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21st Century Brontë #5: Wicked Eyes, Wicked Hearts
21st Century Brontë #5 Wicked Eyes, Wicked Hearts I view socializing at work as a game. I realized that I’ve picked up mannerisms contrary to who I am in a relaxed setting. My hands that usually flew or pounded solid surfaces for emphasis are anchored to my sides. Usually, my friends have to remind me to… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #20: Rome 2: Total War
McMillan’s Codex #20 By C.T. McMillan Rome 2: Total War Sequels can go one of three ways: they surpass the predecessor, continue what came before, or totally fail. For movies the risk is high where a Godfather Part 2 or Empire Strikes Back comes every once in a while in a stream of Vacation movies… Continue reading
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On Top of It #11: Resolutions and Hope or Something
On Top of It #11 by Lisa Martens Resolutions and Hope or Something After reading “the life-changing magic of tidying up,” (intentional ee cummings-esque lower case letters), I decided to apply Marie Kondo’s strategies to my own cube. One of the exercises is, of course, to get rid of your crap. Kondo has a gentler… Continue reading
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Episode 186: Nick Flynn!
Episode 186 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview the poet and memoirist Nick Flynn, Plus I share the reading he participated in about 45 minutes after our interview, a reading that also included Ed Skoog and Denise… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #117: Pixels
The Curator of Schlock #117 by Jeff Shuster Pixels It’s everything you expected it to be. Happy New Year everybody! It’s your Curator of Schlock here wishing you the best in 2016. Hopefully, it won’t be one more year of the same old crap. We’ve got that Batman Kills Superman movie to look forward to.… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #4: Cosplay 101
21st Century Brontë #4 by Brontë Bettencourt Cosplay 101 One of the topics that John King suggested I write about is cosplay. Like one of those suggestions that you receive multiple times that is meant to be subtle, but the repetition suggests otherwise? But I’m not complaining. My lifestyle consists of unhealthy doses of Anime, comic… Continue reading
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McMillan’s Codex #19: Shogun 2: Total War
McMillan’s Codex 19 By C.T. McMillan Shogun 2: Total War My fascination with samurai culture is not often documented on here or my other blog. As someone who grew up in a military environment and learned a great deal in the latter years of my education, the appeal of bushido and the samurai way of… Continue reading
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Episode 185: Teege Braune!
Episode 185 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview Teege Braune, who reads short story, “Top Takes a Top,” which just appeared in Bridge Eight. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Scott McCloud and Cory Doctorow: A Conversation is now available… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #116: The Poseidon Adventure
The Curator of Schlock #116 by Jeff Shuster The Poseidon Adventure (Movies are always better with Adventure in the title. Hmmmm. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Adventure) Merry Christmas everyone! If it’s Christmas Day and you’re reading this blog, go spend some time with your family. If you haven’t got a family, go and see Star… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #3: The Money Problem
21st Century Brontë #3 by Brontë Bettencourt The Money Problem I work a standard, grown-up 9-5 job, with an hour off for lunch. Management trusts me and my fellow workers to get our time-sensitive work done efficiently and accurately. There aren’t cameras monitoring us, nor a mechanized system with which we clock in and out… Continue reading
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