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Realistic Female Hero Novel
Here is my new novel, in its entirety, a cynical attempt to cash in on the teen fiction phenomenon with its obligatory grrl power heroes, heroine being a dead word.…
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The Most Effective Advertisement You’ll Ever See
Never mind the photographic inadequacies---you will never see anything to beat this ad. If you think you've seen one better, let us know.
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Great Moustaches In History
There is something about a tyrant or the smell of blood that brings out the whiskers. Scoff if you like, but there isn't anybody alive since 1940 who doesn't know…
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The Atlantic Wants Help In Creating A New Holiday. Let’s Help!
The Atlantic, the magazine that thinks well of itself, wants to create a new holiday, the old ones having grown stale. With that in mind: We're in search of a…
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How’d We Do On Our 2018 Predictions?
How'd we do? Let me put it this way: the Magic 8 Ball is in no danger of losing its position as top soothsayer. We were game, but overall there…
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Register Your Predictions For 2019!
As has been our tradition these many years, it's time to register our predictions for the coming year. We look at how well we did last year tomorrow. Rules: Number…
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The Probability of Monkeys Typing Shakespeare
This article, which originally appeared 20 May 2010, was inspired by reading Fredwin On Evolution, as wisely suggested by reader Bob Ludwick. At the bottom of Fred's piece, there appears…
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Merry Federally Recognized Holyday of December 25th That Shall Remain Nameless!
God bless us, everyone! Prayerful thanks to loyal readers who have stuck with us these many years. Peace on earth, goodwill to men.