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Democracy is Awesome
Yesterday, I exercised my 19th Amendment right to get my lady-vote on by participating in my very first Democratic caucus. Now that I don’t work in newspapers, I can reveal to you that I vote for the Ds. Unless the … Continue reading
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Adventures in Seasonal Job-Seeking
When you ditch your full-time salaried job in the worst economy since never without having another gig lined up, a few things happen. One, you wake up in a sopping wet mess every night at 3:30 a.m thinking about your … Continue reading
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Sketchy Cycling with Lance Armstrong
At 10:42 a.m., Lance Armstrongsent out the following Twitter message to his 2.6 million tweeps: “Hey Vermont – let’s ride!! 4pm in Waterbury. Corner of Main St & Warren Ct at what looks like a park to me (on Google … Continue reading
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I See Jesus In My Toast
Dear Besties, This morning, as I was making my toast, I heard a quirky little newsbit on NPR. It went a little something like this: “Some crazy-ass Vermont company is making toasters that crisp up your bread in the shape of … Continue reading
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Tegan & Sara Banter in B-Town
Last Thursday, Canadian superduo/ world’s chattiest identical twins Tegan and Sara fluttered into town for their first show in Burlington since Higher Ground was in Winooski about nine years ago. All I have to say about that is, it’s about … Continue reading
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Lighters Up: The Lil Kim Experience
Dear besties, Here’s one important thing you need to know about hip-hop queen Lil’ Kim: she loves Vermont. Like, a lot. She told us so about 350 times at Wednesday night’s show at Higher Ground. But she doesn’t love us … Continue reading
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Rachael Ray Wants to Join My Motorcycle Gang
Dear Rach (cuz we’re tight like that), Thank you so much for having me (and 35 other people) to dinner on Friday night. I very much enjoyed your company, and your fetching brown top. I wanted to follow up on … Continue reading
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Fat-grabbing with Kaki King
Dear besties, Last week, it was my birthday. Perhaps you were aware of that, since it’s the most important day on our modern Gregorian calendar, Anyway, for my birthday, guitar virtuoso Kaki King decided to come to Burlington and play … Continue reading
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Miss Congeniality Was Congenial, Just Not in Vermont
Dear besties, From the Department of Big-Ass Mea Culpas: Well, friends, it turns out that America’s favorite scrappy-do movie star was NOT actually in Vermont over Easter. Contrary to what I wrote a little more than a week ago and … Continue reading
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Sandra Bullock Dries Her Tears… In Vermont
Dear besties, A few days after Sandra Bullock took home the Oscar for best gal-next-door actress, it was revealed that her motorcyclist husband Jesse James was slumming it with a woman who has multiple facial tattoos and a fascination with … Continue reading
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