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Coffee and Closure
This is an Advent story, but it begins with an end. Because her landlord upped the rent to an amount that would shame even the villains in a Charles Dickens novel, the entrepreneur who runs the best coffee house in my neighborhood will be closing its doors on December 21st.  The ...
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The Anchoress — Happy Hannukah! Or Oy, Come all ye Faithful! Mulling Advent and Friendship over coffee. It’s a nice, thoughtful piece by Patrick O’ Hannigan, even though he does not say whether it was the delectable Mystic Monk Coffee being served. No, I can’t recommend it enough! We’d like Rites and Rituals: but with no transcendence, please. Bush is mulling a farewell message. I personally think he should buy an hour of tv time and debunk the NY Times one distortion, spin or outright lie at a time. At the ...

Watcher's Council Results
Rhymes With Right — Google Web rhymeswithright.mu.nu || WaPo Pimps New Education Secretary -- Ignores The Record Of District He Ran || Main || December 30, 2008 Watcher's Council Results Here are the results of the last two votes by the Watcher's Council! December 26, 2008 Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 2/3 points! - The Razor - The Symbol of Oppression Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T * ) - Joshuapundit - Cheney Slaps Biden Upside The Head Second place with 1 2/3 points - (T * ) - Mere Rhetoric - Smug Liberal Sophistication Undisturbed By Decades Of Disastrously Wrong Domestic And International ...

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