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toad stool tina
not until you put on some pants!
by d. earl kelly
topic: humor
3.10.10
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I've always liked the old song, "Bubbles In My Beer". Bubbles was a waitress at a truck stop down the road and she was one thirsty woman. I don't know what that has to do with anything other than the fact that I've always had terrible luck with girls. I don't know why. I may not be the greatest looking guy in the world but I always tried to be nice and never abused anyone. Well, there was the mongoose incident but I was goaded into that one.
Despite numerous failures, I kept asking girls out and over time, heard most every excuse in the world. Here are some exa...
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the ballad of skeletor
do you miss your mommy?
by d. earl kelly
topic: humor
3.9.10
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Is it human nature? Why do we barely survive a terrible experience and then spend the rest of our lives laughing about it? For me, it was military basic training. Despite the ye...
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letter from blighty
by richard cole
topic: news
3.7.10
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Not Election Fever, more Election Snuffle I think what I’m going to do for a while is devote my columns to giving y’all some flavour of life here in England, good old Blighty. Now...
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clanking shots off the back of the irony
this season's offcourt sideshow
by dirk cotton
topic: sports
3.6.10
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It’s easy to get caught up in the madness of college basketball and miss the entertaining sideshow just offcourt. Let’s take a moment to review some of the rich ironies of the 200...
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how hard can it be?
by richard cole
topic: writing
3.6.10
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So my first column and what to write about. Humm…I know...writing. After all how hard can it be? It's just a matter of selecting a few words and putting them down one after t...
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a new beginning
by stacey chillemi
topic: writing
3.5.10
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There comes a time when the meaning of life begins to make sense, At first we may not understand why things happen the way they do, The sky at first may look dark, The path one nee...
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the invention of lying
the most truthful film in years
by katherine l (aka clevertitania)
topic: film
3.1.10
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Warning: The following contains spoilers from almost minute one. Sorry, but this is less a review and more of a discussion about the rather heady themes in this film. Just can’...
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math, sex, and ice, or:
why evan lysacek is only a fraction of the skater that johnny weir is
by binky and the misfit mimes
topic: sports
2.27.10
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Well, the 2010 Olympics are over. Last night was the figure-skating Champions Gala, usually one of the big draws for viewership. But I refused to watch. Without ...
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roselawn
it's all that we have left of them now
by laura linger
topic: writing
2.24.10
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October 31, 1994 HOT: Crewmember hot microphone voice or sound source RDO: Radio transmission from accident aircraft CAM: Cockpit area microphone voice or sound source INT: Transm...
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the true weight of platinum
by jack perez
topic: general
2.24.10
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Yevgeni Plushenko will forever be known as a poor loser, NOT as the incredible silver medalist who landed the ‘quad’ at the Winter Olympics of 2010. Is that really what he intende...
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man to man
sometimes, you can't segregate friends.
by d. earl kelly
topic: general
2.23.10
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My dad didn't have to go to war but he did. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, he was 34 years old and had three kids. However, like a lot of guys of the era, he and his brother...
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r-e-s-p-e-c-t
you don't know what it means to me
by reem al-omari
topic: writing
2.22.10
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It is not often that I find myself getting swept off my feet by a man. I know only this half-and-half reason as to why that is: Either I want something that perhaps doesn’t exist,...
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a lesson in empathy
by carrie deahl
topic: general
2.21.10
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The last relationship I was a part of ended 4 months ago. It wasn't the worst break-up in my life, but it certainly wasn't a healthy one either. We had done the "we'...
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singular “soulprint”
~ we all have one ~
by lori suzanne holetz
topic: general
2.18.10
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We, each and every human being, have a singular “soulprint”. A “soulprint” is just like a fingerprint. Just as each and every human being has an individual and unique fingerprint...
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the "indigo" kids
~ a hundred years later ~
by lori suzanne holetz
topic: general
2.18.10
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There has been talk within the last ten years or so about the “Indigo” children. There have been some wonderful books written on them and I highly recommend that every parent and...
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collective vendetta
written at 17 years old!!
by matteo h maciel
topic: writing
2.17.10
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As authors, many can agree that writing is a life long passion, In my case it has started young. Allow me to introduce myself as Matteo Maciel, I'm a senior high school studen...
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parched monkey brains
why me?
by d. earl kelly
topic: humor
2.17.10
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Why is it always me? On the day in question, it was cold. It was freezing. There was snow and high wind so I had no plans for any outdoor activities. The penguins could ice ska...
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