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I'm excited that so many

Orlando — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:36:48 +0000

I'm excited that so many people are interested in the discussion! It sort of sucks that I'm mostly sleeping while the comments are coming fast and furious, but it makes waking up fun--I always have something to look forward to!!

I think I've found the

anna am — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:06:07 +0000

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I think I've found the perfect solution for many many people on my Christmas list.

Orlando, this is a great

CVille Dem — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:05:02 +0000

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Orlando, this is a great idea. I am loving the book, but I think it will be that much better with a discussion forum.

I'm sure that the powers that

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:30:18 +0000

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I'm sure that the powers that be, whomever they may be, will arrange for an easy-to-find link.

Check out the links on the

CaliforniaPaige — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:26:45 +0000

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Check out the links on the left -- under "Old But Good" > "Series" > "Dagbooks." There's still a bit of scrolling, but at least it's one-click.

I can't wait for the

Donal — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:12:31 +0000

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I can't wait for the sequel, Smoking Blow.

Hi quinn!

CaliforniaPaige — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:01:09 +0000

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Hi quinn!

Okay, I'm in. Just picked up

Ramona — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:38:23 +0000

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Okay, I'm in. Just picked up my copy yesterday from WalMart, where I ordered it online and picked up in store so I could march through RightWingLand with it in the child's seat of my basket. So I did that, and if anybody noticed they were doing a good job of pretending otherwise.

I thought about standing in the middle of the aisle and reading aloud from it, but my husband was with me and he nixed that one right off. (He wears disguises and slinks around so no one will recognize him or talk to him.)I thought the buzzer would buzz when I left the store but even that was silent. My God, with that blazing cover how could anyone not notice??

But I'm reading the chapter on O'Reilly and Christmas, so I'll be ready on Wednesday for anything you have to throw out there, Orlando. (I fell asleep reading it last night, that's how comfortable I am with it.)

Here's a passage from the book to prove that I'm on the up-and-up here and not just pretending I bought it:

Where O'Reilly the "T-Warrior" is angles and scowls and ego, Beck the "regular schmo" is doughy and goofy and self-deprecating. His head is constantly in motion, nodding and shaking like a bobblehead in an earthquake. He crinkles his forehead, stares quizzically into space, sticks out his tongue in concentration, and occasionally breaks into tears. His voice travels from grave undertone to shrill dismay to angry shout and becomes nasal and pinched when he parodies his ideological adversaries. He employs props to underscore his points--cutting a watermelon in half to criticize an environmental bill ("green on the outside, and inside it's deep communist red") or dowsing a guest with liquid from a gas can and then lighting a match ("President Obama, why don't you just set us on fire?").

My apologies to both Genghis and Orlando for jumping the gun here, but I LOVED that paragraph. That guy Wolraich writes pretty good.

Great idea!And Orlando >

Doctor Cleveland — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:28:24 +0000

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Great idea!

And Orlando > Oprah.

By the way, have you heard

Beetlejuice — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:15:05 +0000

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By the way, have you heard about that new electronic book like the Kindle call The Kno? I'm waiting for that one. Here's the url :

http://www.kno.com/the-kno.html