tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-505197 2009-10-25T13:43:06-07:00 Rockstar, fashion guru & polemicist! TypePad Loveianhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345319f569e2011571b6eec6970b 2009-07-04T06:54:08-07:00 2009-07-04T06:54:08-07:00 Ian MacRae I've been in Wales for a week now, and I made the decision not to get internet in my flat. I don't know if it'll last for the whole summer, but I kind of like it. I have a great...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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I don't know why, but I find there is something a bit comforting about chaos. Maybe it's something to do with growing up in the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Eminem, the notoriously homophobic lily-white American rapper, just had Sacha Baron Cohen's are ass lowered onto his face at an awards show. He did not look happy. Maybe it was...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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But essentially polemics is - argument, controversy, contentious discourse, I could go...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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First, yes it is a civil right violation -...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Just this performance alone deserves and Emmy or Golden Globe or...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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First, is the absolute panic that people get in over this. The media and the government tend to get cautious (or, alarmist, if that's the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Honestly, I haven't been too bothered, but I just heard the best statement about this: "She's not an arbiter of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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I read a bit, for a laugh because the title caught my...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loveian?a=GcY23_tXCsU:0g5Nu0gSL44:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loveian?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loveian?a=GcY23_tXCsU:0g5Nu0gSL44:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loveian?i=GcY23_tXCsU:0g5Nu0gSL44:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loveian?a=GcY23_tXCsU:0g5Nu0gSL44:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Loveian?i=GcY23_tXCsU:0g5Nu0gSL44:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Loveian/~4/GcY23_tXCsU" height="1" width="1"/>http://loveian.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/angels-in-christian-mythology-because-just-one-imaginary-friend-isnt-enough.html