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    • 39 Ratings
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    A return of might have been

    MAY 7, 2012 8:47AM

    By Mary Stanik


    Topics: marry, friends, facebook, economists, economics, dorm, university

    • Editor's Pick
    • 51 Ratings
    • 2167 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    The Optimist's Lament

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 9:26AM

    By Bellwether Vance


    Topics: falling down the ho-ho-hole, friends, family, christmas, my blue holiday, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 1933 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    A Personal Hajj to Beauty

    DECEMBER 15, 2011 6:23PM

    By bbd


    Topics: prada marfa, christmas 2011, friends, a quest, returning to beauty, vanity, art, photos, photography, marfa, west texas

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 1401 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Into the Fiery Furnace

    DECEMBER 14, 2011 2:50PM

    By Ralph Tingey


    Topics: hiking, climbing, friends, desert, arches national park

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1008 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    South Six Shooter

    DECEMBER 6, 2011 1:06AM

    By Ralph Tingey


    Topics: friends, desert, utah, travel, cliimbing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1722 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Ellen and me

    NOVEMBER 8, 2011 11:47AM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: real life stories, cancer, family, friends, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1628 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Growing Up at My High School Reunion

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 2:23PM

    By Regina Landor


    Topics: friends, non friends, reunions, aging, growing, learning

    • Editor's Pick
    • 46 Ratings
    • 2273 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    Some thoughts on weddings

    AUGUST 29, 2011 7:58AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: weddings, marriage, tradition, love, couples, friends, obligations, society, religion, bridesmaid, bridezilla, france, french culture, american culture, anglo-saxon culture, belief

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1229 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Talking down an alcoholic with a drink in my hand

    JULY 12, 2011 8:22PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: relationships, friends, psychology, health, food and drink, alcohol, open call, my tiny hypocrisy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 760 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Marty's Enduring Legacy

    JULY 6, 2011 9:25PM

    By Marty'sHusband


    Topics: vacations, remembering, legacy, family, friends

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1377 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    $200 to Get from Mexico

    JUNE 6, 2011 12:01PM

    By Beth Dugan


    Topics: travel, friends, death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 833 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Clutter? No, my childhood.

    APRIL 6, 2011 11:55AM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: open call, spring cleaning, parenting, oakland, rochester, friends, toys, trolls

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1294 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    But what will people think?

    MARCH 23, 2011 9:32PM

    By megwc


    Topics: transgender children, lgbt, parenting, friends, neighbors, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 2453 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Reflecting on Japan

    MARCH 21, 2011 10:15AM

    By bbd


    Topics: roadie, travel, former enemies, friends, allies, photography, photos, tokyo, japan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1092 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Skeptic at the German Anti-Nuke Protest

    MARCH 20, 2011 8:43AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: protests, politics, nuclear, germany, friends, events, environment, energy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 589 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Variable Angle Reflections

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 5:49PM

    By Jayne Guertin


    Topics: kurt vonnegut, reflections, belief/religion, health, family, friends, myth, magic, science, math

    • Editor's Pick
    • 63 Ratings
    • 2625 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    When Facebook Friends Leave

    JANUARY 19, 2011 7:26AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: humor, facebook, family, friends, hey, hey ex-friend you aren't helping with my abandonment issues, humor, humor, humor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 57 Ratings
    • 3399 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Help. There's a Man after Me.

    JANUARY 5, 2011 6:55PM

    By Beth Mann


    Topics: boys becoming men, libido, hormones, friends, surfing, snow, getting plowed

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 2832 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    A Letter to Dad for a Happy New Year

    DECEMBER 29, 2010 10:53PM

    By Mauricio Betancourt


    Topics: belief/religion, family, gay/lesbian, health, news, brothers and sisters, relationships, christmas, new year´s eve, heart, feelings, friends

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2493 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    A Hell of a Meal

    DECEMBER 17, 2010 4:02PM

    By tg within


    Topics: friends, family, health, gossip, christmas dinner, open+call, mother in-law, holiday from hell, food/drink, gay/lesbian

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