July 2010
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Career opportunities, 1996-2006.
“When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.” - Jack Handy
After-school day care assistant. // I don’t remember this one at all. The kids were brats, I’m pretty sure, but not in such a way I recall anything about any of their brattish antics.
Dry cleaner counter clerk. // Jimbo convinced me I should actively seek out a...
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vickyj asked: Let's say a law is passed enforcing each citizen to have one hugely tacky marble statue in front of their house. What would be on your lawn?
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Every instance of the word "unicorn" in my...
“When the unicorn walked into the Modern Feminist Conference on campus, the keynote discussion; ‘Patriarchal Subtext and Harry Potter’ fell flat on its ass. Amidst the gasps of surprise, one undergraduate poet, sitting in the back was delighted. She smoked a joint beforehand and assumed the unicorn was part of the presentation.” — Excerpt from piece of short fiction...
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Other southsides.
SOUTH BROOKLYN. A region or composite neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, encompassing areas of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus, Park Slope and Boerum Hill. The somewhat historic name of South Brookyn has been revived in recent years to foster a closer connection among the constituent communities, though the name has always been popular nomenclature for the...
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mightyflynn asked: I've come to enjoy bourbon more regularly over the past couple of years. Maker's Mark, Basil Hayden's, and Knob Creek are the usual suspects, George T. Stagg on special occasions. I only name-drop to give you an idea of my palate. (An incident during my high school years put me off Jack Daniel's for life.) I prefer my whiskey neat or with a few cubes of ice. Lately, I've...
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Options available to me sitting at a study kiosk...
Read a biography of Dennis Green or finish writing this essay.
Read a biography of Rosey Grier or finish writing this essay.
Read a biography of George Halas or finish writing this essay.
Read a biography of Paul Hornung or finish writing this essay.
Read a biography of Jimmy Johnson or finish writing this essay.
Read a biography of Alex Karas or finish writing this essay.
Read a biography...
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Minneapolis agrees: it has gots to get its...
First Avenue is getting a facelift, part of which includes repainting the beloved silver bands-that-have-played-here stars on the sides. The painters charged with carrying out this task are the most celebrated men in Minneapolis recently. The Craigslist Missed Connections chatter on the subject is off the charts.
A 25-year old starts the ball rolling with this remarkable invitation to sleaze:
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