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		<title>Going deep in five minutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By combining clear themes with compelling imagery and events both internal and external -- and being forced to write quickly and write short -- I found the depth I wanted in five minutes. It's been a beautiful discovery to make.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1188&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsletters? Meh. Who fucking cares? You should. Because Modern Stories Stuff is more than just a mere newsletter. It&#8217;s a weekly, curated collection of storytelling- and standup-related content that I have lovingly hand-selected for your consumption. Find out about upcoming storytelling shows, get reviews of new books and CDs, learn about classes, read interesting articles&#8230;and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1164&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Demise of Paper Money Inevitable?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The disappearance of paper money would not represent the dominance of a particular technology; it means we would be living in a different society.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1148&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Bomb</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara dropped the needle and the room was filled with the voice of Bill Cosby doing a routine about dentists. He was funny. His audience was laughing, most of my classmates were laughing. But I wasn’t laughing. I was looking at the clock, watching the minutes slip away.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1101&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My only two guidelines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Write what you know. (writing) Play to your strengths. (performing) Filed under: Fragments<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1092&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Is there a &#8216;fun&#8217; part?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://modernstories.com/2013/02/26/is-there-a-fun-part/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's never too late to live.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1070&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zombie! Boyfriend!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I become aware of a shambling figure off to my left, headed straight in my direction. I know rationally that it’s my boyfriend, but some irrational zombie-fearing part of me takes over and I can only perceive him as an attacking ghoul.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1004&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From a Letter Never Sent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;But I don’t have a plan. I’m pushing 50 and just starting with all of this. I’m getting old. I’m not an aggressive asshole. Talent goes unrecognized more often than not. The world is full of beautiful losers.&#8221; You can always find all the reasons to fail. The alternative is not bothering to try. That [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1048&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Subject Appears Anxious (Bonus Tracks)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conclusions: Enforced relaxation may create paradoxical effects, especially when experienced in sensually stimulating and vertiginous surroundings. This phenomenon has been demonstrated in a prior PET scan study. Cf. Increased Amygdala Activity Demonstrated in Anxious Sub-Sets of Over-Privileged Populations in Luxury-Oriented Environments (J.M. Humphries et al., 1975).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=modernstories.com&#038;blog=31026256&#038;post=1016&#038;subd=modernstoriesdotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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