Wed, May 23, 2012

This Is Glastonbury

Posted 10 months, 4 weeks ago


For five days, I dropped off the face of the earth and into the sparkling fluorescent world of Glastonbury. Notorious for its epic line-ups and the masses of mash-ups [Br. slang: "people who party and do drugs and stuff"], the Glastonbury Music Festival (June 22nd – June 26th) is arguably…

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No, Thank YOU, Princeton University

Posted 11 months ago

I was recently solicited by Princeton University’s annual giving committee for a donation on the eve of my 2nd reunion. I dutifully gave, and today I received a thank you letter:

I can’t tell whether or not they’re being passive-aggressive (Thanks A LOT, “Mr. Jason O. Gilbert, for your…

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The Government Charged $650 to Mow A Woman’s Lawn. A Bargain, I Say!

Posted 11 months ago

A Phillipsburg, New Jersey woman is outraged this week after receiving a $650 bill from her local government for mowing her lawn. The front yard of the woman’s home–which she was not occupying at the time due to an ongoing divorce–was overgrown and unsightly, and the neighbors had complained….

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