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Too many teeth or No teeth at all
Honey Bucket or Wizards of Ooze
Folklife or A kick in the face while drowning in fish guts
Dan Savage or Charles Mudede
What book have you read the most?: the great gatsby

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May 22

ballard dude commented on SL Letter of the Day: Did You Think I Was Going To Tell You Not To Come Out? (PLUS: Help Free Kate!).

When I was a high schooler, 3 year high schools were more the norm, with junior high school being grades 7-9. (kent school district, early 80's). Now, my kids attend Bellevue schools, with high school being grades 9-12. I do think the distance btw 9th and 12th graders is significant, but that's the system we have. It isn't reasonable to expect kids together in the same school to not socialize and date! As a parent, I would not be pleased to find my soon-to-be freshman dating a senior, but short of homeschooling, how exactly would you keep 9th and 12th graders apart?

May 16

ballard dude commented on Damn You KEXP! "Hurt" Hurts!.

Personally, I think it's perhaps the strongest music video ever made, and an amazing summation of his life. I have the same reaction...

May 2

ballard dude commented on Seattle Needs to Shame the "Real Life Superheroes" Into Retirement.

Rex Velvet!

Apr 17

ballard dude commented on Eden Foods President Responds to Contraception Controversy.

Bad move on Eden Foods' part, indeed. I will give them credit for not covering boner pills, though. Their asshattery is at least consistent.

Apr 9

ballard dude commented on Yesterday I Read This Headline, Did a Bunch of Stuff, Ate Dinner, and Fell Asleep. Today, I Woke Up and This Headline Is Still All I Can Think About:.

A giant ferret on steroids... Rodney Tom?

Mar 22

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Mar 19

ballard dude commented on Because Guns Make Us Safer.

Without reading any comments first, i'm going to say that it's a terrible mistake, but i really don't blame the homeowner. Protecting your home, confronting the intruder, warning shot, and the threat is dead. Only 2 houses away, though. He didn't recognize the teen?