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Philip Brewer's fiction

Posted 17 weeks 4 days ago by Philip Brewer

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Philip Brewer with beret and cat

This post won't go up on the front page at Wise Bread; only people who subscribe to my posts via the RSS feed or email should see it. Even for you guys, I'll keep it short, because this isn't about personal finance or frugality. It's about my fiction: I sold a story!

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Three reasons to stop freaking out about socialism

Posted 35 weeks 2 days ago by Andrea Dickson

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Red menace

McCain-Palin are trying to paint the Obama-Biden ticket as a bunch of socialist nutjobs. But 'socialism' isn't nearly the red menace that they are making it out to be, and McCain has some pretty communist ideas of his own. Maybe it's time we stopped being afraid of economic labels and just worried about doing the right thing.

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New York Times turns off double click dictionary pop ups!

Posted 37 weeks 1 day ago by Will Chen

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The New York Times website had a terrible feature that would open a new window every time you double clicked on any word in a story.  The window pointed to a definition of the word you just highligthed.  Apparently the Times had a pretty low opinion of its readers' intelligence.  People absolutely hated this feature. Now the terror is finally over! Take a look at the new feature:      

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We just need to vote

Posted 37 weeks 4 days ago by Will Chen

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Barack Obama is sounding more presidential with every speech.  When his supporters booed John McCain, he responded not with glee or bitterness, but with class. "No, we don't need that," said Obama.  The boos die down a bit. "We just need to vote, that's what we need to do."

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The AIG retreat pictures: Why it's worse than you think

Posted 38 weeks 21 hours ago by Will Chen

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AIG defended the $440,000 corporate retreat as a reward for their independent brokers. But just a few years ago AIG got in trouble for bribing independent brokers to betray their clients.

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Did Russia launch Denial of Service Attacks against Georgia?

Posted 46 weeks 6 days ago by Will Chen

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At 3:00 am Saturday morning I tried accessing Georgia's main government and presidential websites and received a "network timed out" message. I confirmed with Siteuptime that the sites were indeed down.

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The Make You Wanna Holla Presentation

Posted 49 weeks 3 days ago by Jabulani Leffall

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In a realm where the DJ is dead and many spend more time texting and e-mailing than talking, defeat the Borg with a little bit of imagination. And if you've got your PC or Mac joint on a reliably fast free wireless network, it costs no money me hearties.

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Are You Stealing From Your Photographer?

Posted 1 year 23 weeks ago by Carrie Kirby

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We've removed this article from our archives. We have great respect for photographers and their work. We do not endorse reprinting copyrighted photographs even for personal use.

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Know a homeless veteran who needs a job? Call Bill O'Reilly.

Posted 1 year 23 weeks ago by Paul Michael

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O'Reilly

Last night, quite by accident, I found myself listening to Bill O'Reilly's "The Radio Factor." This is not a habit of mine, I left work late and don't usually catch talk shows after 6pm. Anyway, I became quite engrossed as I heard Bill O'Reilly make a rather generous offer to homeless veterans. And I'd like everyone to help spread the word.

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Aahhh . . . Averna!

Posted 1 year 23 weeks ago by Myscha Theriault

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With the weight of winter upon me, I’ve been missing Italy of late. So when I received a request from Averna’s PR person to review a sample of their new sambuca, she didn’t exactly have to twist my arm. An authentic Sicilian sambuca made by a family in the spirits business since 1868? Bring it on.

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