September 2011
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Overheard at The Atlantic
Atlantic Cities Editor: Question -- what's the appropriate way to say "poop" in a headline?
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“I appreciate the atmosphere they put on the other night. We haven’t given them...”
– D.C. United Head Coach Ben Olsen on the club’s supporters at RFK Stadium (via Soccer Insider). (via kylesheldon)
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I came down from Boston for the first home game and saw Benny and his family walking out of the Diner in Adams Morgan the day of the game. He was nice enough to stop and talk...
Lion cub saved by mum in dramatic scenes caught on... →
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Esquire Short [short] Fiction Contest
“The greatest short short of all time is, of course, Hemingway’s: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.”
There is a whole life and death written there. The art of the short short is to compress yet not lose narrative power.
It is closer to poetry than it is to fiction. Everything matters. Just a simple paragraph break can have enormous narrative consequences. This is not...
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Republican Presidential Candidates
Every Republican running for president this election year has their head up their ass. Also they often have their head up someone else’s ass.
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Student protests in Chile →
Learning Spanish, now.
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Hounded By Grief Over A Canine Companion →
“Dogs love us like we wish we could love others; they are faithful where we are feckless. For as long as they are able, they endure.”
I miss my puppy.
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Eyes on an Execution The Troy Davis case shows how... →
This [Troy Davis] Man Will Be Executed Tomorrow Even Though the Eyewitness Evidence Against Him Is Faulty
The eyewitness evidence was more than faulty…
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Esquire Short [short] Fiction Contest →
So, this is hard.
I’ve scratched out about four stories for this, but it is mighty hard to get exactly 78 words. I have one that I like that clocks in at 78 that I like, but a few more weeks to work out something better. I will post what I submit in a few weeks.
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The Moon Under Water: By George Orwell →
“If you are asked why you favour a particular public-house, it would seem natural to put the beer first, but the thing that most appeals to me about the Moon Under Water is what people call its “atmosphere”.”
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fuckyeahalexmorganandhopesolo:
…ladies
wishinonthestarsx asked: You have never been to an old firm?
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Early 90s fuzzy-college-rock revival
The Boston Phoenix (Boston’s Alt weekly) has an article about a band that I don’t know, but I already think I’m interested. Apparently there is a revival of early 90s college rock and I could not be more excited.
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The Weakerthans
I have considered more than once just moving to Canada so I can see The Weakerthans play live. These dudes come to the states on a far too infrequent basis. However, in December they are playing four shows at the Bowery in NYC. While this is not easy for me to get to I am pretty sure I will be there for at least one if not two of the shows.
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A FRIEND: You bet your ass!
Me: I would never bet that son of a bitch.
Bolivia bans cars for 'Day of the Pedestrian' →
transatlanticurbanism:
Empty of cars, the streets were turned into playgrounds for street artists, performers and exercise instructors.
Cars and buses were taken off the streets of Bolivia as the country held its first “National Day of the Pedestrian”.
All motorised vehicles, including public transport, were banned in cities across the country on Sunday.
Bolivia’s government says it wants...
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