{{{SOCIAL_NETWORK}}} Author’s note: The short piece above represents the sad fact that modern day websites are all cookie-cutter reproductions of the same social networking features. Technical explanation: The paired triple curly braces (from the mustache.js templating engine) are rendering a template variable called SOCIAL_NETWORK that consists of already prepared html.
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“I sat in my grandfather’s chair and heard his voice.” I sat before the sea in my grandfather’s chair and felt the knowledgeable breeze; and heard his voice. He spoke gently – each word embraced like waves to the shore – of catfish and men: Unwanted bottom-feeders thrown back in disgust; having spent all their...
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The stone cold faces plague the car; a ride with corpses; emotionless. The children smile, jovially; they, too young to become jaded to the daily commute; the encounter with the dead. The laughter, the enjoyment of swinging around filthy steel; if only for a second, could this sight penetrate the angered shell that encases the...
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Gangs talking about retaliation. Gangsters and the next big job. Families and the next big funeral. Widowed wives and their crack-babies – teaching hatred for colors: of skin and garments – talking about retaliation.
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Dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is a popular investing technique whereby you incrementally purchase more shares of the funds in your portfolio: in small amounts on a monthly or quarterly basis. The main idea is to not invest all of your money at once: avoiding big dips in the market right after your purchase. If you only invest a little...
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Two shots wail; the bullets scream. They duck – under tables, under seats – underneath the collapse of the crowd. Two shots wail; The professor professes in prayer; pouring pigment. Seconds sear; sixty scars spread across – civilians. Two shots to the temple – double-barreled dictates – a dismal dismissal. Sons – sleep six feet...
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