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Why Is Syria Hell on Earth? Here’s The Ugly but True Answer…

Why Is Syria Hell on Earth? Here’s The Ugly but True Answer…

Zaron Burnett III

Jun 19

Is This How Women Always Feel?

Is This How Women Always Feel?

A quick story about how I got groped at McDonald’s

Jun 21

I Went on a 4,000-Mile Road Trip with My Cat, and This is What Happened.

I Went on a 4,000-Mile Road Trip with My Cat, and This is What Happ...

Last year, I took in a six-year-old feral cat with three teeth and mouth herpes. We named her FatFace, and she has become the center of my…

Jun 23

How to Win a Facebook Argument

How to Win a Facebook Argument

Stick to the F.A.C.T.S.

Jun 24

Midnight in Seattle

Midnight in Seattle

Say what you want about Woody Allen, but there’s no denying that the man can make poignant, timeless films about aspects of the human…

Jun 28

How to Fight for Your Dreams After Your Knee Explodes

How to Fight for Your Dreams After Your Knee Explodes

I fainted at my Kung Fu brown belt test.

Jun 21

Humor

5 Ways You Can Maximize Your Medium Productivity (Yet Again)

5 Ways You Can Maximize Your Medium Productivity (Yet Again)

Sometimes, when I’m trying to clear my mind and free my creative chi from the daily rigours of guiding enforced workflow optimization…

Jun 8

How to be the Perfect Dinner Guest

How to be the Perfect Dinner Guest

It’s easier than it sounds

Jun 19

Fiction

Ivy

The Chicago wind rips and rages through the illuminated city, attacking anybody who dares to navigate the nighttime. Snow continues to…

Jun 4

Bored and Naked

Bored and Naked

Reyna woke up ten minutes after noon. She felt wispy like blackish gray cobwebs hanging from the ceiling. Chronically imbalanced life. Worn…

May 17

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