Auggie's Revenge and Fight for Your Long Day

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  • URL links for Fight for Your Long Day
    In theory, a book isn't alive unless it's snuggled comfortably in the reading bin in the bathroom at Oprah's or any sitting Pres...
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  • teaching, trucking, writing, surviving
    Here's Dave Newman's essay on trucking, teaching, writing, and surviving in America.
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    General Electric (CNBC) takes time out from lighting the world to swoop in late and sell advertising off the student-loan bubble . When I wa...
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    Over at facebook, I just survived getting tagged by the Emporer of Dogplotz, aka nine-time Atlantic City dice champion Barry Graham, so I th...