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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be Generic (Because&#8230;)</title>
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If you can remove the proper nouns and emotional content from a bit of communication, and end up with a statement that could apply to anything, you know you haven&#8217;t done your homework. 
&#8220;_____ is a perfect example of song writing.&#8221;
&#8220;I had a wonderful time.&#8221;
&#8220;You look amazing.&#8221;
Elaborate. Quantify. Support your shallow, flattering statement. 
Let&#8217;s hear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragon*Con Is Better Than Comic-Con</title>
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The above photo is about half of the four-hour line I stood in.
On Friday, July 23, 2010, I attended Comic-Con in San Diego. I only had a one-day pass because I didn&#8217;t want to go badly enough to buy a weekend pass far enough in advance.
When the time came, I had never been to San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 4th of July Never Happened</title>
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Yes, I do take my &#8220;freedom&#8221; for granted. 
It&#8217;s the natural state of being. It&#8217;s not a plot of land, a holiday, a flag, a government, or a philosophical piece of paper you&#8217;ve never bothered to read. 
Sorry about all the young men and women who wore a team uniform and shot each other just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sound Of A Refrigerator Running</title>
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I just blogged a Creativity Philosophy idea every morning for six weeks. Now I&#8217;m going to take a break and focus on my long-term passion, Animation Screenwriting. 
My daily, informal blogging will now happen in The Secret Club. I&#8217;ll post on this blog once a week&#8230; for now. 
A couple of weeks ago, I used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways To Look Stupid Doing 5 Things</title>
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Every art form has a learning curve. When you see these clichés, you don&#8217;t have to look any further to know someone is an amateur.
Film &#038; Photography
 The 180 Rule &#8211; Imagine an invisible line drawn between two actors who are speaking. This is the line of action. Don&#8217;t cross it. Keep the camera on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Capture An Alien</title>
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Religious fanatics and Atheists make the same mistake. 
Creative inspiration, the paranormal, God &#8212; these things can&#8217;t be analyzed, systematized, controlled. 
They&#8217;re faster than light, don&#8217;t like eye contact, and our logic is the fence than keeps them safe from us. 
(Ah, see what I just did?)
So put away your Monster Manual. Let the mystical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be A Bad Magician</title>
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Expecting that I&#8217;ll be surprised and delighted that the good guys smile and dance and hug at the end of the movie is an insult. It&#8217;s why I quit college, won&#8217;t try hallucinogens, and never read the final book of Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide To The Galaxy. 
The story has to know more than me. 
Otherwise, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Confusing Bullshit</title>
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I&#8217;ve been writing abstract blog entries lately. 
When I wrote my most recent book, I chose to use a voice that made as much sense as possible. I didn&#8217;t want the writing itself to be the focus. I wanted it to be so conversational and relaxed that you&#8217;d forget you were even reading. 
That meant:
Get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>35-Year-Old Man Held Hostage In Pre-School</title>
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There was a comedian at the Tomorrow Show &#8212; name was Kyle Kinane &#8212; who said something like, &#8220;When I get into a debate with someone with a lip piercing, I figure&#8230; well, if you made that mistake, why should I listen to anything you say?&#8221;
Along those lines, if you haven&#8217;t solved something important&#8230; like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer: New Pill Cures Introverts</title>
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I wish this was a typo by a web designer. 
Since it&#8217;s not, here are the problems I have with it:
1.) Introversion is already a term widely (often loosely) used for something else, and has been for almost a hundred years. It&#8217;s not a Disorder. And it has nothing to do with how &#8220;socially-aggressive and [...]]]></description>
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