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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>Why an orange would want to make a toilet explode</title>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2010/04/30/why-an-orange-would-want-to-explode-a-toilet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>splarks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["You know," Dave says thoughtfully as we park in front of the library, "sometimes eating fruit really creeps me out."

"Why's that?" I ask.

My friends, I regret my innocent query. 
(visit www.splarks.com for the whole sordid story)


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		<title>Life Imitates My Art; therefore, I Must be Fabulous</title>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2010/03/02/life-imitates-my-art-therefore-i-must-be-fabulous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently life is imitating art. My last story involved the tragic death of a squirrel who haunted the forest and spooked hikers in meanspirited glory for all eternity. And while taking a leisurely hike on my favorite trail last week, what did I see but ... seriously... a very dead squirrel perched on a branch, most definitely not sleeping. I, of course, was spooked. It looked kinda Blair Witch-y.

My friends, this means it's time to write a much more strategic story while Life is still enjoying imitating my Art.  (visit splarks.com for the full story!)


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		<title>The Parthenogenesis of Mabel the Teenage Komodo Dragon</title>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2009/12/08/278/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those mean girls!  They thought they were so special, just because their scales were glossy, tongues long and perfectly forked, and their weight only 80 pounds.  She couldn't help having her father's genes....
Visit my site for more:  www.splarks.com


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		<title>Freaks on a Motherf@!*ing Plane:  10 Ways People Returning from Burning Man Can Accidentally Kill You</title>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2009/08/10/freaks-on-a-motherfucking-plane-10-ways-burners-can-accidentally-kill-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a special post in honor of my friends who are heading off to Burning Man in a couple of weeks. 
Coming home from a long, wearying business trip, you fly into Reno for a layover.  You stretch your legs, get coffee, waste two hours on compulsively checking your vast array of social networking accounts.  [...]


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		<title>The Sordid Life of Larry the Mountain Lion</title>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-sordid-life-of-larry-the-mountain-lion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry the mountain lion was on the prowl again, heading into hippie heaven to score a little dope.  The valley of Boulder, Colorado lay before him like an unsecured mountain trash bin offering illicit refuse.  Perched on his favorite rock cliff, he waited till the city slept before descending.  Down, down, down the mountain path [...]


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		<title>Squirrel Candy Chow Time (this be serious haiku)</title>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/11/17/squirrel-candy-chow-time-this-be-serious-haiku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Halloween night
Paws in doorstep candy-bowl
Steal a Kit-Kat, run.
Hide in tree, gloating
Suspicious scowl at witness
Stuff in mouth, all yours!
O Piggy Squirrel
Halloween ain&#8217;t just for kids
Chocolate stuffed cheeks.
All candy&#8217;s gone now
Crying child, you&#8217;re out of luck
Squirrel&#8217;s chowing down.
(Yes, this actually happened)


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		<title>Penguin Revenge</title>
		<link>http://splarks.com/blog/2007/10/25/penguin-revenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on a true story &#8230; seriously &#8230;

O Haughty Penguin, shiny and staid
with magnificent yellow-white fluff;
You hate the zoo and are not made
for such banal and humid stuff.
The dictatorial zookeeper, fat and bossy,
insists that you play nice
But you present your response, so saucy:
a demonstrative penguin bite.
He jabs his walkie-talkie in your direction
to intimidate and corral,
but [...]


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