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13 Furnishings You’ll NEVER Find at IKEA
BAGEMUP Mob Hit Throw Rug with Latex Backing GNUCKS Knucklebone Beaded Curtain HOOGAFLOOF Neck Pillow Stuffed with Ukrainian Owl Eyes NOZZOIKS Teflon Glove for Throwing Electric Chair Switches JYMJONZ Paper Cup Dispenser SMEGMAR Bordello Mattress Liner STYNXEE Swedish Pine Urinal Disc SLAZISUZI Saw Blade Turntable Appetizer Tray BRANZ Chrome Cannibal Serving Bowl with Designer Drip Saucer OFFTAPOTTER Stuffed Otter's Head Toilet Brush LILCOUGHIN Children's Storage Unit BETIPAJ Beechwood Rotating Whip Rack with Emergency First Aid Kit BLUGH: Envelope Moistener/Spittoon *** Related Reading The Store: http://www.ikea.com The IKEA Name Generator: http://www.minimarketing.it/ikea_gen.htm Where IKEA Gets the Names: http://tinyurl.com/2lx9ga and http://tinyurl.com/ob5v The IKEA…
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Two Fake Books from McSweeney’s
One of my old Army buddies, Eric Hoffman, went on to become a comedian, making a name for himself in the Chicago improv circuit and landing some good roles in TV and film (most notably, he parodied the John Travolta character from Pulp Fiction in My Big Fat Independent Movie). He even wrote for Bob & Dave's "Mr. Show" for awhile. Well, now he's an author, or co-author with Gary Rudoren, anyway, with the release of a great humor book: Comedy by the Numbers I didn't intend to review the book here, but it's such a singularly funny read that…
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Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers
+ Bind a book in something dastardly...but avoid the obvious (lemme guess: skin, right?). + There's a campaign afoot to nominate Cthulhu for president (http://www.cthulhu.org/). Create a Lovecraftian story that satirizes today's politics. + Write a short-short with the title "Surgical Puppet Theater" *** Congratulations to Kathleen J. Trimmer who recently published a short-short called "Getting Off Death Row" in Cthulhu SM (3:13) based loosely on a past Instigation prompt. If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know and I'll mention it here!