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    Escaping reality

    JANUARY 21, 2009 10:38PM

    By SweetDreamer


    Topics: dreams, escape, meditate, spiritual

    • 30 Ratings
    • 2035 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    That Creeping Feeling

    NOVEMBER 8, 2010 8:16AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: acceleration, accelerates, creeping, creepy, death, denial, denial, pace, cartoon physics, cancer, novel, mystery, escape, melodrama, warning, warn, cassandra, paradigm, sense, feeling, emotional, emotion, visualization, analogy, metaphor, global warming, climate change, politics

    • 16 Ratings
    • 1650 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    I'm Outta Here.

    JUNE 5, 2009 1:00PM

    By Graham Sale


    Topics: corruption, banks, wall street, guilty, business, fear, escape, running away

    • 28 Ratings
    • 1475 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    The Price Of Freedom

    AUGUST 14, 2009 3:24PM

    By fireeyes24


    Topics: domestic violence, abuse, escape, the aftermath

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1333 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    30 Hours of Sleep, or, The Fantasy of Escape

    DECEMBER 14, 2011 5:29PM

    By Rachel Kramer Bussel


    Topics: sleep, sleeping, fantasy, escape, escapism, rachel kramer bussel, illness

    • 19 Ratings
    • 1052 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    A Drowning

    AUGUST 9, 2010 11:34PM

    By SheilaTGTG55


    Topics: holocaust, lovers, fantasy, escape, water drownings, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1002 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    When In Hong Kong -- Get Out!

    NOVEMBER 30, 2010 9:11AM

    By Gail Walter


    Topics: the bun festival, islands, escape, travel, cheung chau, hong kong

    • 9 Ratings
    • 897 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Reposting: Feelings of Desperation

    DECEMBER 30, 2009 11:58AM

    By I Love Life


    Topics: escape, suicide, stress, desperation

    • 18 Ratings
    • 831 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The Escape

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2010 1:26PM

    By pretend_farmer


    Topics: escape, self, travel, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 802 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Near Death on Two Wheels

    MARCH 6, 2009 3:20PM

    By RickyB


    Topics: midair, escape, cop, motorcycle, brush with death, open call, tel aviv, messenger, moped, scooter

    • 0 Ratings
    • 771 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Gripping numbness

    JANUARY 25, 2009 5:26PM

    By Jill Terry


    Topics: prose, winter, warmth, trapped, southern sun, sanity, sanctity, ocean waves, numb, muse, madness, longing, life, inspiration, imagination, hope, frigid, escape, dreams, depression, death, confinement

    • 17 Ratings
    • 732 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Columbus Zoo - APB - Prairie Dogs on the Loose

    JANUARY 7, 2011 2:51PM

    By Rita Bourland


    Topics: true story, escape, animals, prairie dogs, what next?

    • 4 Ratings
    • 714 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Never Try a Robbery in Baggy Pants [Video]

    MAY 1, 2011 3:39PM

    By Eve Collins


    Topics: baggy pants, robbery, escape

    • 5 Ratings
    • 704 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Home Alone

    MARCH 1, 2009 12:19PM

    By The Wood Elf


    Topics: facing it, fear, lack of same, partnership, solitude, solace, networking, reading, film, escape, no life, overworked, empty nest, single, alone, loneliness, poem, poetry

    • 6 Ratings
    • 698 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    MY TIANANMEN SQUARE , AT 21 -- HOW I GOT HER OUT OF CHINA

    APRIL 16, 2010 8:06AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: bribes, travel, family, politics, bribery, intrigue, immigration, democracy, escape, china

    • 1 Ratings
    • 690 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Pina Coladas?

    OCTOBER 21, 2011 2:32AM

    By Tony Wang


    Topics: karaoke, earworm, rain, cheesy lyrics, personals, cheating, rupert holmes, the pina colada song, escape, pina coladas, karaoke

    • 1 Ratings
    • 650 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Escaping

    MARCH 22, 2010 7:34AM

    By Nick Weber


    Topics: jesuit, clown, circus, escape, houdini, literature, theater

    • 17 Ratings
    • 610 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Escape

    JUNE 18, 2010 11:42PM

    By ladyslipper


    Topics: at last, photography, escape, entrapment, poetry

    • 8 Ratings
    • 554 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Kirby, the tabby, goes to the symphony

    MARCH 17, 2012 2:30PM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: cats, symphony, st. patrick's day, concert, reality, dream, escape, true story

    • 9 Ratings
    • 538 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    should I stay or should I go?

    FEBRUARY 18, 2012 9:38AM

    By bikepsychobabble


    Topics: chicago, chaos, protest, g8, nato, escape, support

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