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It might seem like a fantasy, and I’m wondering if it is. But if the Democractic Federal Government fails to pass and fully-implement & fund comprehensive health care reform, maybe the only hope leftists like me have a chance to show the country that single-payer works in the United States is to make it work [...]

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It’s June 16. We are coming up on the summer solstice. And yet, I’m walking around outside in two longsleeve shirts, a longsleeve jacket, and corduroy pants. WTF is going on?!?! I don’t know about you, but this is really starting to freak me out. I feel like Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky (tried to find [...]

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Jun

2009

Appreciating home

By Mike Habegger. Posted in Personal, Societal

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“I’m clinically depressed.” This is never good news to you when it comes from one of your best friends because it feels like you failed. “You sucked so much at being a friend that now I need to take happy pills.” Now, that’s not the real reason that my friend is depressed, it is, he claims, because he [...]

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Jun

2009

I’ve upgraded to Wordpress 2.8

By Mike Habegger. Posted in Personal

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I’m not sure what the big deal is. It doesn’t really perform any better. Sure, there are some usability issues that have been worked out. But I am really ticked that my amazing flickr plugin doesn’t work. Ugh. Now I’ll have to manually load in photos, negating much of the creativity that the plugin encourages. [...]

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Now, after reading this title, you’re probably thinking, “yeah, except for last night.” Well, yeah. Sorry. Last night’s game wasn’t so hot. by RMTip21 I’ve always enjoyed watching the NBA very much. My love for the professional game grew during the Iverson era in Philadelphia. The local cable company up here started carrying Comcast Sports Net, [...]

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Jun

2009

Gran Torino, wow

By Mike Habegger. Posted in Personal, Societal

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I just finished watching Gran Torino in my mom’s basement while wearing pajamas and boy, it was amazing. My buddies and I are trying to work our way through all of the supposedly “good” movies of 2008 and early 2009; you know, all the ones that did or almost did win awards? Back whenwas in theatres, [...]

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Jun

2009

Signs of age

By Mike Habegger. Posted in Newsworthy, Personal

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I’m still young–23. Will turn 24 on January 1. And I still look young, or at least I think I do, just check my picture below. About a month ago I was still carded at the movie theatre–meaning that they thought I might be under 17. I guess I shouldn’t have shaved that morning to [...]

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May

2009

What I like about Sundays

By Mike Habegger. Posted in Newsworthy, Personal

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It’s Sunday. This is what I like about them, at least at this point in my life: 1) I get to eat good food. Sure, it’s pretty sweet to sleep in and such, but the best part is the early Sunday lunch. It just feels so good in your stomach.  Many times, you know, you’ve had a [...]

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