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football season: painted chest dudes

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Noble collegians
preen with school spirit on their
fermented torsos.

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football season: all bets are on

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

What’s the line on the
game? Not that I want to bet
or call my bookie.

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football season: dear coach

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Please take us to the
national championship
(or else, you’re fired).

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football season: can you hear the roar?

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Can you hear the roar
coming from across the quad?
It’s time for kickoff.

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the days are getting shorter

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Impatient autumn,
wait your turn. The unruly
summer needs more time.

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traffic snarl

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Clogged lanes move inch by
inch in never-ending race
between points A, B.

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smiling and wagging

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Pet me, says the hound
on the patio. And we
oblige the canine.

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the liberal lion sleeps tonight

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Teddy Kennedy
gave life to public service
so we don’t have to.

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pick a direction

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Turn left, then right and
head for daylight. Soon, you will
see an opening.

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relative insignificance

Monday, August 24th, 2009

A man can feel small
next to a saint, who feels small
next to a belief.

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notes from voltaire

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Life is a shipwreck,
but we must not forget to
sing in the lifeboats.

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Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 14

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

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  1. welcome to the neighborhood
    It is the hour
    when children devour, lawns
    are cut, and we walk.
  2. motivated to stall
    The deadline looms, yet
    the work pile remains. Maybe
    motivation soon.
  3. anywhere a classroom
    Wherever a thirst
    for knowledge, a font appears
    to quench with wisdom.
  4. (more…)

customer service 2009

Friday, August 21st, 2009

“Hi, I’d like to talk
with someone—” “Yeah, can’t help you,
so please go away.”

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theater of the mindful

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Only two for this
screening. Seat choices galore,
chomping snuck-in snacks.

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it’s all in how you fake it

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

The con artist seemed
genuine enough until
he swore he had lied.

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