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Melbourne, Australia: Part 3 — Cuisine and Slang

SurlyZ finally finishes his Australian trilogy. No kangaroos (plural) were hurt in the making of this blog post. Just the one.

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Melbourne, Australia: Part 2 — Emasculation

If you like boring renditions of great adventures, you’ll love this chapter of SurlyZ’s Not-Quite-the-Outback Excursion.

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Melbourne, Australia: Part 1 — Arrival

Oh, the distances I travel just to write crappy articles for an otherwise good blog site.

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Review: “Get Motivated! Seminar” (San Antonio 12/2/09)

I spent hard-earned money to fly in to San Antonio and attend this celebrity-packed motivational seminar… and all I got was this lousy blog post.

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WASTE OF MONEY: YuleCon 2009 and Other Anime/Manga Conventions

My money is gone, but the hatred remains. Get a close look at the seedy underbelly of the money suck known as the Anime Convention.

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Preview: Get Motivated! (San Antonio seminar)

Since 2001, George W. Bush has motivated me to protest him in the streets, vote for a secret Muslim and cry myself to sleep most nights. What’s he got up his sleeve for me this time?

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An Open Letter to the Assholes Who Broke into My Place and Stole My Shit.

The triumphant return of breadwinner after a whirlwind of shitty setbacks yields some seriously surly results.

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Twitterpes: A new 140-character epidemic

I accidentally destroyed Twitter…

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Kill ‘Em All: Why Are We Still Talking About Health Care?

America loses when all Americans start believing the “life” part of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

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Hey economy, beer me!

When bars give out free drinks, everybody wins.

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