excellent turn of phrase

Really? "The latte-sipping crowd"?

What we need in this country -- is public discourse that derides large segments of the population as irrelevant and out-of-touch with The Concerns Of Real Americans. It'd be great if it could reinforce our ideas about class distinction. Extra credit for tapping our reserve of anti-intellectual sentiment.

weekend running.

Today: \m/. (20 and two-thirds miles).

*thud*

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*grinning* (Lindsey rockstarling and I are going 20 next week too!)