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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Currently: on summer vacation this week
Today’s Feature: “A Survivor’s Journal” by Matthew Baldwin
Digest: “Mp3 Digest” by Mike Smith
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Contest

The Non-Expert’s Contest for Total Idioms

Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week ROSECRANS BALDWIN gets sick of our colloquial phrases and thus a contest is born: Invent a bon mot for everlasting fame. (Contest | February 2, 2007)

Sloppy Seconds With Opal Mehta

After dozens of entries and hundreds of footnotes—and the demise of the publishing industry—we’re pleased to publish the winner of our plagiarism contest, BONNIE FURLONG, and her story, “The Parlourmaid’s Tale, or, MS in a Dustbin.” (Contest | May 18, 2006)

Steal This Book, and That Book, and That Book…

Announcing the TMN “Sloppy Seconds With Opal Mehta” Contest, where you, as “writer,” plagiarize as much as you want, for a sort-of original story. Start cribbing now—the entry deadline is in two weeks! (Contest | May 1, 2006)


TODAY’S FEATURE

A Survivor’s Journal

America weathered Y2K, Viagra junk mails, and Web 2.0. But will it survive the next technological crisis threatening civilization? MATTHEW BALDWIN reports from inside a bunker.

National Deficit

Grand Old Partying

Mackenzie Dawson’s liberal mind crashes a pre-convention soirée.

NEWSLETTER

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DIGEST

Mp3 Digest

July 9 | Beck, Bodies of Water, Paavoharju, the Flemish do Abba, Micah P. Hinson…

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