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This is Twittering: Meta-Commentary Digest, Episode 15

By Conlan | Published: October 19, 2009
It’s time for another episode of This is Twittering: Meta-Commentary Digest. WORDPLAY: I think my dog is in heat. Luckily, it’s a dry heat. #idontreallyhaveadog Obviously. REACTION: Erectile dysfunction commercials make me long for a time when impotence was so shameful a condition that we dare not speak its euphemisms. Seriously, shut up already. REACTION: [...]
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An Open Letter To Gary Pumperdine

By Conlan | Published: August 3, 2009
Dear Gary, You’re probably wondering how I got your address. There are four simple explanations for this: Internet is a beautiful thing. It knows all. You are my friend. I think I’d have my friend’s address! This is an open letter, so I didn’t actually send anything to an address, stupid. If, somewhere in the [...]
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Tom no more

By Conlan | Published: May 14, 2009
You may recall that last year I frequented a local Starbucks under the pseudonym Tom G. Whiffler1. Then one day Starbucks annoyed me and I decided to drive 10 miles to an independent coffeeplace, and I never looked back (figure of speech). So, for the last six or seven months I’ve been going to this [...]
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Spilled the Beans

By Conlan | Published: February 4, 2009
The following occurred, and was written, in December 2005: I was at Starbucks this morning because I had to get up early to finish papers for a million classes. So I’m sitting there with my coffee (and a water because I was thirsty, too) and I’ve got a bunch of photo-copied journal articles and my [...]
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