{"id":1138,"date":"2007-06-03T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2007-06-03T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/blog-roundup\/06\/03\/the-descent-into-blog-nihilism\/"},"modified":"2012-12-26T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T00:00:58","slug":"the-descent-into-blog-nihilism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/blog-roundup\/06\/03\/the-descent-into-blog-nihilism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Descent into Blog Nihilism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Blog World! Another successful week of the ol&#8217; blog-o-rehea and man, look at what it gave us! Probably the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/alec\/05\/29\/happy-memorial-day\/\">greatest conversation on PBH (a true Happy Memorial Day!<\/a>) followed closely by the first installment of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/ask-a-shiite\/05\/31\/ask-a-shiite-perceptions-of-america-in-the-middle-east\/\">Ask a Shiite<\/a>.  Anyway, I&#8217;m proud that things didn&#8217;t descend into utter chaos and name-calling, though I have been compiling a long list of inaccurate and morally reprehensible comparisons to Communists and Nazi&#8217;s to anyone who dares disagree with me and my glass-house liberal beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>First stop to Byron Crawford for a modern day classic. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byroncrawford.com\/2007\/06\/wendys_chili_sa.html\">If there&#8217;s one thing black people love, it&#8217;s condiments apparently.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I remember when I used to work in a White Castle, and I would have issues with people wanting so many packs of ketchup. I&#8217;d give them their order and toss a couple of packs in the bag, but then they&#8217;d take a look in the bag and be like, Nah, nigga, we need like two handfuls of ketchup.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the intellectual blog block (cuz you know I need my intellectual masturbation), <a href=\"http:\/\/atlanticreview.org\/archives\/686-Transatlantic-Obsessions.html\">the Atlantic Review has an interesting post on obsession on transatlantic relations<\/a>.  To quote Kindergarten Cop, Americans have penises&#8217;, the French have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjkoehler.com\/2007\/06\/01\/bush-screwed-up-in-acting-like-a-pansy-to-kji\/\">vaginas<\/a>.  That, and they LOVE surrendering to the Nazi&#8217;s.  And yes, everything I learn is from books featuring Sean Hannity in American warm-up suits on the cover.<\/p>\n<p>Other noteworthy news: Coming Anarchy has a <a href=\"http:\/\/cominganarchy.com\/2007\/05\/31\/kaplan-preview\/\">preview on the latest Kaplan article<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.improveverywhere.com\/2005\/12\/10\/suicide-jumper\/\">a four foot ledge makes an excellent suicide platform<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2007\/05\/pundits_are_nea.html\">Pundits are always wrong<\/a> (how did he know??), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingthoughts.com\/?p=123\">you should always leave comments on blogs<\/a> (specifically with your name and phone number so I can call you at 4 in the morning and tell you the many reasons you&#8217;re wrong), and remember, <a href=\"http:\/\/feministing.com\/archives\/007115.html\">a vagina is a terrible thing to waste.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Blog World! 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