I’m post-TAL. I’m over it. I think Ira Glass is a narcissistic blowhard who is obsessed with his own sense of narrative and uses his subjects manufacture said narrative often crushing them in the process. I still listen, still cry but more and more I’m just annoyed.
RadioLab is the greatest thing on the radio. This is a super short bit about earworms and how to get rid of them. Listen to it.

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Idealists are also bullies. The idealist says, “I care more about the redwood trees than you do. I care so much I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. It broke up my marriage. And because I care more than you do, I’m a better person. And because I’m the better person, I have the right to boss you around.”
Get a pair of bolt cutters and liberate that tree.
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All politics stink. Even democracy stinks. Imagine if our clothes were selected by the majority of shoppers, which would be teenage girls. I’d be …

According to Wiktionary the first sited usage:

1950: Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins, p21

“Whatcha got in that bag?” asked Scooter.
“None of your beeswax,” answered Henry.

And I wanted to stop there. Why? Because Beverly Cleary is the awesomest ever! Just ask Sarah. But it seems, as it often does, that usage trails back further. Some goofy earthlink website dates it to the 20’s stating, “The twenties were the first decade to emphasize youth culture over the older generations, and the flapper sub-culture had a tremendous influence on main stream …