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    <title>Eric D. Snider "Snide Remarks"</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 04:04:54 UTC</pubDate>
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    <description>Humor Columns from noted humorist Eric D. Snider</description>
	<copyright>Copyright 2008 Eric D. Snider.  Any reproduction without written permission of Eric D. Snider is strictly prohibited.</copyright>
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       <title>Brovaries, Duderus, Sirvix, Vaguyna, and Fellow-pian Tubes: A Guide to Male Pregnancy</title>
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		   <![CDATA[Pregnancy! It is all the rage! Last year, movies like "Knocked Up," "Juno," and "Waitress" dealt with the unwanted kind of fetus-growing, and then hillbilly starlet Jamie Lynn Spears (sister of hillbilly trainwreck Britney Spears) went and got herself a bun in the oven, too. Why, pregnancy is so trendy that even the menfolk are getting in on the act!]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>Between Barack and a Hard Place</title>
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		   <![CDATA[We need to overhaul the way we elect our presidents. The current system, where the campaigning lasts forever, is awful. I mean, the 2008 presidential race has been going on since 1994, and candidates interested in becoming president in 2016 have to start running now. It's already too late to be considered for 2012. ]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>Defence Is De Answer</title>
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		   <![CDATA[Most of what I know about CNN I get from watching it when I'm on the treadmill at the gym. There are four TVs above the treadmills, two fixed on CNN and two on ESPN. You might think that with four TVs we could have four different channels, but as it turns out, CNN and ESPN are the only two channels that people on treadmills could possibly be interested in watching. Or at least that is the view of Bally Total Fitness. When you look at it that way, having four TVs is an extravagant luxury.  ]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>The China Monologues</title>
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		   <![CDATA[It comes around every four years, and while I usually have little interest in it, this year I'm paying close attention. Of course I'm talking about Leap Year. 

No, just kidding. Leap Year is stupid. I'm talking about the Olympics, to be held this August in the Chinese capital of Beijing. For the average person, the Olympics are usually nothing more than an opportunity to develop a sudden, passionate interest in obscure sports, and to indulge in some good-natured nationalism. (You suck, Albania!) But this year, there is controversy! Due to a crazy quirk of procedural irregularities, the International Olympic Committee accidentally awarded the Games to a backward, secretive country that regularly murders its own citizens! Whoops!]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>Little-Known Facts</title>
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		   <![CDATA[I usually don't do this, but for this week's column I wanted to share something I received as an e-mail forward. It's a collection of trivia that I think is absolutely fascinating. I never knew a lot of this stuff before! I'm passing it on to you as a reminder of what an interesting world we live in!!

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Ronald Reagan was not the first U.S. president to have formerly been an actor. Martin Van Buren appeared in several movies prior to his career in politics, mostly quirky, low-budget independent films. ]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>WTF, TSA?</title>
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		   <![CDATA[<strong>Frequently Asked Questions at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Website.</strong>

<strong>Q:</strong> Tell me again why we can't bring bottled water through airport security?
<strong>A:</strong> Two reasons. One, because we have no way of knowing it's just plain water and not something that could be used to make a bomb. Two, because we said so.]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>Artificially Swedened</title>
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		   <![CDATA[If there's a name for the style in which my apartment is decorated, it's Homeless Person Squatting in an Abandoned Tenement. This is fine with me. Sure, I could spend thousands of dollars on nice furniture and decor. But on the other hand, no I couldn't, because I don't <em>have</em> thousands of dollars. I have the essential items -- bed, chair, table, piano, life-size plastic dog, Ron Burgundy bobblehead doll, flashlight, etc. -- and I'm happy with that.

Or at least I thought I was happy. Then an Ikea store opened in Portland and I realized how truly miserable I was. ]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>A Crock of Buttars</title>
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		   <![CDATA[I occasionally miss living in Utah. One of those times is when a state senator refers to an unpleasant bill as a "black baby -- a dark, ugly thing," apologizes to blacks for his remarks but makes a reference to lynch mobs in the apology, and then exasperatedly refers to African-Americans as "those people." ]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>A Visit to Mississippi, Part 2</title>
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		   <![CDATA[<em><strong>(<a href="http://www.ericdsnider.com/snide/a-visit-to-mississippi-part-1/">Part 1</a>)</strong></em>

Kim and Jen went to Wal-Mart again Friday morning, goodness knows why, and then we drove into the heart of Oxford for lunch. At the center of town is a place called The Square, a charming, old-style town square populated by shops and restaurants. It had been recommended that we have lunch at a place called the Ajax Diner. This proved to be the best advice any of us had ever been given, by anyone, at any time, in our entire lives. ]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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       <title>A Visit to Mississippi, Part 1</title>
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		   <![CDATA[Sure, the Sundance Film Festival boasts swanky premieres and tons of celebrities, and the Cannes Film Festival is where the elite of the film world gather to hobnob and make deals. But only at the Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, Mississippi, would the opening-night party be held in a private home where over the kitchen sink hangs a small painting of slaves picking cotton. ]]>
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	   <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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