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  THE DAILY SOUNDTRACK – 01/18/2012 MERKIN MADNESS

  January 18, 2012 / Daily Soundtrack, Lists

  I read a story. It made me angry. A “grrr” kind of angry. It seems a company is making merkins for rich women (and men eventually) entirely out of real fox fur. You know they don’t wait for the fox to die naturally. And you know they’re not shaving the foxes. Grrrr. Remember the other day when I said I try not to hate people? Forget all that… I hate the makers and users of these fox merkins. I hate [...]

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  THE DAILY SOUNDTRACK – 10/20/2011 Typing out a Living

  October 20, 2011 / Daily Soundtrack, Lists

  I read an interesting article (at least it was interesting to me) about the “Day Jobs” of famous writers. Great men of letters… who sometimes sorted them in order to survive. You know like Charles Bukowski. Or taught history… like Steven King. Or took care of rich people’s children…like Charlotte Bronte. So here’s a quote for my tombstone, “Actors are waiters… writers will do anything.” Good Year – The Refreshments J.D. Salinger was an entertainment director on a cruise ship. [...]

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