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Comment of the Month

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to The Rawness RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!From Angelo De La Vega in response to the post Some Things You Cannot Explain: 
Guidos and Nazis are just about the worst examples of humanity. I will, however, give the Guido some credit for a stream lined approach [...]

Open Feedback Thread

I wanted to do something a little different today.  First, this week is pretty busy so I won’t be able to post as often as I’d like.  But also, I figure it gives me a good opportunity to satisfy my curiosity.
I track visitors to this site, and I get a fair amount.  Many people find [...]

Misc. Stuff

I was over on DC Hero’s blog and he had a great post about how people today are afraid of failure.  I commented on his post that I’ve had many of the same thoughts recently, and my way around it was to try to tackle the second most humiliating failure I could think of, stand-up [...]

A Work In Progress: The Raw Truths

(Latest addition in red) 
#1.  When people admonish you to “be more original,” what they really mean is “be more like me.”  When people admonish you to “be a free thinker,” they really mean “try to think more like me.”
#2.  Everyone knows you can’t turn a ho into a housewife…but turning a housewife into a ho [...]

Best Quote Ever, or Let’s Do Something With This Fucking

 
Rob Thomas and wife:
serious about their fucking 
In a world where people are getting married later, divorcing more and having less kids than ever, I find people often sound almost wishy-washy or apologetic when announcing their desire to have kids.  But not Rob Thomas, who comes real with it (emphasis added by me):
Q: “Do You Have A [...]