I found this test simple to take and eerily accurate—not only because I am a manipulating, lazy, perfectionist, who enjoys my status quo a...

I want to thank everyone who participated in last season's Q U I L L T . The willingness of the writers to try something different resu...

While perusing some bulletin boards on IMDB to complete a film review, which I'll post in a few weeks (because the film is not a Keeper)...

Another capably written and suspenseful problem-themed book, which contains engaging characters and a reasonably interesting plot. This seri...

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back-forward to this story's first 1000 words Keeping her in my peripheral vision, I turned my head and examined the tree line. Wind-sur...

create your hero's image

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          Went for a short hike at Montezuma Well last weekend.  On my way back down from the edge of the sinkhole, as I began to pass a s...

Her hair, caught by an offshore gust, became tangled around her face. She left it—as if certain the wind would shift. “How often have we had...

The Constant Gardener (2005) directed by Fernando Meirelles ( City of God , 2002); starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz: Snaprating=Keep...

          If I were to teach an upper-level college writing class, I’d use this counterfeit book: The Earth Abides, by George R. Stewa...

Yes, it is puerile. I know; it's not—at all—a valuable asset. I'm equally surprised that I was even remotely interested enough to p...

I can take five minutes of Andy Rooney and not be too bothered by his crotchety befuddlement. These 150+ essays, however, are redundantly c...

aware of th' measure—yea, I did things think o’ yer pleasure—'n cat gut strings tomorrow’s rose pink; Friday may be toooo new for a ...

Generate your own Evil Clown at scottsmind .

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Poached this idea from Pick Yin's 'Life is Great' : (rolled thru my brainpan between 1230 and 1530 today)

Your IQ Is 120 Your Logical Intelligence is Above Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your G...

I am not a very warm and loving person. I sometimes wish knowing this was enough to jump-start the hearth and make me gregarious, extroverte...