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  • “Girl Writing a Letter” [by William Carpenter]

    July 16, 2011

    A thief drives to the museum in his black van. The nightwatchman says Sorry, closed, you have to come back tomorrow.The thief sticks the point of his knife in the guard's ear.I haven't got…

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  • “Dear David” [by Herb Engelhardt]

    July 15, 2011

    So sorryAnd sympatheticTo your influenza siegeEach time I get a sniffle, I hear        Death at my doorSome day it will be thereIn the meantime, as the incorrigible        sybarite…

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  • Disco [by Neil de la Flor]

    July 15, 2011

    God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to disco. After reading 37 essays about District 9, Kafka's The…

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  • Clemens to Appear in Small Claims Court? [by Stephen Reichert]

    July 15, 2011

    My new friends from The Associated Press took this photo of my baseball cards. Before the prosecution shit their pants, and while on recess, I held the door for a sweating Clemens, which suddenly put…

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  • Do Not Disturb Rocks & Other Things I Saw Today [by Neil de la Flor]

    July 14, 2011

    I don't know why the rocks can't be disturbed, but I'm disturbed someone spent money on a sign that reads, "Do Not Disturb Rocks". I'm not sure if the rocks will mind being disturbed…

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  • Clemens 1, Feds 0 [by Stephen Reichert]

    July 14, 2011

    Mistrial. That was quick. A walk in the park:     Moments ago the prosecution allowed the jury to see inadmissible evidence. Both sides were instructed at pre-trial that they were not to introduce outside evidence…

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