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Writing a Frankenstory: Reality in Fiction

“My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.” -S. E. Hinton “Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche....



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Writing Disease

“Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease.” -Peter Abelard



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Not Wishing You a Merry Christmas

I am not going to wish you a Merry Christmas. I am not going to wish you Happy Holidays, a Happy New Year, or even Happy Ass Slap from an Expensive Hooker. No matter what we say anymore,...



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The Unintentional Comedy of French Movie Titles

It recently occurred to me that I haven’t made fun of any French weirdness in quite a while. I mean, it’s been like, 2 whole blog posts ago. It’s not that I’d stopped...



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What Is & What Will Be

“She was a published writer. I imagined how thrilling it must be living such a life, going around the world and making up things about it.” -E. L. Doctorow *** Well, not so thrilling, as it turns...



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When Forgiveness is Worse Than a Flaming Bag of Poo

“Religion is like a pair of shoes: find one that fits for you, but don’t try to make me wear your shoes.” – George Carlin. “Anybody who wants religion is welcome to it, as far as...



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Awkward Adventures in the Socialized Healthcare of France

Before I even get started, let me warn you that if you get squeamish when it comes to chatter about doctors poking around in lady bits, then this post will not interest, amuse or inform you in any...



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How To Use Social Networking to Poison Your Friendships

In July of 2005, I went to see Batman Begins at the Holiday Twin drive-in in Fort Collins, CO with a friend of mine. We’d been bouncing around in anticipation for several months waiting for...



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The Joys of Not Being a Skinny Girl

“I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones;...



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Knocking Pompeii Off the Bucket List

“It is disturbing sight, to encounter these bodies tormented with suffering, anguish and fear, and petrified by suffocation in their appalling postures…” -Marcel Brion * When I was...



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