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Me: Have I have some great ideas for the opening of stories. You: Great! Now all you need to do is write the stories! Me: Um … that sounds like a lot of work. What if I wrote a story…

This is a participation blog. I’ve copied some poetry prompts (courtesy of Joseph Fasano), along with my attempt and a couple of other noteworthy attempts. Try them yourself! If you like yours, feel free to send it along (here) and…

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Sneetches are Sneetches This is the story about the search for dark matter, but really it’s about the scientists who study the largest things and the scientists who study the smallest things finding common ground. Crazy stuff.   Cosmologists are…

Ah, the decadent lifestyle of a successful blogger. Want to join? It’s just this easy: 1. Good luck finding a domain! This is a case of “All of the good ones are taken.” Think of a name and try it…

Gamification I have a trip planned in May to the French speaking part of Switzerland and since my French is pretty much limited to Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?, I decided to learn some French. I had tried Babbel…

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I starting running as a hobby in 1980. I was never a fast runner, but I was decent. I would often finish at the top for local neighborhood races. For larger races I would shoot to finish ahead of the…

Covers Sounds of Silence by Disturbed Twist and Shout by The Beatles Wish You Were Here by The Milk Carton Kids The Dutchman by Steve Goodman Angel from Montgomery by Bonnie Raitt Oh So Quiet by Bjork Originals Sounds of…