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Ever think about your own funeral?
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9 years ago
Many of you know about my being a movie buff, and I just watched one with John Lithgow and Morgan Freeman about the problem of burying a black Vietnam vet who won a silver star for heroism in...
5 Outrageous Lies Companies Are Legally Allowed to Tell You
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9 years ago
5 Outrageous Lies Companies Are Legally Allowed to Tell You By J.F.Sargent for cracked.com, July 30, 2013 If you tell people that advertisers lie, they'll roll their eyes and say, "DUH!...
World's Strangest Vehicles
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9 years ago
The Very Opposite of "Soccer-Mom Minivans"! "Automotive wrongness, some of it so wrong it emerges on the far side of the veil as a new kind of right..." --Jay Lake Sometimes simply getting...
15 True Stories That Will Make You Believe in Karma
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9 years ago
15 True Stories That Will Make You Believe in Karma By CRACKED Readers, July 31, 2013 We've all heard the cliched lines about karma -- but cliches come from somewhere, right? We asked...
Girls & Cars (European Vintage Ads)
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9 years ago
To bring out your inner sexist: Ladies and Cars: Quite an Eye-pleasing Combination! In fact, simply unbeatable combination for advertising: this is why pretty girls were photographed next to...
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers
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9 years ago
The Most and Least Trusted Occupations By Althea Chang | Big Data Download Yahoo Finance August 9, 2013 Lawyers and business executives are among the least trusted occupations in...
Thoughtful musings "9 Mind Blowing Epiphanies that Turned My World Upside Down"
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9 years ago
One of my dear old friends from college posted a link to this article (Thanks D). I don't know if I am in agreement with all of what the author states or not, but it is a good jumping off point...
5 Badass Real Fugitives Who Put Action Movies to Shame
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9 years ago
5 Badass Real Fugitives Who Put Action Movies to Shame By Alex Hanton for Cracked.com, August 17, 2013 Everyone loves a good fugitive story -- it's one of the mainstays of Hollywood...
I played the Minister at a wedding - God fogive me
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9 years ago
I played the Minister at a wedding - God forgive me As many of you know, I have been living in China for the past 7 years, in an area where there are few Westerners. When I married here, I...
Home Blogs The Proverbial Skeptic "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Really?
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9 years ago
I've been enjoying reading several of the refutations from this Blog: The Proverbial Skeptic, particularly the articles from this student/writer - Nicholas Clairmont. As for the Blog, here's...
Riddles to test your logic and comprehension
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9 years ago
Can you answer these riddles?A TEST OF YOUR LOGICAL MIND AND COMPREHENSIONHow many 2 cent stamps are there in a dozen?How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?You are the pilot of an...
11 Famous Books That Were Banned
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9 years ago
11 Famous Books That Were Banned oddtale.com Do you love reading books and want to learn about those that have made the news for something other than their ratings? If so, then you...
ProCreate: Short fiction
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9 years ago
Here it is hot off of my mind: A bit of a distraction for a thursday evening.....ProCreateI was waking up, sometimes a long process that, though the end results were a necessary part of my day,...
The Sounds of Autumn -- Marching Band Season
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9 years ago
This is the 4th try to publish this article, and I'm tired. Every time I hit the publish button, it disappears, at least I hope it disappears, because otherwise, I'll be deleting articles out the...
Little Girls Clothes are More Fun Than Little Boys Clothes
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9 years ago
HA! Bet that title got you thinking. I'm a dad, I have 2 boys. Boy's clothes are pretty much the same as my clothes. They wear jeans and t-shirts and sneakers and caps. Maybe some Transformers...
" Rear Admirable John Kirby on: Killing English "
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9 years ago
I follow this Conservative Blog that seeded an article written by this Adm. in the Navy that I hope you find as enjoyable as I did. He has some good ideas on bad writing and how to avoid it....
Death Comes Calling - A Short Story
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9 years ago
It was a crisp fall night in Northern Minnesota. Awind was pulling the dying leaves off the trees. Theleaves scampered along the ground, creating their own sound, while overhead the moonlight cast...
You Think You Know Remote in the Lower 48? - Try This
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9 years ago
Known as the Northwest Angle, it is the northern most point in the lower 48. The only part of the of United States that is north of the 48th parallel, the U.S. Canadian border. It is part of...
The Long Road - A Short Story
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9 years ago
He walked along, taking in the smells and sights of the forest as the road meandered through the timber. A slight breeze causing the leaves to dance on their branches.Overhead the sky was a bright...
Harvard students can’t name capital of Canada
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9 years ago
Harvard students cant name capital of Canada By Carys Mills, OTTAWA CITIZEN, November 19, 2013 On one of the world's most prestigious campuses, it seems some of America' s...