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  • THOUGHT DISORDER, Part One

    By snowchic8281 (Flickr Creative Commons)

    We all knew from the start that Ike wasn’t quite right. We were neurotic, dysfunctional, suicidal, anorexic, bulimic, obsessive-compulsive, manic-depressive, drug-addicted, defiant-oppositional or just plain screwed up; all this fell comfortably within the category of “troubled youth.” Continue reading →

  • Happy Valentine’s Day!

    Photo: Amzil Photography

    Photo: Azmil Photography
    “For one month of the year, it seems that every drugstore, supermarket or gas station on earth conspires to taunt the single girl or boy with an immense plush and satin bestiary, with a cornucopia of chocolate and corn syrup and sad-looking rosebuds imprisoned in plastic tubes, none of which will ever, ever, be presented to you… But maybe this is the year I’ll finally shake off that old, familiar adolescent pain that has haunted my adult life as if it were inflicted yesterday…” Continue reading →

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  • Social Media Blues

    Photo: Kodomut (Flickr)

    :(
    I.
    The saddest words
    well, one’s a number):
    Comments: 0
    -
    The runner-up:
    Followers: 1.
    At least it’s not my boyfriend!
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  • SPAM POEM XY

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    Re: Is safest and most modern way to not cover with shame.
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  • SPAM POEM (XX)

    Photo: Dave Parker (Flickr)

    RE: SPAM FOR CHICKS!
    FROM: Charlotte T. Jackson
    Subject: “Silk springs eternal whether lion or lamb!” Continue reading →