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    Roki

    By Donal on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:28am |

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    Thomas Friedman Writes For The Daily Planet

    By Michael Maiello on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 10:44am |

    Superman, Where Are You?

    By Thomas L. Friedman

     

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    PUNCH LINES!

    By Richard Day on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 3:53am |

     

    If I could go to Ireland

    I'd stroll down by the sea;

    And all the people would say:

    Top a the mornin'

    To me!

                                 (me-2nd grade)

     

    Daisy Kincaid: Well then give me your definition of grammar!

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    A Fantastic Tumblr

    By Michael Maiello on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:49pm |

    It's not mine, but I was once involve in a musical theatre event with this very clever writer:

    http://horseysurprise.tumblr.com/

    I check it all the time.  Thought you might all be amused.

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    A Friday afternoon in bloom at the Haikulodeon ...

    By MrSmith1 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 3:27pm |
     
     
     
    In 2009, I came up with the idea of designating April ,  "Spondylitis Awareness Month."   
     
    This Sunday marks the start of another April, and the Fourth ye
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    HP and the Methods of Rationality

    By Donal on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:52am |

    Yes, I enjoyed the original Harry Potter novels, and the films, and watching Emma Watson grow up, but a fanfic called Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality has really caught my interest. Author Eliezer Yudkowsky (aka Less Wrong) has not only reacted to some of the common complaints about Rowling's plot, such as Harry being an indifferent student, he has written a story that makes science and reason seem magical and powerful. Yudkowsky's Harry does occasionally sound more like Encyclopedia Brown than Tom Brown:

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    HOBART; A NOVEL

    By Richard Day on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 5:20pm |

    CHAPTER ONE

     

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    Just another Friday afternoon at the haiku-lodeon

    By MrSmith1 on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 12:49pm |
     
    This week's heap of haikus: 
     
     
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     If you choose to use
    a magnifying glass, know
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    SUPER TUESDAY!

    By Richard Day on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 4:26am |

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    Eggs Americana

    By Oxy Mora on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 3:10pm |

     

    Whether it's the River Run, Crossroads, or Fay's,

    the Polka Dot, Loons on a Limb, or Four Aces,

    a new breakfast joint is hard to breach; you're as

    welcome as an order of English muffins and tea. 

     

    Shaded eyes from back booths slide off you

    quicker than two poached eggs off a saucer;

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