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“Chocolate Rain (Barack Obama remix)”

Anyone see that photo of Barack Obama on the cover of the NY Times today? All I can find online is a too-small scan:
Look at that pose, that determination, that popped collar! People ask if America’s ready for its first black president. I ask: are we ready for our first hot one?

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Last week was I was MIA, not M.I.A.

But I might be M.I.A. for Halloween. I was TLC’s Left Eye for three Halloweens, I could probably just modify that costume.
Last week I was gone for a lot of the CMJ Marathon. It was fun, but really tiring. I didn’t write much besides some diaries for Pitchfork, and I had a great photographer, [...]

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I will create a brand new God and thank him with piercing cries

My favorite novel, Lolita, is 50 years old now. I read it when I was 15, and 17, and 22.
Lolita at Middle Age – ChronicleReview.com.

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