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Archive for June, 2009

Zach Galifianakis is getting famous

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

The New York Times Magazine has a long, funny profile of Zach Galifianakis in the latest issue. One of my favorite quotes: Wherever there’s something that people don’t feel comfortable talking about, that’s where the good jokes are. People might misunderstand you, but I decided, right after my show was canceled, never to dumb my [...]

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The Art of Procrasterbation

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Procrasterbating is any activity that feels superficially productive, but is really just a temporary substitute for something more important. Checking email and Facebook are probably the most widely indulged forms of procrasterbating. Come on, CJ, you just checked it, like, three minutes ago. Do you really need to check again? Another common procrasterbation technique, for [...]

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