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WORD Terrorism
Posted on Jan 17, '10 9:09 PM for everyone
" “In the beginning was the WORD: The WORD was with God and the WORD was God.” – John the Evangelist   “When poetry becomes popular enough to fill cabarets and music halls, th..."
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Constitutional Dadaism
Posted on Jan 10, '10 8:18 PM for everyone
" It’s a scientific fact, my dear Reginald, that humankind takes itself just a wee bit too seriously for its own good. It’s awfully well-documented, and everybody knows it, at ..."
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I Am Not a Buddhist
Posted on Jan 1, '10 3:17 PM for everyone
" I am not a Buddhist.   Some of the more clever among you might have gathered as much from the blog title.   That’s what’s called “Truth in Advertising.” I find Honest..."
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Dear Santa Claus
Posted on Dec 6, '09 3:43 PM for everyone
" When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas gift – if someone were to want to find me the perfect gift this year – I know exactly what it is I’ll be looking for under the tree...."
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Vinny and the Vision Factory
Posted on Nov 25, '09 7:07 PM for everyone
" The little boy ran, smiling.   This little boy, he dragged his frayed scarf behind him as he ran, smiling. To all around him, he appeared homeless, like a Dickensian street..."
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Why I Went to Rehab
Posted on Oct 10, '09 5:52 PM for everyone
"It was not kidnapping, damn it! I really feel as though I must be very clear on this point. Insistent, even. I am going to be adamant about it. It was absolutely, positively not k..."
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Zoo Girl Was a Go-Go Dancer
Posted on Sep 27, '09 10:35 PM for everyone
" Zoo Girl was a go-go dancer. I don’t even know what that means. The “go-go” part, that is. The “Zoo Girl” part… Well, I’m familiar with that, that’s my invention. I understand tha..."
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What Happens Next?
Posted on Sep 14, '09 10:39 PM for everyone
" …and it is not that I want to die – never that – but only that I will. Someday. And for that you can call me morose, morbid, macabre, but I call it realistic. Think about it: I am..."
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Another Very Short Play
Posted on Sep 5, '09 6:40 PM for everyone
" Good evening and welcome back to Adri’s Sanitarium. Today, the people who brought you such memorable dramatic moments as “A Very Short Play” and “The Orgasms That Never Were” pres..."
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Like a Little Girl...
Posted on Aug 22, '09 7:17 PM for everyone
" “I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real”                &n..."
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Obama ≠ Marxist
Posted on Aug 17, '09 9:18 PM for everyone
" Hey! Did you hear what President Barack Obama is doing now?   You didn’t hear this from me, but President Obama is negotiating another big giveaway of taxpayer dollars, thi..."
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Killing the Last God
Posted on Aug 8, '09 8:36 PM for everyone
" These words are true words.   Hear that? Outside, the homeless people are singing again. This, of course, means we have officially reached the back side of the summer season..."
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Stuff I Learned in Boston
Posted on Jul 28, '09 3:52 PM for everyone
" I suppose it’s just about time that I fess up. By now, chances are pretty good that you’ve already heard. You might say the chances are better than even. I hear the rumors hav..."
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I (Sort of) Support the Troops
Posted on Jul 11, '09 11:51 PM for everyone
" Let me just start off by assuring you – the Reader! – that all-important element in this whole symbiotic relationship we’s got going on, that the opinions expressed herein, hereof..."
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The Fear
Posted on Jun 27, '09 6:06 PM for everyone
" There’s this old woman who lives in my head, you see.   She’s way, way in the back, so far back there I can’t even reach her, not even when I poke my little pinkie finger u..."
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Sex & the Scene of the Crime
Posted on Jun 14, '09 8:24 PM for everyone
" The philosopher and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said – or at least he’s credited with having once said – “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”    ..."
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Home-Buying Made Easy
Posted on Jun 7, '09 3:45 PM for everyone
" You can call me crazy. You can say I’ve got my priorities all mixed up. You can even say that line about how a fool and his money are soon parted.   Do it. Call me crazy. &..."
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Where is the Outrage?!
Posted on May 25, '09 2:26 PM for everyone
" When it comes to American politics, all of us here at Adri’s Sanitarium take pride in being strong believers in a robust two-party system. One party rule makes power go to a fell..."
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Pearls Before Swine
Posted on May 1, '09 10:50 PM for everyone
" “The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus… but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”  - C..."
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The Thing About Experts
Posted on Mar 24, '09 11:00 PM for everyone
" Today, I’m going to let you in on a little secret.   Ready?   Here it is: There is no such thing as an “expert.”   Like “compassionate conservative,” “militar..."
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