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Nicholson Baker’s “The Anthologist” [by Amy Lawless]
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” —Albert Einstein No book brought me more belly laughs and head shakes and murmurs under-my-breath of "So true, so true" as Nicholson…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day (by Laura Orem)
Of course, I couldn't let the day go by without a little bit of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem for ya! Carrickfergus is an ancient town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Because of…
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“All the Wrong Numbers” [by Lee Upton]
Isn’t this Linda? he asks. This is the number I was given, he says. You can detect his humiliation emitting a high frequency sound that, frankly, you’re good at hearing— like you’re the dog…
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How does it go? Feed a cold, starve an artist? Or, “Shout Out Tuesday” [by Amy Lawless]
Hey everyone! It's the day before St. Patrick's day! I know all you Irish out there are in the last day of "The Master Cleanse" so you can drink your weight in beer…
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Spring Resolutions (by Laura Orem)
The snow is gone, the sun is out, and green things are poking up through the dirt. Today I started cleaning up the old weeds and overgrowth that I left at the end of…
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Concentrate [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, I got the idea for this post while playing Bejeweled Blitz. Have you ever tried meditation? Of course you have, right, if you’re sufficiently inclined towards transcendence as to read a poetry…
