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Aries

Chuck Norris won’t read You a bedtime story, but He’ll put you to sleep

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Taurus

Due to technical Difficulties your future Is cancelled this week

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The Making of Zombie Wars (Aleksandar Hemon)

Joshua Levin wants to see himself as the hero of his story. As an American hero, a Hollywood star battling time and tide, or at least a ceaseless flow of zombies — like Major Klopstock in Levin's perpetually unfinished screenplay Zombie Wars. But Levin isn't a hero. He's one of the zombies. Throughout Aleksandar Hemon's [...]

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frogments from the frag pool (Gary Barwin & derek beaulieu)

frogments from the frag pool is a collection of poetry responding to Matsuo Bashō's famous haiku "furu ike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto" (8). This particular haiku is considered all but impossible to adequately translate, and consequently a small tradition of attempting to translate the poem has arisen. A relatively literal translation [...]

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Leo

As Derrida says, You’re an asshole for always Quoting Derrida

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Virgo

Don’t be so quick to Assume guilt just because they Confessed to the crimes

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Libra

Your image will be Tarnished when it’s revealed you Caused global warming

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Scorpio

You will make a good Scapegoat this week, when I start To blame you for things

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Sagittarius

The community Will thank you for closing your Blinds once in a while

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Capricorn

The world will always Need somebody who can teach Poodles to line dance

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