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Food Shame
December 2, 2002 – 2:17 PM | 3 Comments

Regina: What’s the most pathetic thing you ever did?
Sarah: That question is waaaaaay too broad, dude. I mean, you’ve got pathetic things you do for guys, pathetic things you do WITH guys, pathetic ways you’ve …

Crush To Judgment
January 19, 1999 – 11:06 AM | No Comment

I used to work at a store in the Short Hills Mall called Cheers! (Not my exclamation point, just for the record.) Similar to a Hallmark store, but independently owned, Cheers! sold cards, wrapping paper, …

Love Me, Love My Eighties Tapes
February 16, 1998 – 1:07 PM | No Comment

Back in college, after a night of standing around in some taproom or other, occasionally I had the good fortune to bring some unsuspecting boy back to my room for a little bit of smooching. …