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I’m toying with a new sidebar feature here at kinemapoetics right now. “OMG That’s My Jam” will chronicle my five favorite songs for the week (or however long, you see how often I change that weekly stuff). But readers beware: the songs are likely finely crafted, endlessly singable, and may lead to conspicuous consumerism.
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The other day I was encouraged by a friend to change my Facebook default language to: English (Pirate) Which is an actual selection on the Facebook language list. So, I did. And I nearly died. It is so hilarious! Click on the image below to see a larger version:
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A friend of mine met the guy who created BookTour.com, a foxy-looking website that lets authors list their upcoming reading events. When you browse to the site, it automatically will tell you what events are occurring in the next three days in your area, which I think is pretty hot. Nice to have one clearinghouse
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The second coming of Sarah Michelle Gellar! It may not be Buffy, but also, that’s okay because now we have Gossip Girl. New York Judge Refuses to Tune TV to Lifetime in Order to get Project Runway Fix! While I will always err on the side of those crazy Weinsteins, in this case I have
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William J. Harris, “City Pastoral” (Lawrence) Danielle Cadena Deulen, “In a Past Life, You Were Nicola Tesla” and “When Pandora Opened Her Box She Found” (Madison) Susan Elbe, “New Year’s Eve, 1965” (Madison) Ray Hsu, “It Is Four Degrees” (Madison) Lauren Shapiro, “The Confrontation” (Madison)
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Clay Aiken’s changing more than just his hair: he came out! His highlights were more shocking, I’d say, although the fact that he did come out at all is pretty surprising. In a related story, millions of middle-aged women in small towns across America called each other sobbing. In other news of the homosexual persuasion,
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