Smitros
AS of August 13, 2012, my third poetry collection, Labor Day at Venice Beach, is available from online sellers. Details at http://www.cherry-grove.com/smith-venice.html My essay collection Dowsing and Science is now available from online sellers in North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. A summary can be found at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dowsing-and-science-j-d-smith/1103678830?ean=9781933896595&itm=1&usri=dowsing%2band%2bscience My take on ethanol appears at http://www.speakwithoutinterruption.com/site/2011/07/ethanol-fuelled-with-pride/ I am a writer and editor in DC who has published two collections of poetry and one children's book. My first essay collection, "Dowsing and Science," will be published by Texas Review Press in 2011. My one-act play "Dig" was produced at London's Old Red Lion Theatre in June 2010. I discuss the film adaptation of "Dig" at http://jdsmithwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/dig-film.html My new poem "Debt" appears here: http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2010/10/24/debt/read/poems/
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After that whole underage-call-girl thing, I guess Berlusconi was getting more assiduous about checking birth certificates.
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By Alex Balk on Depression Continued
@Brendan O'Connor@twitter They all are.
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By Clarence Rosario on 'Time' Makes Smart Move In Trolling Generation That Does Nothing Else But React On Social Media
You're killing you father, Larry.
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By Murgatroid on Elements Of Economics In Order Of Relative Gayness
As someone with an English degree who knows next to nothing about economics but knows enough about gayness and double entendres, "Theory of the Firm" should be higher.
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By My Number Is My Address on Chicks Dig Musicians: Study
This is the mechanism of devolution.
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By BadUncle on Case For Imitative Mediocrity Now Data-Driven
So Evil is the source of all Money?
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By Multiphasic on Eight Great Things You Can Eat This Spring That Are Definitely Not Ramps
@Gef the Talking Mongoose "How To Cook a Fucking Shad".
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By dado on Your Sneeze: What Does It Say About You
I knew a guy who held in a sneeze and his eye popped halfway out of it's socket. So there's that to think about.
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By amuselouche on Asshole College Kids Apparently Now Way Worse Than Ever
"Responding to news that the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were young Chechen refugees who had lived in the United States for several years, Chechnya’s president, Ramzan Kadyrov, turned to Instagram to defend the honor of his nation." OK, that's it. There is no way this isn't a viral campaign for Four Lions II.
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By SidAndFinancy on You Know What Era Can't End A Moment Too Soon? The Bloomberg Era
Bloomberg: terminal.