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    A Second Before Awakening

    APRIL 8, 2013 12:20AM

    By Elizabeth J Sparenberg


    Topics: art, fiction, salvador, dali, salvador dali, haunting, lesbian, cannibalism, incest, experimental, memory, relationships, breakup, elizabeth, ghost, phantom, story, gay/lesbian

    • 103 Ratings
    • 7313 Views
    • 124 Comments
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    Politics by Thoth: Muckey-mucks, Moonbats and Mugwumps

    APRIL 14, 2010 1:50PM

    By Thoth


    Topics: americanism, politics, gossip, fiction, family, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 99 Ratings
    • 13106 Views
    • 124 Comments
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    10 Things A Gentleman Must Never Do

    FEBRUARY 10, 2009 12:37PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: romance, tt, valentine's day, love, fashion, feminism, fiction, relationships, wealth, style, grooming, gentleman, humor, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 96 Ratings
    • 3652 Views
    • 117 Comments
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    Sophie Wisniewski, Witch

    MARCH 11, 2009 7:23AM

    By Bryan Harrison


    Topics: comedy, family, feminism, gay, lesbian, children, childhood, suburbs, suburbia, lgbt, teenagers, drugs, witchcraft, alcoholism, domestic violence, runaways, parenting, motherhood, fiction, autobiography, seriously fucked up shit

    • 87 Ratings
    • 4328 Views
    • 94 Comments
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    Slutingham vs. Everwood

    MARCH 24, 2010 12:59PM

    By Thoth


    Topics: politics, fiction, fashion, law, culture, feminism, sexual harassment, sex

    • 83 Ratings
    • 22392 Views
    • 115 Comments
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    Why Do We Mourn Some and Not Others? (disturbing images)

    JUNE 26, 2009 7:17AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: michael jackson, farrah fawcett, death, rituals, pop, connections, abortion, iraq, the congo, darfur, culture, pop phenomenons, public mourning, open call, fiction, gossip, television

    • Editor's Pick
    • 82 Ratings
    • 5196 Views
    • 98 Comments
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    Why Disney Studios was a Screenwriter’s Nightmare

    OCTOBER 27, 2009 10:13AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: disney, mickey mouse, screenwriting, screenwriter, hollywood, business, comedy, fiction, gossip, movies, open call, television

    • 76 Ratings
    • 2955 Views
    • 121 Comments
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    Santa Susan

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:47PM

    By Thoth


    Topics: fiction, happy holidays, love, politics, heahealthcare

    • Editor's Pick
    • 75 Ratings
    • 3192 Views
    • 89 Comments
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    Have Yourself a Merry Little Apocalypse

    DECEMBER 20, 2010 7:11PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: news, fiction, tt, manners, holiday from hell, open call, passion, fall in love, love, vivacity, depression, bombs, snuggie, camouflage, holocaust, self-destruction, self-destructiveness, bacchanalia, rage, vengeance, scapegoats, mobs, lynching, veils, masks, disguise, madness, anxiety, fear, poise, style, panic button, panic, flaming cocktails, absinthe, sackcloth and ashes, bunker, cocktail party, post-apocalyptic world, revolution, doom and gloom, gun owners, liberals, homosexuals, abortionists, muslims, politics, comedy, civilization, the end of the world, destruction, apocalypse

    • 70 Ratings
    • 3974 Views
    • 81 Comments
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    Happy Birthday Patricia

    FEBRUARY 1, 2010 6:51AM

    By Thoth


    Topics: birthday, cartouche, o'really, os, friendship, love, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 64 Ratings
    • 5859 Views
    • 86 Comments
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    The 5 Dumbest Scripts I Ever Sold to Hollywood

    NOVEMBER 12, 2009 9:46AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: woody allen, agent, scripts, dudley moore, arnold schwarzenegger, hollywood, open call, movies, fiction, family, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 64 Ratings
    • 6204 Views
    • 76 Comments
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    How I Got Thomas Pynchon’s Medical Records

    NOVEMBER 3, 2009 9:59AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: books, fiction, news, open call, thomas pynchon, great american novel

    • 61 Ratings
    • 1332 Views
    • 141 Comments
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    HOW & WHY: RATING and NOT RATING AT OPEN SALON

    JULY 24, 2010 6:24AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: real families open call (as os is a writers' family), non-fiction, fiction, poetry, rating posts, writing at os, os writers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 59 Ratings
    • 2115 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    Pareidolias in Akrata's Olive Orchards

    MAY 13, 2011 12:38AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: poetry, peloponnese, olive trees, olive-oil, akrata, greece, travel, belief/religion, animals, comedy, environment, fiction, photography

    • 59 Ratings
    • 4324 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    M. Chariot - 10 Utterly Captivating Books

    MARCH 27, 2010 12:34PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: fiction, belief/religion, books, eckhart tolle, the power of now, oscar wilde, the picture of dorian gray, camille paglia, alfred hitchcock's the birds, ian mcewan, enduring love, colette, chéri, robert greene, the art of seduction, anita brookner, hotel du lac, paul bowles, the sheltering sky, christopher isherwood, berlin stories, the cloud of unknowing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 59 Ratings
    • 3904 Views
    • 82 Comments
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    Love, Destiny and Other Appointments

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2009 10:09AM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: open call, genteel, martini, scarf, chiffon, leopard-print, restraining order, hollywood, starbucks, toupee, hairpiece, bus, bubble gum, chewing gum, comedy, humor, gentleman, grooming, style, wealth, relationships, fiction, feminism, fashion, love, tt, romance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 58 Ratings
    • 5593 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    The Oval Office after-party

    JUNE 16, 2010 10:01AM

    By Amanda Gulledge


    Topics: penn jillette, bristol palin, pope, pat robertson, obama, limbaugh, bill maher, stephen colbert, jon stewart, jeremiah wright, michelle obama, lewis black, george bush, bill clinton, belief/religion, comedy, environment, fiction, gay/lesbian, gossip, politics, bp, oil spill

    • Editor's Pick
    • 58 Ratings
    • 3694 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    A Solstice Swoon

    JANUARY 2, 2009 1:27PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: tt, fiction, depression, anxiety, poetry, horror, comedy, winter, fear

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 2871 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    Cherished Handwritten Notes

    JUNE 17, 2011 1:12PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: open+call, comedy, humor, the chariot foundation at shush castle, chariot institute, letter writing, handwriting, handwritten, handwritten notes, calligraphy, gentleman, mortifying disclosures, style, wealth, relationships, fiction, feminism, fashion, love, paris, parisian, mental illness, victorian era, pressed flowers, tt, romance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 123867 Views
    • 83 Comments
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    Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Colorado

    OCTOBER 14, 2009 7:13PM

    By Sally Swift


    Topics: politics. education, fiction, men, women, feminism, sexism, stereotypes, jokes, nerds, prisses, colorodo.. wait.. phillies!

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