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On Tuesday the 17th of November, Doctor Krystal Evans—it is not clear in what discipline she earned her doctorate, but from her Twitter bio it would appear to be a hard science—tweeted the following:...
I went to plan the family get-together, and I found much to my chagrin that the Klinkes were out of business. Like, out of business entirely.
There’s nothing like a near death experience to fix your attitude on life! This year, I have SO MUCH to be grateful for.
Searching for solace on the untimely demise of a good pair of pants, and seeking refuge in the famous laments of literature.
Buffalo’s pride has made it like Capernaum: instead of the Roman Empire, she is oppressed by the Empire State, who hates its own people.
Acceptance is the place to be when it comes to school closures. It’s ugly, sudden, disruptive and messy, but it’s coming.
It is not the loss of the seat that hurts; it is the loss of her genius, her fortitude, her genuineness and her grace.
I could see flames approaching from the east & south and my daughter whispered, “I love you, Mommy,” and my heart broke in a million pieces…
How often do we get the chance to link our discomfort with an apocalyptic orange sky to a decades-old sci-fi novel?
I’m supposed to want justice, but I’m not sure what justice will mean for me. I have been wronged…But I have also wronged others.
The beauty of change is first a horror, the writhing, serpentine figure of death setting fire and killing by almost any means a mind can imagine.
Like the lobsters once were on the beaches, wild blueberries in Downeast Maine are everywhere, found on roadsides and driveways and in untended fields.
By this point, I am afraid that the absurdity of all this had become too much to bear.
The following story is humorous. As far as we know Mike Pence could, in fact, use his fingers to count to ten, were it necessary.
If you choose to rely upon Google, Verizon, and/or Samsung products as an aid to road navigation, do yourself a favor and verify the route using traditional methods.
The following story humorous: As far as we know Mike Pence can not, in fact, whistle loudly without using his fingers.
The following story is meant to be humorous, and is not intended to represent men of steel or any other alloy for that matter.
The following story is meant to be humorous. As far as we know Mike Pence did not, in fact, foil a Jesuit conspiracy.
I was her you-wouldn’t-know-him-boyfriend-in-Canada except not in Canada and not her boyfriend. But real! And if it did get back to me, that was okay, because she didn’t not like me.
The following story is meant to be humorous. The real-life Mike Pence is not, in fact, an expert in 19th Century whaling techniques
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