How much longer must we tolerate mass culture? Vox 2008-02-01T04:52:24Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d41426798b3c7f/2008/01/ When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there. -Joe Strummer QotD: Long Distance Love Affair tag:vox.com,2008-02-01:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d83b320004 2008-02-01T04:52:24Z 2008-02-01T04:52:24Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Do you think real love can last throughout any distance, or will long distance end most relationships? Submitted by Miss Joy. It depends. At different times in most relationships I've had there has been some distance. In one case, the distance...

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]]> Wow tag:vox.com,2008-01-27:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d6c18f0003 2008-01-27T17:02:14Z 2008-01-27T17:02:14Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I just found This. Wow. I don't know how scientific it is, nor how accurate. But it does fall in line with my view of humanity. If given the chance, we will fail. At the same time, i still believe that humans are perfectable: if given the tools, w...

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]]> Celebreality tag:vox.com,2008-01-27:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d688f10004 2008-01-27T04:22:15Z 2008-01-27T04:22:15Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I don't know about the people you see everyday, but the people I see every day talk about celebrities waay too much. I have a slightly different take on it than most, but hear me out: fame is a disease. Don't believe me? Imagine Heath Ledger was a...

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]]> Boycott! tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d4a5d90002 2008-01-21T18:41:06Z 2008-01-21T18:41:06Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've got an odd relationship with the notion of boycotts. I can see the logic of metaphorically taking your ball and going home. Refusing to shop at Wal Mart or refusing to get your Pizza from one chain or another can make a certain kind of sense...

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]]> M I A Kala tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d49f420002 2008-01-21T17:13:00Z 2008-01-21T17:16:41Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Kala

My wife was already a fan, and I rather liked her story: Maya is a Tamil who was raised in various countries because her father was one of the Tamil Tigers and her mother raised her as a refugee. She first tried visual arts, reinterpreting terro...

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]]> QotD: A Chat With My Past tag:vox.com,2008-01-19:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d3fd2c0005 2008-01-19T15:04:12Z 2008-01-19T15:04:12Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Which one of your ancestors would you most like to talk to? Submitted by Kathy. I don't know. Probably whoever it was that came up with my umentionable last name. Also my great grandfather. He caused a lot of damage. But, mostly, I'd like to ...

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]]> Reading is fundamental tag:vox.com,2008-01-11:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d122250004 2008-01-11T04:39:09Z 2008-01-19T14:21:11Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So, at work, I have been mailing checks. Thousands of them, actually. While doing so, I see the US Flag-on-a-stamp literally thousands of times. Tends to make me ruminate over it, you know what I mean? It's the Brand logo for this country, and I ...

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]]> To All the girls i've loved before... tag:vox.com,2008-01-09:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d093070001 2008-01-09T19:24:53Z 2008-01-09T21:05:48Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Yes, any time i can reference Julio Iglesias, I think I should. Anyway, I'm home sick, today. Third day in a row away from work: two days mostly at the Doctor's, now, a day at home. It's starting to make me introspective, and all that melancholy ...

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]]> Malpractice tag:vox.com,2008-01-07:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398d000050004 2008-01-07T22:36:42Z 2008-01-08T04:34:02Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom After today, it's what I think I'll refer to the health care system as, especially in Frederick, Maryland. So, first I go to my usual Urgent care: I've got a back and abdominal pain, that feels like gallbladder, except I had that removed. The wai...

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]]> Arrrg tag:vox.com,2008-01-05:asset-6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398cf23ec0004 2008-01-05T15:41:11Z 2008-01-05T15:41:11Z Maxvan http://maxvan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Sorry about the format on that last post. I'm still teh suxxorz on Vox stuff.

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