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A Berlin Wall, by Amanda Oliver 6 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
I am determined to make it to the Berlin Wall. When I arrive to the East Side Gallery a young mother asks me to take a picture of she and her baby in front of the massive black and white painted face ...
Funny Girl, by Jenny Bahn 1 Aug 2013 | 09:32 pm
“Ohhhh, Jenny.” Some calm, emotionally stable married person sits across from me, having listened to my most recent failed pseudo-relationship, rolling her eyes towards the ceiling. “You just don’t li...
RTD #217, by Flinder Boyd 31 Jul 2013 | 08:45 pm
March 24th, 1996 Michael Jackson, wearing a red leather jacket with a pair of zippers on the left sleeve, bolted up the stairs, past the driver and lunged toward a sprinting Prince, grabbing at his fr...
America’s Human Zoo (Part II), by Melanie Wynne 31 Jul 2013 | 07:08 pm
Continued from America’s Human Zoo (Part I)… ** I was just about to ask that we pause the proceedings when a huge mechanical lasso twirled up from the floor, shooting electric sparks. Suddenly, whatev...
Be Nice!, by Paul Shirley 29 Jul 2013 | 10:19 pm
There I am, at my desk in my room in Los Angeles, butt on my annoying gray physioball, eyes on my dusty computer screen, hand idly dropping almonds in my partially agape mouth. I’m reading an article ...
Fighting Food Fanaticism – I’ve Just About Had My Fill, by Katie Levisay 24 Jul 2013 | 11:11 pm
What I am about to admit will surely be considered blasphemous in this current age of food worship. A time when you’re more likely to find an actual news story on CNN than a food-free Facebook feed. A...
Pacific Rim and Movie Magic, by Matteson Perry 24 Jul 2013 | 02:33 am
I saw Pacific Rim last weekend. It’s a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters. Sounds like a simple, dumb movie right? Well, maybe, but I fucking LOVED it. I haven’t felt as exhilarated, thr...
Life’s But a Walking Shadow, by Flinder Boyd 24 Jul 2013 | 02:12 am
When old Jerry shells your trench, never mind And your face may lose its smile, never mind Though the sandbags bust and fly; you have only once to die, If old Jerry shells the trench, never mind If ...
America’s Human Zoo (Part I), by Melanie Wynne 23 Jul 2013 | 01:02 am
“Right this way, folks, and watch your step!” Buttoned-up, long-limbed and just shy of shouting, the tour guide implored our motley little group to follow him to a line of open cars on a narrow track....
What I Learned From a Decade of White Boy Ballin’, by Scott Muska 23 Jul 2013 | 12:12 am
I’ve been having this recurring dream lately. In it, I’m a high school senior who’s considering not playing for the school’s basketball team anymore. But after skipping the pre-season practices, I dec...
