September 2009
10 posts
Somebody in Fremont is missing their tofu
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Subtle Christmas Gift Reminder From A Coworker
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Wikipedia: Kurt Vonnegut →
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In his book Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, Vonnegut listed eight rules for writing a short story:
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one...
Map of the contiguous United States, visualized by...
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A Kaiju Family Photo
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“In defence of well-written, enjoyable potboilers though, I have to point out...”
– Brian Joseph Davis, on Dan “The DaVinci Code” Brown
I edited Dan Brown’s writing, slowly - The Globe and Mail
Drive-In Saturday - Wikipedia, the free...
Heavily influenced by 1950s doo-wop, “Drive-In Saturday” describes how the inhabitants of a post-apocalyptic world have forgotten how to reproduce, and need to watch old porn films to see how it’s done.[1] The narrative has been cited as an example of Bowie’s “futuristic nostalgia”,[2] where the story is told from the perspective of an inhabitant of the future...
Carsuals Horoscope Slacks
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Awesomeness beyond words. Via @copyranter
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