Archive for May, 2010

• 14May 28, 2010

  A Gentleman’s Guide To Bathroom Etiquette, by Matt Shirley

  Introduction From the moment our parents get tired of us shitting our pants, and decide it’s time for potty-training, we...

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• 4May 27, 2010

  A Spoon Of One’s Own, by Arianna Schioldager

  I’ve grabbed a soupspoon from the flatware caddy in the center of the dining room table.  All around and across...

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• 2May 26, 2010

  Writing The “I”, by Tara Goedjen and Brian Oliu

  For all who like talking about writing, here’s another exquisite corpse (a hybrid piece of prose traded back and forth)....

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• 16May 26, 2010

  A Day, by Mick Shaffer

  Dream:  “Yes, I know you are 33 years old, but lots of people are allowed to go back and replay...

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• 1May 26, 2010

  Queen Rania, by Rosicky Jones

  My column was done.  It’s an insightful, irreverent, hilarious, academic look at the dynamics of waiting tables.  Matt edited it,...

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• 15May 25, 2010

  The National, Mothers, And Brothers, by Paul Shirley

  When my mother called, I was in my kitchen, making supper and listening to The National’s new album, High Violet,...

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• 9May 24, 2010

  Update!, by Randi Braun

  The following is an update to a previous JDate tale, Oh, I’m Sorry.  Am I Sitting Too Close? Several months...

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• 2May 24, 2010

  Fatty, by Jenny Bahn

  This is what it’s like. I meet him while outside of a booming club, the night after I fly into...

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• 2May 23, 2010

  ‘Lost’ Found, by Tom Dinard

  I did it. I figured out “Lost.” Sure, it’s taken the show’s full six seasons, a number of DVR’d repeat...

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• 5May 20, 2010

  Dinosaurs, by Matt Shirley

  Dinosaurs are really, really, really, really… really cool. Let that be a lesson to you kids: the above thesis statement...

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