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Two words. Michael Kors.
Everything that is wrong with American fashion. Even though we are the number one country in the world our fashion industry is pathetic. L.A. does not even count because it is too commercialized and offers no real inspiration or dedication to the craft. However, New York Fashion Week is the little saving grace of the States. It always draws in the crowds.  Read More »

Starting with the terrible game-based film Resident Evil, there has been a plethora of female leads in many films. The most recent that have pushed me to write this have been The Invasion and Silent Hill. But what is interesting about these recent leads are the fact that they are not the stereotypical helpless dainty figures that are constantly saved by the super-masculine male lead character.  Read More »

"WASHINGTON — Immigration will drive the population of the United States sharply upward between now and 2050, and will push whites into a minority, projections by the Pew Research Center showed Monday." 

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Looking at kids in the age group the older people have put me under and
after having always been a good 5 to 10 years ahead in age in my head
since I was a kid, all I can honestly say at the moment without
insulting anyone is what my friend says all the time:

Say a prayer for the youth of America.  Read More »

My roommate in Utah works in the costume shop, and she comes back to me with the worst of horror stories I have ever heard.

The women who run the costume shop are locals who have lived here most of their lives; they're Mormon and have been on missions outside of the country, but other than that stick to Utah.

And, as many women do in a costume shop, they tell stories about the people they encountered on their missions, or some people they met the other day, that quasi-gossipy stuff that I guess is business as usual in Logan. 
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I have no idea what all of the iPhone hustle and bustle is about.

I guess this is about as exciting as the Nintendo Wii, except that was relatively affordable. Starting at $499, Apple's new iPhone launched today to hoards of anxious customers, some of whom were in line as early as 3AM for the 6PM release. At one point, they were selling in the thousands on eBay.  Read More »

Traffic in the Bay Area, especially during commute hours on already overcrowded highways, is getting worse with the steady rise in population and decrease in unemployment.

A recent study conducted by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (I used to intern there!) announced the top ten worst c  Read More »

Pets, particularly dogs, outnumber children in San Francisco by the thousands, even if there are fewer black ones (see "Racism in pet ownership?"). 

This SF Chronicle article explains why (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/06/17/MNGG0QG5N71.D...), but the gist of the a  Read More »