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The Last Two Cold Beers on Earth: Responding to the Great Credit Repair Bill of 2008

Posted by Josh in October 5th, 2008  
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It was a gray and wavy day when the U.S. economy finally fell apart–like cellophane placed unskilled over a pencil eraser.  It was October 3rd, 2012–almost four years from the day that the Great Economic Credit Reform of 2008 was passed.
Columbus, Ohio has always been known for its bars and restaurants and today was no [...]

Coming to Grips with the Death of Miranda Sound

Posted by Josh in July 31st, 2008  
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I have been putting off writing this post for a few months now because I’ve been in denial. They say that admitting the truth to yourself is the first step to recovery.  So here goes…
“Miranda Sound is breaking up.”
That wasn’t so bad.
For those who don’t know, Miranda Sound is the best band you’ve never heard.  [...]

The Death of the Will to Power and the Next Great Awakening

Posted by Josh in July 11th, 2008  
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In 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a paragraph and murdered religion.  Sure, it was a slow death but a death it was.  He wrote:
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet [...]

Getting Into Knockemstiff

Posted by Josh in March 21st, 2008  
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Something you may not know about Ohio is that we’ve produced some really great writers. The only problem is that most of them aren’t popular. There is a huge difference between being a great writer and being a popular writer. Very few writers are both and most that are, aren’t both very [...]

Dumb Ass Ohio Laws

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in May 11th, 2007  
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I love living in Ohio but just like every other state, we have some seriously fugged up laws. This one came to me via e-mail from a dude I work with.

It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
It is illegal to [...]

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