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The Authentic Life: I'm Gonna' Keep On Loving You

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I'm Gonna' Keep On Loving You. 160;Thursday, July 2, 2015 –  Humor. Paul’s definition of a good time is driving like a bat out of hell from Boston to Maine, which is funny, because that’s my definition of no sex tonight. You could say that he is an aggressive driver, but that would be an understatement. Maybe he is an obstreperous. 8220;Look Sweetie, no hands,” Paul says steering with his knees while changing lanes. But one night, many years into a relationship, when you come back from the gym and you&#8...

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Writer’s Block | Cannibalistic Nerd

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Something for a few of you! Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. January 11, 2012. Carrie - Cannibalistic Nerd. Scooting your chair forward with conviction does not, unfortunately, release a waterfall of hilarious and revelatory prose. Poopcakes. Scratching your head does nothing but qualify you for a dandruff shampoo commercial. Pacing only increases the risk of tripping over your cat. Staring at the wall only leads to noticing cobwebs and spots you missed while painting. Go watch some ca...

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yeah write #129 weekly writing challenge is open for submissions: personal essay and traditional blog anecdote - yeah write

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Yeah write #129 weekly writing challenge is open for submissions: personal essay and traditional blog anecdote. Yeah write #129 weekly writing challenge is open for submissions: personal essay and traditional blog anecdote. Tue] 1 Oct 13. Welcome to this week’s writing challenge. If you have a well-told personal essay or traditional blog anecdote to share with us, and it’s no longer than 600 words, please feel free to join us for our friendly little writing competition. Check out our FAQ. Open to U. ...

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Man, I Hate it When That Happens | Cannibalistic Nerd

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Something for a few of you! Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Man, I Hate it When That Happens. January 19, 2012. Carrie - Cannibalistic Nerd. You’re going about your day, running some errands, and, all of a sudden, a gust of wind simultaneously blows up your skirt and your underwear drops. This must happen pretty often considering there were two different paintings depicting the embarrassing turn of events at the local antique shop:. You know the day chivalry died? 8221; But, on second...

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The Authentic Life: First Person Possessive

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160;Tuesday, December 30, 2014 –  death. On Wednesday nights, Dad would pull up the driveway in his Carolina blue Mercedes and honk the horn, cigarette perched in the corner of his mouth, hairy forearm hanging from the car window. My brothers and I would run down the front steps shouting, “Shotgun! 8221; tugging at each other’s collars, attempting to hold the other one back. 8220;All these youngins yours, sugar? They sure are, honey,” Dad would reply. The midweek meals and weekend sleepovers dwindled whe...

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The Authentic Life: April 2015

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160;Tuesday, April 14, 2015 –  Divorce. 8220;Great heavens above,” she used to say, cigarette perched between the tips of two fingers, which she held above her right shoulder, à la Bette Davis. 8220;It was your grandfather’s guitar and then your father’s, you know that don’t you? 8221; she’d continue the interrogation. 8220;Yeah,” I’d reply. 8220;Yes ma’am,” she’d correct me. 8220;It’s valuable. Don’t let your mother sell it,” She’d command. Though we were children, my brothers and I understood that some...

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The Authentic Life: August 2014

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Memoir of a Gay Date. 160;Thursday, August 14, 2014 –  Dating. Kyle reaches across the table, gingerly plucks one French fry from my plate and coos “Oh, I really. Eat this; a girl has to watch her figure.” He bats his eyelashes, which I suppose he thinks is adorable and then asks “Am I just horrible? 8220;Why don’t you take the rest? 8221; I offer. My appetite has vanished. 8220;I couldn’t,” he smiles and then glances sideways at me, “Well, maybe just a few.”. 8220;I just arranged a birthday brunch.

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The Authentic Life: The Martin Guitar

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160;Tuesday, April 14, 2015 –  Divorce. 8220;Great heavens above,” she used to say, cigarette perched between the tips of two fingers, which she held above her right shoulder, à la Bette Davis. 8220;It was your grandfather’s guitar and then your father’s, you know that don’t you? 8221; she’d continue the interrogation. 8220;Yeah,” I’d reply. 8220;Yes ma’am,” she’d correct me. 8220;It’s valuable. Don’t let your mother sell it,” She’d command. Though we were children, my brothers and I understood that some...

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The Authentic Life: March 2015

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160;Tuesday, March 3, 2015 –  North Carolina. But after the end, my mother piled brown paper grocery bags filled with a week’s worth of food into the back of our wood paneled station wagon and so we began the four hour trek to Topsail Island on the outer banks of North Carolina. As the landscape flattened out and the green stalks of corn flickered by the window, we hit a bump in the road and my lungs deflated with a hissing sigh. 8220;What’s wrong with you? 8221; my older brother Chuck asked. After we de...