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		<title>Wet Dreams: The History of the Water Bed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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When considering the advent of the waterbed, there are several pitfalls writers must avoid. Chief among them is conflating the nocturnal and aquatic in juvenile puns like “wetting the bed,” “wet dreams” and, of course, the mafia-inflected “sleeping with the fishes.” Or, with apologies to Bobby Darin, “Splish splash I was taking a nap…” The [...]


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		<title>I, Replicant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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I failed the Voight-Kampff test.  Albeit, it was an online version of the “empathy exam” meant to separate the men from the machines as seen in Blade Runner, so it’s likely I’m the victim of some order of digital chicanery.  Even though the test couldn’t monitor my “blush response” and “eye movement” as [...]


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		<title>How to Avoid Hooking up at the Company Holiday Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daedalus Howell</dc:creator>
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Ah, the proverbial company holiday party—where one must suffer the indignity of white elephant gifts, off-brand booze and mistletoe hanging over one’s head like the sword of Damocles. Spending an obligatory evening with the water cooler crowd feigning holiday cheer is trying enough, so why up the ante by waking up next to one of [...]


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		<title>Wine, the Original Social Networking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daedalus Howell</dc:creator>
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Social networking sites such as MySpace and FaceBook are the rage for those plugged into online community experience – but wine was and remains the preferred social networking experience for the unplugged, or at least the uncorked, set.
Prior to modern winery practices (and the public health code), making wine was a socially-driven endeavor in which [...]


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		<title>1977 Redux</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daedalus Howell</dc:creator>
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This year marks the 30th anniversaries of the films Star Wars and Annie Hall, both cultural milestones in their right, which affected at least one member of a certain generation.

Once upon a time in a galaxy, far, far, away – 1977 specifically – girls wore jeans that had to be zipped with pliers and undulated [...]


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