Archive for December, 2011

• 0December 29, 2011

  Ruiney, by Rosicky Jones

  I believe Spinoza said that only free human beings can live harmoniously with one another and even tolerate and progress...

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• 0December 28, 2011

  Eyes, by Paul Shirley

  These eyes, looking up at me from the curb. They’re about to leave me, these eyes. Not forever, or at...

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• 0December 22, 2011

  Onion Tryouts, by Hank Layton

  Area Man Resurrects Borat Impression NEW CASTLE, Penn. — Sources close to Barry Townsend indicate that the 38-year-old mattress store...

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• 8December 20, 2011

  Settlers Of Cool, by Paul Shirley

  It has become cool to call yourself a nerd; to say that you once struggled to make sense of the...

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• 0December 20, 2011

  A Mind Unrelenting, by Jenny Bahn

  I feel as though I’ve been pressure cooked for the last four hundred days, maybe less.  I don’t know.  I...

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• 0December 19, 2011

  The Most Wonderful (Lonely) Time Of Year, by Nicole Boquette

  It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It can also be the most terrible time of the year. The...

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• 1December 16, 2011

  I Saw Mommy Whoring It Up On Christmas, by Phil Testa

  I grew up under the impression that Santa was from the North Pole, not the Accounting Office of a shipping...

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• 2December 15, 2011

  The Progression of Christmas Parties, by Matt Shirley

  I’ve been to four Christmas parties so far, and it’s only December 15th. I don’t say this to gloat (yes I do)...

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• 3December 15, 2011

  City Solo: The Daley Center Plaza And Urban Sociology, by Stephen Mayer

  The Daley Center Plaza lies in front of, you guessed it, Chicago’s Daley Center. Ironically, the building is named after...

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• 0December 14, 2011

  Eifa Ve’Eifa, by Rosicky Jones

  Why the rage? Manners are not required to counterbalance a disparity. Money, success, wealth – these do not come with...

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