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    Image of CorradoJr. CorradoJr.
    04/06/09

    In reply to 'Nope! Still Writing', Says Gabriel García Márquez
    Hahaha such a good opportunity to do so yourself... Missed it.
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    04/06/09

    @CorradoJr.: that was for Mount Prion. Sorry.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    04/06/09

    @CorradoJr.: ...Missed it!
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    04/06/09

    In reply to 'Nope! Still Writing', Says Gabriel García Márquez
    Gabby GarMar's got a bun in the oven! Que verdad! Somebody down at El Tiempo let the cat out of the bag, and this little kitty's got claws! If you ask us, G.G. Marquez certainly has "100 years of ball-itude" under his weathered Colombian cinturon.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    04/06/09

    In reply to 'Nope! Still Writing', Says Gabriel García Márquez
    Shut up, Márquez.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    03/23/09

    In reply to Porn For the Literary Voyeur
    Does this mean you're going to bring back the preview feature?
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    03/22/09

    In reply to Porn For the Literary Voyeur
    Ryan, thanks so much for posting this! It makes me feel much better about the project I've been dragging myself through today.


    I'm writing a bear of of a business case study, and the process looks very much like that animation (except that I also tend to paste big ugly chunks of notes into my document, rewrite 20% of them into finished sentences and then delete 80% back out again).


    I no longer feel so alone in my sysiphean struggle to roll thi $@#%&*ing boulder up this hill (roll five steps upward, slide four steps back, repeat).

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    Image of Terrafractal Terrafractal
    03/22/09

    In reply to Porn For the Literary Voyeur
    Is this supposed to make me feel better about the performance anxiety I experience when trying to compose witty comments on Gawker?
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    03/23/09

    @Terrafractal: No.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    03/22/09

    In reply to Porn For the Literary Voyeur
    Am I the only one thinking to myself, "Dude, give yourself a break -- write a draft on paper first"?


    Which also helps with the tendency to overwrite. For me, anyway.

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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    03/22/09

    @skahammer:


    Word.

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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    03/22/09

    @skahammer: PAPER? How interesting ...


    Is that like that papyrus stuff I've heard that ancient Egyptians once used?

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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    01/21/09

    In reply to Food Blogger Proudly Contracts Gout
    I had a friend who got gout all the time (sardines) and after a trip to the ER would gave me his pain pills (he was afraid of them). I used to try to sneak sardines into everything he ate. The jujubes were a challenge.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01/21/09

    In reply to Food Blogger Proudly Contracts Gout
    In the photo it looks like he's milking venom from the toe jam lizard.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    01/21/09

    In reply to Food Blogger Proudly Contracts Gout
    Chacun à son gout.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    01/21/09

    In reply to Food Blogger Proudly Contracts Gout
    Got Gout?
    Too much uric acid in your system?
    Try the age-old cure: Drink 4oz. of your own (or a friend's) urine twice a day
    and see your symptoms disappear!
    Like magic!
    Please feature this curative on your show and in your blog.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    01/21/09

    In reply to Food Blogger Proudly Contracts Gout
    Gout, goiter, rickets,

    ague, pox: these is

    funny diseases.
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    Image of everfade everfade
    01/21/09

    In reply to Food Blogger Proudly Contracts Gout
    First rule of Modern Gout Club: You don't talk about Modern Gout Club.
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    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    01/21/09

    In reply to Food Blogger Proudly Contracts Gout
    I will stop doubting his committment to pointless anachronisms once he dons knee breeches and a tricorn hat.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    01/21/09

    In reply to Food Blogger Proudly Contracts Gout
    similarly, i was always JAZZED about getting diphtheria when playing Oregon Trail... but when I got whopping cough a few years ago right after my cousin got scarlet fever, I freaked out.


    antiquated ailments aren't as fun as they seem.

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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    01/21/09

    @BeccaSaurus Rex:


    neither are antiquated cures.

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    Image of Robert Synnott Robert Synnott
    01/21/09

    @BeccaSaurus Rex: Erm, you should have been vaccinated against ALL of that.
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    Image of Bklynexpat Bklynexpat
    01/21/09

    @Robert Synnott: I think he was JOKING!!!
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    01/21/09

    @BeccaSaurus Rex: Nothing beats a good case of scurvy, except perhaps a raging bout of rickets.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    01/21/09

    @Bklynexpat: totally wasn't joking lol; i don't think there's a vaccine against whooping cough. and my cousin was like 7 or 8 when half her 2nd grade class got scarlet fever. this was in like 2006.
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    Image of Shelwood Shelwood
    01/22/09

    @BeccaSaurus Rex: Whooping cough is pertussis, the P in DPT/Tetanus shots. But the vaccine wears off, so you need a booster every 5-10 years.
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