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Taurus

That headache is a Sign that you should stop putting Rockets in your ears

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Gemini

Replace silverware With poisonware if you want To keep cutting-edge

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Ilustrado (Miguel Syjuco)

'No lyric has ever stopped a tank,' so said Seamus Heaney. Auden said that 'poetry makes nothing happen.' Bullshit! I reject all that wholeheartedly! What do they know about the mechanics of tanks? How can anyone estimate the ballistic qualities of words? Invisible things happen in intangible moments. What should keep us writing is precisely [...]

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Reading for Writers — 004

How should a writer read? I talk about my own process, and suggest a three-part structured approach for reading: thinking about your Selection, reading with Intention and Attention, and having a process of Reflection. Resources discussed in this episode: Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose (affiliate link) The Time Machine and The Chronic Argonauts [...]

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Virgo

I can’t help it if You don’t like the way that I Attempt my murders

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Libra

Paris Hilton is Still alive, which pokes holes in Your whole “God” theory

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Scorpio

These horoscopes are The only constant in your Troubled existence

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Sagittarius

Evolution can’t Explain how dumb you can be To not believe it

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Capricorn

I most sincerely Apologize for the way I’m lying right now

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Aquarius

It will be a cold, Cold day in Hell before you Seduce the Devil

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