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02 Mar 2009 20:41

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Music, Offbeat: The key to genius: Listening to Beethoven. Or Sufjan Stevens.

Virgil Griffith compared SAT scores and your favorite bands. Sufjan is for nerds. source
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02 Mar 2009 08:44

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Offbeat: This ain’t going to #*)%&@& work, Los Angeles

  • No-cussing week, more like ignore the weak-@$$ rules week. Los Angeles has made the first week of March “No-Cussing” week based on the suggestion of a *)&)&#& 15-year old. That piece of %&%* good-for-nothing (^#$head thinks that if less people cursed, more problems could be solved. You know what, kid? %&$^ your idealism – you’re from (&*^&)&*) California, where you’re not supposed to have any. (There’s no punishment for cussing, by the way.) source
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01 Mar 2009 11:09

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Offbeat: Remember the topless coffee shop? It’s a hit!

  • 150 applications were received for work at the controversial Grand View Topless Coffee Shop (lol, nice punny name) in Vassalboro, Maine, which opened Monday. 15 were selected (10 female, 5 male). source
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01 Mar 2009 10:20

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Offbeat: He’s a minister – when he’s not in middle school, that is

  • They say, ‘How can you be a preacher when you’re so young?’ But when they listen to me, they’re shocked.
  • Terry Durham • An 11-year-old ordained minister at True Gospel Deliverance Ministry in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The “Little Man of God” preaches at the storefront church every Sunday. He doesn’t write his sermons down – he reads the Bible the day before and waits for the spirit to move him. • source
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28 Feb 2009 22:23

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Offbeat: If Rush wants Obama to “fail,” he should buy these stickers

Meet the “fail” sticker, the bluntest sticker available. The news industry needs a lot of these. source
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27 Feb 2009 16:02

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Offbeat: These dogs need a home. This isn’t an e-mail scam.

Cookie & Coko are real dogs, but their sad story led to a e-chain letter with four legs. source
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27 Feb 2009 10:56

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Offbeat: This new frogfish is a real trip, man! Oooh, the colors …

This psychedelic fish looks – and acts – like an acid trip gone wrong. source
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26 Feb 2009 10:51

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Offbeat: Nadya Sulemen, the octet mom, has a porn offer on the table

  • $1 million from Vivid if she does porn. Eww, grody. Uh, why? source
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26 Feb 2009 10:43

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Offbeat, U.S.: This Stevie Wonder thing is just superstition, Obama

  • I think it’s fair to say that had I not been a Stevie Wonder fan, Michelle might not have dated me. We might not have married. The fact that we agreed on Stevie was part of the essence of our courtship.
  • Barack Obama • Who (with Michelle in tow) held a concert and award ceremony for Stevie Wonder last night. For some reason, we can’t imagine George W. Bush saying this. • source
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26 Feb 2009 10:22

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Offbeat, Tech: Dear Twitter user: Why would you do this to yourself?

OK, Failwhale is cute. But not tattoo-worthy. May we suggest never wearing shorts? source
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