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    A letter to my daughters about weed

    MARCH 9, 2010 6:57AM

    By Dan Shapiro


    Topics: marijuana, adolescence, parenting, fear, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 15541 Views
    • 342 Comments
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    Conversation with Pastor Garner on his Glenn Beck pushback

    MARCH 22, 2010 12:39PM

    By Akopsa


    Topics: pastor ron garner, ucc, glenn beck, fear, fox news

    • 67 Ratings
    • 3116 Views
    • 184 Comments
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    China

    JANUARY 24, 2011 1:16PM

    By nanatehay


    Topics: corporate parasites suck, cassandras, renminbi vs dollars, the future, global competition, canned goods, some visuals for caitlin, the stupidity of despair, optimism vs pessimism, fear, cyberpunk, a simple discussion about complicated stuff, united states, china, the end times?

    • 64 Ratings
    • 3420 Views
    • 140 Comments
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    Republic of Fear

    MARCH 10, 2011 7:44PM

    By nanatehay


    Topics: fear, peter king, xenophobia, idiocy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 95 Ratings
    • 5981 Views
    • 97 Comments
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    A Gay Man Straightens Me Out

    NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:12PM

    By marytkelly


    Topics: fear, homophobia, anti-gay religions, anti-gay laws, anti-gay marriage, gay marriage, maine gone mad, anita bryant, gay rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 62 Ratings
    • 8913 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    How I Became A Wife Against All Odds - Update: More Pics

    JANUARY 23, 2009 2:24AM

    By Sally Swift


    Topics: anniversary, marriage, fear, love, trust, wedding, family, wife, husband, wow

    • Editor's Pick
    • 75 Ratings
    • 3200 Views
    • 89 Comments
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    Have Yourself a Merry Little Apocalypse

    DECEMBER 20, 2010 7:11PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: news, fiction, tt, manners, holiday from hell, open call, passion, fall in love, love, vivacity, depression, bombs, snuggie, camouflage, holocaust, self-destruction, self-destructiveness, bacchanalia, rage, vengeance, scapegoats, mobs, lynching, veils, masks, disguise, madness, anxiety, fear, poise, style, panic button, panic, flaming cocktails, absinthe, sackcloth and ashes, bunker, cocktail party, post-apocalyptic world, revolution, doom and gloom, gun owners, liberals, homosexuals, abortionists, muslims, politics, comedy, civilization, the end of the world, destruction, apocalypse

    • 66 Ratings
    • 3333 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    Are you love-based or fear-based?

    APRIL 20, 2009 8:38PM

    By emma peel


    Topics: summer vacations missed, i hate math, grand-daughter, school, numbers, writing, reading, new math, math, weaknesses, strengths, fear, love

    • Editor's Pick
    • 54 Ratings
    • 6629 Views
    • 81 Comments
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    Burka Barbie?

    DECEMBER 2, 2009 9:44AM

    By marytkelly


    Topics: barbie at 50, burka barbie, ignorance, fear, judgment, islam, repression, liberation

    • 67 Ratings
    • 1537 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Why I Almost Left OS

    JUNE 15, 2009 7:24AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: technology, feminism, family, threats, ad hominem attacks, freedom of speech, lorraine berry, protectiveness, fear, terrorism, community

    • Editor's Pick
    • 55 Ratings
    • 3917 Views
    • 76 Comments
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    Pumped Up Kicks

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 11:18AM

    By Linda Treiber


    Topics: new artistry, fear, mother of teen, pop songs, teen angst, news, family

    • 53 Ratings
    • 1371 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    Yet More Sadness

    OCTOBER 25, 2011 9:00PM

    By Lunchlady 2


    Topics: tears, fear, pain, drugs, children, life, death

    • 24 Ratings
    • 736 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    Be of Good Cheer! Alabama Clergy Rightly Sue Their State.

    AUGUST 30, 2011 6:32AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: clergy, immigration, lawsuit, penalty for driving undocumented to hospital, public health, politics, fugitive slave act, secession, civil war, death penalty, lethal injection drugs, outsourcing, medicare, new deal, fear, bigotry, justice, health, contraception, abortion, church, ministers, christian duty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 46 Ratings
    • 2163 Views
    • 68 Comments
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    Silver from Blue and Grey

    JANUARY 12, 2012 12:51PM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: self preservation, homesickness, health, environment, family, good will, revelation, dread, good will, redemption, fear, violence, blue sky, grey streets, chicago

    • 49 Ratings
    • 3037 Views
    • 68 Comments
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    Process Number Five (and a dream I had)

    JANUARY 10, 2010 4:41PM

    By nanatehay


    Topics: night's webwork, a dream, fear, process number five

    • 48 Ratings
    • 1647 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    pre-worrying the gay city inspector inspecting my poor apt.

    SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 4:33PM

    By Theodora L'Engle Knight


    Topics: dogs, sex, cleaning, laundry, scouring, the very gay city inspector, the inspection of our low income subsidized apartments, fear, worry, anxiety, panic, pre-worrying, wonderpups screaming siren-like barking, carpet stains of every variety, baking soda, white wizard, the lovely and generous sirenitalake, bac out, breezy inspection is a mindfuck after all the cleaning and the worrying and pre-worrying

    • 44 Ratings
    • 2912 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    Fear of a Non-White Nation

    AUGUST 2, 2009 10:42AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: racism, frank rich, lorraine berry, community, fear, hate, where are we going?, what will it mean to lose white privilege?, belief and religion, family, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 58 Ratings
    • 3698 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    A Solstice Swoon

    JANUARY 2, 2009 1:27PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: tt, fiction, depression, anxiety, poetry, horror, comedy, winter, fear

    • 27 Ratings
    • 1863 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Meta Post: Do Not Threaten Me With Bodily Harm

    JANUARY 2, 2011 10:44AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, incivility, os, blogging, bloggers, differences of opinion, nasty people, threats, injury, fear

    • 55 Ratings
    • 1287 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    The fear of potential: Open Call

    MARCH 9, 2010 12:49AM

    By mypsyche


    Topics: what the hell is potential anyhow but just a word, fear of reaching my potential, fear of not reaching my potential, fear, open call

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