I’m not a hipster
But you might be.

The first pic is a classic guitar-playing Portland hipster from this summer who plays by the carts on 5th. His style reminds me of that Irish guy in that movie Once, and I would always start missing on Dan after he’d left for Pennsylvania when I listened to this guy sing.
Last weekend in NYC, I [...]

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I spent last weekend in NYC getting my fix of tango and politics and visiting my friend Laura. Highlights:

The cabbie bringing up politics to me (unprovoked!): “I can’t believe McCain chose that woman. What was he thinking?!”
An ad for storage space that read, “What’s more limited? Your closet or her experience?”
Heading out for breakfast and [...]

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This handy little Palin debate flow chart is the best analysis of Palin’s responses in last night’s debate that I’ve seen yet.
I also think I’m going to start incorporating the WINK into my daily conversations. If only I had done it earlier that evening when I did an interview for a local TV station from [...]

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This comes from a fascinating bbc.com article today about how the U.S. financial woes are perceived abroad:
The political philosopher John Gray, who recently retired as a professor at the London School of Economics, wrote in the London paper The Observer: “Here is a historic geopolitical shift, in which the balance of power in the [...]

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And it just keeps getting better:
Couric asked Palin what newspapers and magazines she read regularly before becoming McCain’s running mate “to stay informed and to understand the world.”
Here is her response, according to a transcript provided by CBS:
Palin: I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.
Couric: What, [...]

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The best news of the last two weeks by far has been Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric.
I actually saw the SNL take on the Palin-Couric interview first. Then I watched the real thing, and it was pretty shocking — the SNL skit actually didn’t make too much up, just exaggerated. Both are worth watching.
But [...]

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