Mark Pike

Fall backs. I can never seem to get them right.
This year I was too prepared. I fell back a day early. I woke up Saturday morning with what I thought was an extra hour to get to the bank. This was the most important thing I had to do all day as I had no [...]

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I was robbed. He took my wallet, inlcuding my driver’s license. But there’s one license that he couldn’t steal- my poetic license. The names and places have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty, but I imagine if the thief decided to do a Google search after examining the contents of my wallet, [...]

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Check out this video I helped chop up for the folks at thinkprogress.org… This one is a bit Daily Show-ish, pointing out the repetitive talking points of Fox News’ talking heads.

Update 10-20-05:
As seen on Al Franken’s show…
Also, just a hint, set your TiVo’s/VCR’s tomorrow for HBO…
Virginia is for… Voters?
Tim Kaine vs. Jerry Kilgore is heating [...]

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I whipped up a few photoshopped notes for the The George W. Bush Crony Correspondence Contest going on at Campus Progress.
I thought I’d share them with you since I’m too exhausted to write much else.
Check out the contest here.

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I’m in the office by myself right now. The cubicles are empty. I totally forgot we didn’t have to come in for work today. Everybody is celebrating Columbus Day, as if it’s some huge freakin’ holiday or something.
I guess me forgetting about Columbus Day is my little way of protesting the absurdity of this holiday. [...]

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I have often wondered how people arrive at this blog. Is it word of mouth? Is it really just my parents, refreshing the page on a daily basis? Is there a stranger that is writing my URL on the walls of bathroom stalls? “For a good time, try and remember themarkpike.blogspot.com. Wash your hands, please.”
After [...]

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themarkpike: 20 questions
scott: ok
themarkpike: who got in to an elevator with me today
scott: m or f
themarkpike: m
scott: politician
themarkpike: hmm.. yes(?)
scott: house or senate
themarkpike: neither…
scott: al sharpton
themarkpike: WOW!
themarkpike: you win
scott: WOO HOO
scott: i knew it…you had to hesitate on the politician question

I wanted to talk with him. I wanted to [...]

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My computer and I are going to take some time away from each other. She’s been acting up lately. It’s been making me mad. She’ll turn the screen on and off while I’m trying to type law school essays, like my ambition is something to play a practical joke on. She’s probably thinking of [...]

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