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Monday, January 12th, 2009

Writer's Block: Shops Gone By

Woolworths shut its doors in the U.K. last week, sending many into a frenzy of nostalgia and bargain shopping. What now-closed store or chain do you wish was still open?


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Shakey's Pizza. I want a sub sandwich and an order of Mojos.
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Writer's Block: Long Nights, Short Poems

It's the winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere, summer solstice in the Southern hemisphere, and Haiku Day in the U.S. Does that inspire you to write a three-line poem with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven in the middle line?


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No.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Writer's Block: Under the Same Sign

Today is chockfull of celebrity birthdays—Brad Pitt, Keith Richards, Christina Aguilera, and more. What celebrities do you share your birthday with? Do you find any similarities between you and those who share your birthday?


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I have the same birthday as:

- Huey P. Newton, co-founder and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
- Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns running back, movie actor, and social activist.
- Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls basketball player.
- Paris Hilton, heiress to the Hilton hotel chain
- Hal Holbrook, actor.
- Rene Russo, model and actress.
- Lou Diamond Phillips, actor.
- Denise Richards, model and actress (same year, too)
- Billie Joe Armstrong, singer and musician with the band Green Day
- Taylor Hawkins, drummer with the band Foo Fighters
music: (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People - The Chi-Lites
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