I'll Flip You. Flip You For Real.

• so, how did you two meet...

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  On Thanksgiving morning, I crawled into my mother's bed as she sipped her coffee and played her beloved KenKen. "Have you read the Times this morning?"No, I have not read The Times this morning. "Well, I really think you should read this article. It's called 'Shaking Off the Shame.'"Instantly [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:38pm EST
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• and with that, the native americans returned to their teepees and took naps...

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  Happy Holidays! Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's officially Jesus' Birthday. Enjoy.
  At one point last night, I started to write down conversations that were happening at different ends of the Thanksgiving table. My favorites include my mother discussing her cleaning lady's immigration classes, Uncle Greg explaining to me how' [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:41am EST
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• we'll get through today together...

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  Happy Thanksgiving, you big turkeys!
  Here's your Weekend What's Up...Quote of Thanksgiving, thus far:
  Beth: Geez, that's a lot of leeks, Daddy.
  Dad: I know! It seems like a lot. Even the lady at Safeway said it's the most leeks she's ever seen one person buy.' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 1:50pm EST
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• two trenches and a disaster...

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  Thanksgiving disaster Number One has already reared her ugly head. While attempting to remove something from the fridge, my father...
  ...DROPPED THE TURKEY.
  Said turkey was sitting in her Zip-locked brine bath, but she bathes no more. There was screaming, swearing. I thought he'd cut himself. Badly.
  The mess is' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:59am EST
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• also, i'd like to watch a documentary on the hardships of pilgrim life...

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  Every Thanksgiving, I need to watch the Jodie Foster slice of cinematic brilliance that is Home for the Holidays. It's fabulous for several reasons, but the moment that rings most true for me in when Anne Bancroft leans into the front seat of the car where Holly Hunter is [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:54pm EST
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• pilgrims and indians...

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  Happy Thanksgiving! Today's appropriately themed Culture Blog is up and ready to be consumed. Enjoy it... [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:49pm EST
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• this is all very acid-washed, Jersey-mall type stuff...

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  I get the "10 Tips for Women" email once a month and I'm sure you too. This email, a colorful, clip-art'd list of ways to thwart predators was the basis for an entire episode of Oprah, so obviously it's something legitimate and highly researched. But everytime [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:03pm EST
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• white or dark, carl...

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  I'm in such pain, I can hardly move. Tim the Trainer, you're thinking?Nope. Ladies night! I've never laughed so had in my life. My number one hos Melissa and Tar Baby came over to my place last night for EstrogenFest. We do this periodically, gathering at someone's home where' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:15pm EST
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• numero uno on my christmas list...

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  Have a really productive weekend, you guys. 
  
  Oh, and tonight is ladies night. Get your bail money ready... [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:47am EST
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• it's comical. really goddamn comical...

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  So, do we even want to talk about this? Because I feel wildly uncomfortable and awkward, like a married couple just got in a fight in front of me that I kinda started.
  Click HERE to see a very shift-in-your-seat interview.
  Nothing makes me more nervous that Gavin [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:48pm EST
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• toys for tramps. too easy, drill sergeant...

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  What's up with this weekend? Seriously, just get me through tomorrow. I feel like THIS WEEK'S EPISODE is a little too snarky, but I'll let you be the judge. Also, don't forget to comment or email me anything you think I should plug. To Blair, who requested her gig' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:50pm EST
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• i miss roger sterling...

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  I haven't discussed my TV viewing in some time, so bear with me as we get back on track here. If you're one of those people who has things like, "I don't watch much television, except for the Daily Show" on your Facebook page, you can go straight to hell.[...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:21pm EST
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• see spot judge...

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  And here are my thoughts on Swiss Miss flying on a crappy airline. Yeah, I know, I know. I'm going to die in a fiery pile of fuselage. What else is new...' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:54pm EST
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• tarta fantastica is still my drag name...

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  Today's Culture Blog is UP! [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:24pm EST
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• beth 2.0...

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  I cannot begin to thank all of you for celebrating my Soberversary with me last night. It was totally worth staying on the wagon for that crazy outpouring of love and support.
  

  Many thank to the fabulous folks at Rye who made me my own [...]

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:08pm EST
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• so i can drink today, right? KIDDING...

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  One year ago today, I checked into a residential facility for the treatment of alcohol addiction.
  Doesn't that sound dramatic!?!
  I can assure you that it was. And so here, on the one-year anniversary of my sobriety, I’ll tell you about that day because quite frankly, you've earned it. 
  [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:11pm EST
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• i had no idea people still even went to chat rooms...

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  I've dispatched the sex crimes unit of the I'll Flip You legal team to go buy a copy, but I assume the rest of you have read the fabulous article in the current issue of Vanity Fair (cue angels singing) about online sexual predators. Every month, when that glossy, plastic-wrapped [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 2:27am EST
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• the few, the brave, the patient...

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  When Zoe and I lived together, she'd get all of this random mail from what I regarded as right wing extremist organizations with American flag paraphernalia and patriotic propaganda. Some of it was probably all about stopping abortions and forbidding recycling, but every once in a while I'd [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:29pm EST
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• oh, and bring an orange scarf...

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  (Deep breath.)Brock and I saw Precious tonight. (Deep breath.)You know how in commercials for scary movies, they show you the audience reaction shots and you see night-vision of people in the theater physically freaking out. At one point, I had to look away, twisting my head to the side and that's' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:13am EST
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• what to wear...

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  So, we're all going to see Precious tonight, right? Why, exactly, am I so excited to view what appears to be an incredibly depressing, sad and upsetting film? I can't be alone. It's playing at the San Francisco Centre every 15 minutes, starting this morning at 9am.
  Dear whomever' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:47pm EST
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• guess who got new glasses...

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  Amazingly, I have been meeting random people who've seen the Weekend What's Up on KOFY! I ran into this old lady that knows my dad in downtown Mill Valley and she said, "I saw you in the television! How do you do that?" I think she wanted to sign [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:35pm EST
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• i totally forgot about magnum p.i. damnit!

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  It's time to check out today's Culture Blog! Mahalo... [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:06pm EST
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• vanilla ice was unavailable...

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  I have never had anything more than a great big eye roll for the folks who flip out over their favorite book being turned into a film. Relax, Poindexter. No one's holding a gun to your head to watch this thing. I'm not what you would call a voracious reader. Currently on [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:36am EST
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• they're using me to get to you...

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  Biting the hand that feeds me in today's See Spot Write...' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:06pm EST
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• i've finally found a cause...

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  The Brians had Melissa and I over for dinner last night and somehow, we discovered that you can listen to a police scanner online. Needless to say, my co-workers are about to hate me, because I'm going to be on this scanner thing 24/7.
  But one cannot, I am' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 3:50pm EST
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• a priest, a rabbi and a blogger walk into rehab...

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  One week from today is my Soberversary! I can't believe it. A whole year off the sauce. A whole lifetime to go. Actually, I never let myself think about it that way, so lemme shut up. The only way to celebrate my Soberversary is really to make all of my' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 3:15pm EST
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• he was looking for fireworks...

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  Twitter is aflutter with Gavin sightings!Apparently, our Mayor went in some Community Center, took a stroll down Eddy and walked around Chinatown. I got an enthusiastic text from a friend who discovered just this. Interestingly, I just realized that my friend Twitter-searches 'Gavin Newsom,' but that's' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:32pm EST
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• word to your mother...

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  I've got to stay home some night at make sure this is actually showing up on KOFY. Kieran could just be fucking with me. But here's your Weekend What's Up. This week, watch me awkwardly make an early 90's R&B reference, boyee...
  

  2LEGIT2QUIT, folks...

  [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:50pm EST
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• landslide...

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  Today's Culture Blog is UP! It's all about last night's shindig at Tosca and I hope you enjoy it...' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:07pm EST
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• josh and c.j. would end up together...

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  I could be perfectly happy spending the rest of my Halloweens with a gay man at a fancy joint. I don’t know if that means I’m doomed to spend the other 364 days a year letting my cats shit all over my home as I [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 4:22pm EST
  by Spots