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	<title>Comments on: Top Ten Reasons Why I Stopped Writing Stories and Started Making Lists</title>
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	<description>Short fiction involving marsupials, mad scientists, pez dispensers, good critters gone bad, irreverent behavior, unfortunate names, and existential crises.  Funny, bizarre stories and WTF humor.</description>
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		<title>By: splarks</title>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2010/03/12/top-ten-reasons-why-i-stopped-writing-stories-and-started-making-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-6869</link>
		<dc:creator>splarks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha, Spaghetti, you do get it!  You shall be my next Clever Reader.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha, Spaghetti, you do get it!  You shall be my next Clever Reader.</p>
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		<title>By: Spaghetti Meatballs</title>
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		<dc:creator>Spaghetti Meatballs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay...I don&#039;t get it.  Your list looks like a story that is just broken down into a list.

7.  I just don&#039;t understand the clever reader.  I guess most chickens would be asleep and not dancing, but this chicken just might have been suffering from insomnia.  And why would a chicken dance in a chicken coop?  It&#039;s far too cooped up to dance, not to mention all the chicken poop you&#039;d be stepping in.  And of course chickens can dance.  Where else did the dance &#039;The Chicken&#039; come from?

step 1. Stand with feet together and put right heel out.

step 2. Jump back into place with right foot, landing with left toe on ground, left heel raised.

step 3. Put heel of left foot out to left side.

step 4. Jump back in place with left foot, landing with right toe on ground, right heel raised. Repeat over and over in place. The body moves easily from side to side by dropping the opposite shoulder each time the foot goes out.

The counts are 1-2-3-4. Repeat it over and over

I guess that reader wasn&#039;t as clever as he thought he was.

12.  Now I just can&#039;t imagine what this film was like and how it could have won an award.  The closest I can imagine is Martha Stewart cooking meatloaf(booring!).

13.  They are totally right!  The list is bigger than 10 items, and now I&#039;m pissed because it took me till item 13 to realize it.  And I guess the film would HAVE to be WAY different from the story, cause I just can&#039;t see how Martha Stewart can sell on the big screen.  (I personally think selling out is okay.  It&#039;s going to take a few million dollars in your retirement plan to live comfortably when you retire, the way inflation is going.)

14.  This makes me sad.

15.  This makes me HAPPY!  Yay!  Happy prancing unicorns!  I just love emotional rollercoaster rides.

17.  Mean people suck.  I guess they JUST had to take happy prancing unicorns for granted.

20.  I guess we grow wiser everyday.  Well, maybe not.  I really didn&#039;t get Aesop.  I guess I should have tried to understand him better, cause I&#039;m pretty screwed when I retire.  But more likely than not, if I were to reread Aesop, I bet I&#039;d find that he&#039;s just full of shit.

:P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay&#8230;I don&#8217;t get it.  Your list looks like a story that is just broken down into a list.</p>
<p>7.  I just don&#8217;t understand the clever reader.  I guess most chickens would be asleep and not dancing, but this chicken just might have been suffering from insomnia.  And why would a chicken dance in a chicken coop?  It&#8217;s far too cooped up to dance, not to mention all the chicken poop you&#8217;d be stepping in.  And of course chickens can dance.  Where else did the dance &#8216;The Chicken&#8217; come from?</p>
<p>step 1. Stand with feet together and put right heel out.</p>
<p>step 2. Jump back into place with right foot, landing with left toe on ground, left heel raised.</p>
<p>step 3. Put heel of left foot out to left side.</p>
<p>step 4. Jump back in place with left foot, landing with right toe on ground, right heel raised. Repeat over and over in place. The body moves easily from side to side by dropping the opposite shoulder each time the foot goes out.</p>
<p>The counts are 1-2-3-4. Repeat it over and over</p>
<p>I guess that reader wasn&#8217;t as clever as he thought he was.</p>
<p>12.  Now I just can&#8217;t imagine what this film was like and how it could have won an award.  The closest I can imagine is Martha Stewart cooking meatloaf(booring!).</p>
<p>13.  They are totally right!  The list is bigger than 10 items, and now I&#8217;m pissed because it took me till item 13 to realize it.  And I guess the film would HAVE to be WAY different from the story, cause I just can&#8217;t see how Martha Stewart can sell on the big screen.  (I personally think selling out is okay.  It&#8217;s going to take a few million dollars in your retirement plan to live comfortably when you retire, the way inflation is going.)</p>
<p>14.  This makes me sad.</p>
<p>15.  This makes me HAPPY!  Yay!  Happy prancing unicorns!  I just love emotional rollercoaster rides.</p>
<p>17.  Mean people suck.  I guess they JUST had to take happy prancing unicorns for granted.</p>
<p>20.  I guess we grow wiser everyday.  Well, maybe not.  I really didn&#8217;t get Aesop.  I guess I should have tried to understand him better, cause I&#8217;m pretty screwed when I retire.  But more likely than not, if I were to reread Aesop, I bet I&#8217;d find that he&#8217;s just full of shit.</p>
<p> <img src='http://splarks.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: splarks</title>
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		<dc:creator>splarks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Matt,

I lived in Boulder up until a year ago.  Sorry we didn&#039;t connect while I was still in town!  Glad you enjoyed the story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Matt,</p>
<p>I lived in Boulder up until a year ago.  Sorry we didn&#8217;t connect while I was still in town!  Glad you enjoyed the story.</p>
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		<title>By: Matt B</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi! Very clever stuff I like reading it :D Do you live in Colorado? I&#039;m from Boulder and wondering if I know you.

Cheers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi! Very clever stuff I like reading it <img src='http://splarks.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  Do you live in Colorado? I&#8217;m from Boulder and wondering if I know you.</p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
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		<title>By: Bright Garlick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bright Garlick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are so funny. I too have a penchant for lists of stories but they&#039;ze no way nearly as humorous as this. 

When I read your 3 blogs it&#039;s like 3 completely different people - which to me is what a rounded human being should be like. 

I&#039;ve often imagined a life after suicide surrounded by people that drive you nuts. Better to face things now than a life time of damnation !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are so funny. I too have a penchant for lists of stories but they&#8217;ze no way nearly as humorous as this. </p>
<p>When I read your 3 blogs it&#8217;s like 3 completely different people &#8211; which to me is what a rounded human being should be like. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve often imagined a life after suicide surrounded by people that drive you nuts. Better to face things now than a life time of damnation !</p>
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		<title>By: splarks</title>
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		<dc:creator>splarks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Likewise, Emma!  I have a few other stories here about fairies.  I&#039;m looking forward to catching up on your stories.  I didn&#039;t realize they were part of a series--the one I read was a great stand-alone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Likewise, Emma!  I have a few other stories here about fairies.  I&#8217;m looking forward to catching up on your stories.  I didn&#8217;t realize they were part of a series&#8211;the one I read was a great stand-alone.</p>
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		<title>By: Emma Newman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emma Newman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m still giggling, great stuff! And I *love* that fairy - reminds me of the one that made Cathy&#039;s life so miserable in the other Split Worlds stories I wrote recently, I&#039;m off to that site now too!

Lovely to meet you, and thanks for stopping by at my place! x</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m still giggling, great stuff! And I *love* that fairy &#8211; reminds me of the one that made Cathy&#8217;s life so miserable in the other Split Worlds stories I wrote recently, I&#8217;m off to that site now too!</p>
<p>Lovely to meet you, and thanks for stopping by at my place! x</p>
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