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I was a student enrolled in Carlow University’s Low Residency M.F.A. program the day I met Lewis “Buddy” Nordan. He was scheduled to read at one of our events in Pittsburgh. Many of the other students had been excited about the event most of the day. Past students had come to town for the [...]
One night I ask you what you think will happen if our relationship ends. Am I feeling uneasy about our relationship? About our chances at whatever going the distance means? Maybe. But I ask you what you think will happen if our relationship ends because I’m curious. And because I think you’ve thought [...]
“Evil has become a product of manufacture, it is built into our whole industrial and political system, it is being manufactured every day, it is rolling off the assembly line, it is being sold in the stores, it pollutes the air… Perhaps the way to cope with the adversary is to confront him [...]
On July 19th I visited the local Borders bookstore in York County, Pennsylvania after hearing a wave of rumors about this location closing their doors in the upcoming month. Pulling up to the store I noticed a large red sign hanging above the entryway. My heart plummeted; the rumors must be true I thought as [...]
I smiled at the delight of receiving two extra cherries, which almost made up for the fact that the monkey was blue. Mike had just brought a Shirley Temple to my table, placing it on a paper coaster he had tossed there, a coaster with “Bud” written in faded red letters. I’d been hanging [...]
There are two things new users should note before using the Burntisland Beach Disaster program. First, excessive use will lead to bouts of extreme physical violence and permanent depression. Second, we are not responsible for long-lasting psychological wounds incurred in the use of the program, or the resultant murders, suicides or massacres. Please [...]
The morning after Wisconsin voted Russ Feingold out after eighteen years as one of their two U.S. senators, my friend Alex, whom I attended UW-Madison with, texted: It looks like the best man in the senate, russ feingold, is out! I am so sad… A couple hours later Emily, my former girlfriend of [...]
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