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As forwarded by one of our OCMs, Eddie:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere . Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting these greetings, you are accepting the aforementioned terms as stated. This greeting is not subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself/himself/others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
Happy holidays!

Now that it's over, we can say so for sure -- Fall '07 was insane, funny, sad, and scary all at once. So which entries took the cake for mind-blowingness? Here's a Top 10 List:

  1. NYPD officers arrest a student in what seems to be a racially charged incident.

  2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Baller or not?

  3. Racist graffiti is found at SIPA.

  4. And, at Teacher's College, a noose.

  5. The hunger strike (and Al Jazeera).

  6. The nail salon workers get a new victory!

  7. E!Online's Kristin calls Masi "squinty".
    David thinks it's racist, but Angry Asian Man's Phil Yu disagrees. A 17-comment argument (and some private e-mailing) follows.

  8. Roger Fan and Sung Kang's appear at Columbia, inspiring the entry, "Introducing the Roger Fan Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter Collection".

  9. During Heroes Season 2, David becomes a recapper for Racialicious.

  10. Susan Mayer sparks up a whole lot of trouble and, finally, an apology.
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I know that we have had several postings from the blog "Postsecret".
I think that this one brings interracial relationships, fetishes, and stereotypes into question when it comes to the topic of reasons for attraction.

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