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You know what I love? Living in a city. Sharing space in a park or a patio with people I don't know, walking 5 minutes to a complete change of scenery, hearing other people living their lives from my yard, walking around a corner & seeing something has changed & saying "oh, hey, what's that!?"

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"And what of the story this song tells? Are we on the narrator’s side here, or do we simply condemn him as a weakling? Do we identify with his situation, or deride him for staying in it?"

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Frog and Toad quickly ran back to the store. Then they sat in the shade of a large tree and ate their chocolate ice-cream cones together.

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The internet.

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This is one fuckin' absurd world we've made, alright.

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Two giant egos clashing was inevitable. Everyone knew that. It's still just a distraction. The damage they're doing rolls forward whether they're in a tiff or not.

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Reading the news today feels like "whatever that is, I don't get it" for me.

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So it goes.

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A denizen of commuterland I forgot about was "Person Talking on the Phone on the Bus for the Whole Ride at 7 a.m". I don't want to talk to people irl at that time. WHO ARE THEY TALKING TO?

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The Offspring's "Self-Esteem" captured the pop-punk spirit of the times. But it was also presented in a wider cultural environment when pop psychology terms were used as window dressing for very simplistic narratives. How might this song take that apart?

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The Offspring's "Self-Esteem" captured the pop-punk spirit of the times. But it was also presented in a wider cultural environment when pop psychology terms were used as window dressing for very simplistic narratives. How might this song take that apart?

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A known Muppet associate. (RIP)

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"We're going to cut your taxes" is such a big green shiny button for governments to push. But I haven't set aside a separate account for building my own SkyTrain expansion. Have any of you?

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“Easy” remains to be a complex exploration of decidedly adult themes, the biggest being that relationships don’t necessarily end dramatically or even tragically all the time. Sometimes, they just end because it makes perfect sense that they should...".

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Happy Friday!

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