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Koan for the Day
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Historical Fiction Quote of the Week
“He let Pompey go and you let him live? The man should be made an example of.”
“Any other man, certainly. But those two … They found my stolen standard; now they survive a wreck that drowned an army and find Pompey Magnus on a beach. They have powerful gods on their side, and I will [...]
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Secrets of the Tower, No. 4
I’ve never been a particular fan of spring, but this year I’m going to make an exception.
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Dear Body:
I apologize for wanting to clear over two feet of snow from on and around my car in a single day.
I hope we can be friends again.
(signed)
Mind
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Secrets of the Tower, No. 3
Even after all these years, I still want to live on Moonbase Alpha.
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Secrets of the Tower, No. 2
If I had to give one piece of writing advice, it would be that you should eradicate all one-word paragraphs from your writing, especially:
Silence.
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Opposite-a-Freud
The German word “Schadenfreude” means to take pleasure in the misfortune of others. I wanted to know if there was a word that meant its opposite. I wondered if there was an opposite-a-freude. (Well, “freude” means “joy” in German so that doesn’t work, so let’s go with opposite-a-Freud, which has its own interesting connotations — [...]
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October
Last year, at the end of October, or maybe it was November, I saw a line of landscapers using leaf blowers to push a huge pile of fallen leaves before them. It looked like they were sweeping away the season. I thought, Please don’t take my autumn away.
Now that the clock has come round again, [...]
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Mnemonic Trouble