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Trent Lott and Thurmond

Maybe Trent Lott misspoke, but man is he in trouble–and rightly so. Say what you will about Thurmond, but at least he appeared to have changed his racial views. Lott, however, sounds like a segregationist.

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Mean girls

Leora Tanenbaum, post-feminist, uses Ani DiFranco’s lyrics to illustrate women’s intra-gender competitiveness: “Everyone harbors a secret hatred/for the prettiest girl in the room.” Related: “Girls Just Want to Be Mean.”

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Construction project?

Dick Cheney lives in a mansion less than a mile from my apartment. And although I haven’t heard the deep rumbling emanating from his compound, other neighbors have. Some speculate that construction crews are undertaking a secret project.

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Birthday party at the dump

Related environmental item: Michael Wong-Sasso’s birthday party was held at quite possibly the coolest place imaginable for a six-year-old boy: the dump.

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Ecopod

Ecopod: the environmentally-friendly coffin. Gimme a break. “Made from 100% ecologically sound materials the Pod is the ideal product for a non toxic burial or cremation.” Isn’t death all about toxicity? This concept might be too ridiculous even for Bobos. (Link via Reenhead, a cool DC blog I recently discovered.)

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Vagabonding site

The excellent Rolf Potts, whose award-winning travel writing and “vagabonding” ethic I greatly admire, has launched a new site. Vagabonding.net showcases material and resources from his new book, “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel.” It’ll be published later this month; I can’t wait to read it.

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Glavine to the Mets

It shall pain me to see Tom Glavine, who’s been an Atlanta Brave his whole career, and who’ll be a hall of fame pitcher when he retires, put on the (dreaded) Mets uniform next season.

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Worldview desktop

Meet the worldview desktop v0.9. For those who really like to see what’s happening, at any given moment, all over the world.

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DC Metro blog map

I just came across the DC Metro Blog Map, which is a cool representation of Washington-area bloggers.

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More from my buddy Reeves

More from my buddy Reeves re: the guy who committed suicide Cask-of-Amontillado-style: “Don’t be silly. We’re talking about Italy in the early 50s. No one lived alone. They were still rebuilding from WWII, their economy was a shambles, and it’s a European country, you know, that place where people routinely live with their parents well into their 30s.”

You’re probably right, Reeves. I hadn’t thought about that.