In Which Dan Friesen Quits That Blog He Didn’t Care Much For; or, I’m On Pills

So, I’ve quit that other crappy blog I was writing for.  It was bound to happen.  I had ideas, I tell you.  I had plans for plenty of recurring pieces and catty campus gossip, as that seemed to be what they were interested in.  The whole thing wasn’t for me, and it seemed that as [...]

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In Which Dan Friesen Finds Art More Socially Conscious Than Rent; or, The Midget Has AIDS! THE MIDGET HAS AIDS!

Alright, you gotta hear me out on this one.
Anyone who knows me might be aware of my appreciation of R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet series.  I feel that Kelly has transcended (perhaps too generous a term) the realm of music with the series and is actually now dabbling in conceptual comedy.  I think he [...]

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In Which Dan Friesen Blows The Lid Off A Chinese Conspiracy; or, The Chinese Eat Dragons

In July, Zheng Xiaoyu, the director of China’s State Food and Drug Administration, was executed for allegedly accepting bribes and overall corruption.  I thought that execution was a bit severe for these crimes, even by China’s standards.  Something wasn’t quite right and I suspected that the whole story wasn’t being told.
It wasn’t until today that [...]

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In Which Dan Friesen Writes For A Blog He Thinks Not Much Of; or, Move It

My god, it has been far too long since I’ve posted.  My life has been in a mad obscenely panicked state since I got back from Austria.
This is the second worst time of the year, the time to move.  The whole process is a mess: packing up, cleaning, moving furniture, unpacking, being unable to fit [...]

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