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Freedom to Screw Up

I think one of the greatest freedoms we can accord one another is the freedom to be mistaken.

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Story Idea: Body in Suburbia

Police discover a body leaning against a swing set in a park in the middle of suburbia.  It's in the advanced stages of decomposition, with one of th

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Comment Spam

Ever notice the generic congratulatory tone of comment spam (e.g. "What a wonderful and insightful post.  Please keep writing.  Loved it.") and then

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on-off – chicken-egg

The on/off switch.  The transistor.  The basis of binary code.  What if it's all wrong?  What if the physical universe functions on a ternary syst

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A story is …

A story is a proposition whose argument is its author's world view. Yes? No? hmmm

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Ubiquitous

Cell phones are so ubiquitous it's like they're everywhere.

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Lit Twit

I've coined a new phrase to describe myself:  I'm a lit twit.  A lit twit is someone who follows literary tweets on twitter.com.

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