fallen

Posted in Culture Jun 24, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books,...

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Nobel Laureate's Posthumous Poetry: Too Hot For Convents!

Posted in Culture Jun 20, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



University professor, decorated poet, world traveler, and noted...

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Peter Bjorn and John Cannot Be Stopped

Posted in Music Jun 18, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



It's perfectly natural to hate certain bands—you could even say that our aesthetic oeuvre can be defined by what makes...

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Pearl Needs to Get Her Drink On; Bill O'Reilly Needs to Shut the Hell Up

Posted in Culture Jun 15, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Bill O'Reilly is out of his god-damned mind. Of course, we already knew this, perhaps to the point where it's commonplace...

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White House to Northern Spotted Owls: "LOL DEAD"

Posted in Culture Jun 14, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Behold: the majestic Strix Occidentalis Caurina,...

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The Internet is a Series of Tubes, and the Tubes are Full of Holes

Posted in Geek Jun 11, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



When it comes to the world of technology, I am not a natural. To me, the Internet is as vast and wondrous and fascinatingly...

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Macmillan Publishing to Google: "Fight After Recess!"

Posted in Culture Jun 11, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Like it or not, the digital book revolution is growing every day. One of the most recent developments is the ubiquitous...

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Return to Cell Block Hilton

Posted in Culture Jun 10, 2007 by _DictionaryGirl_



Late last week, TheCoolerKing was there on the front line, bringing you breaking news as Paris Hilton pulled...

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