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		<title>The Moth</title>
		<link>http://sporksandorchids.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/the-moth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Moth by Malinda Gosvig “Did Alice leave?” the dark-haired man asks of no one in particular. Richard’s voice is quiet as always, though this time it carries faint tension, like the soft pffft of a kettle approaching boil. The seven have met in his studio apartment for brunch, a semi-weekly affair that fills Sunday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=534&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things That Disturb Me:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The use of all-caps on &#8220;ALL employees MUST wash their hands BEFORE returning to work&#8221; signs. Accidentally touching the naked fabric of my pillow within its case while lying in bed at night. Sticky plastic table cloths. The thin, off-blood smell of static.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=522&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sister Quotes of the Day</title>
		<link>http://sporksandorchids.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/sister-quotes-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sister: &#8220;I want to have [name of boy we know]-babies.&#8221; Me: &#8220;He&#8217;s not into that.&#8221; Sister: &#8220;Well then, I&#8217;ll just wait until he dies in a freak hypothermia accident, and&#8230;&#8221; *** Sister (commenting on my discontent): &#8220;You&#8217;re going stir-crazy. It&#8217;s what happens to Sims on Sims 3 if you don&#8217;t let them out of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=520&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food Processor Manufacturer Not Responsible for &#8220;Acts of God&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It turns out that Oster, the company who manufactured my food processor, is somewhat religious: Fortunately it was hazelnut-grindage, not an &#8220;Act of God,&#8221; that blew out my device&#8217;s motor.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=516&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;12:31AM SCRATCHED ITCHY MAN PART&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently took care of a few things in the house of a couple I know (who shall go unnamed) while they were out. On their fridge, I found two lists. One had the man&#8217;s name at the top, the other had the woman&#8217;s. Both lists contained times and short descriptions of activities performed. From [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=510&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Safety Poop&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sporksandorchids.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/safety-poop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m thinking of becoming a music artist.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=507&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things that make me smile:</title>
		<link>http://sporksandorchids.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/things-that-make-me-smile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(a small sampling) Dryer-shrunk sweaters hanging from the racks of thrift stores Couples emerging from restrooms Knowing that the author of a popular spiritual guidance book once regularly forced his sister to go into the bathroom with him while he pooped, so he wouldn&#8217;t get lonely. (He referred to the arrangement as &#8220;Secret Poop&#8221;) Realizing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=494&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Depilation Ultimatum</title>
		<link>http://sporksandorchids.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/depilation-ultimatum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know you have the best sister in the world when conversations include sentences such as: &#8220;You do realize that if you shave your armpits before you die, I will NOT sneak your ashes into [name]&#8216;s food.&#8221; &#8220;NOOOOO!!!! That&#8217;s not fair!&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=489&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Typecast</title>
		<link>http://sporksandorchids.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/typecast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After viewing Inception, I felt proud of Leonardo DiCaprio for breaking out of the stale typecasting (see: Romeo and Juliet, Titanic) most actors get trapped in during their young-and-attractive years. Then, last night, I rented Shutter Island. It appears Mr. DiCaprio has been sucked into a new and unusual form of typecasting, playing roles where: his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=486&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>She was a moth</title>
		<link>http://sporksandorchids.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/she-was-a-moth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She was a moth Her wings yellow like the unwitting rain boot that crushed her body but softer: dust. Centered in my palm her buttercup breadth fans from the flesh between forefinger and thumb out past the pad beneath pinkie. Wings beat softly erratically from the impact. Beneath fine banana powder, they are transparent skin-glass. She was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sporksandorchids.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7119414&amp;post=473&amp;subd=sporksandorchids&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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