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Have you ever seen a live panda? I have. And here’s something I realized about pandas after seeing one with my own googly eyes: They don’t do anything. I mean, aside from playing, sleeping, and eating bamboo, that is. Other animals perform a variety of useful, admirable functions: Dogs can be trained as guides for …
How the Most Useless Animal in the World Will Teach You to be a Stronger Writer Read More »
-intones- With the permanent closing of the great and magnificent doors of Journal Genius 1.0, comes the dawning of a new age…the age of the Brilliant Writer AudioGazette… Yeah, okay. Enough with the Star Wars voice and all that. Just wanted to let y’all know about a new opportunity that is ONLY for Brilliant Writers on …
True story: Once upon a time, there was a piano teacher named Mrs. Pine* and she was MEAN. If she was unhappy with someone, she wouldn’t hesitate to throw a fit, throw books, and throw kids out of her house. One day, the mother of Sandy, one of the students, decided she’d had enough and …
I once knew a guy named Mervin who did not have a phone. I’m not saying he did not have a smartphone, I’m saying he had no phone, period. No landline, no rotary phone, no smartphone, no dumb phone…not even a phone-with-an-average-IQ-of-95. Now, I know that in the 21st century, this mind-boggling idea is as …
This Millennial Did Not Have His Own Phone (And Yet He Did Not Melt and Die…) Read More »
As a youngster in college, I once had a summer job teaching English to fifth graders living in the boonies. Now, this place was SERIOUSLY backwater. The shower was outside, and looked like one of those icky public beach bathrooms, there were spiders the size of my face hanging from the ceilings, and worst of …
I know a man named Andrew who has a gift for teaching math. One of Andrew’s students was a preteen (let’s call him Danny*) with a dark past: When she was young, Danny’s mother Miriam married a man who had a nasty womanizing habit and an even nastier temper. While he was dating her, Danny’s …
He Wanted Her to Abort Their 4th Kid. So She Ran Read More »
Have you ever been in agony? I’m talking, heart-breaking, water-the-lawn-with-your-tears kind of agony? If you have, was any small part of that situation due to your own actions? Sometimes, the answer is no. You did nothing to deserve the hurt you experience, it’s just one of those things. But more often than not, the pain …
Have you ever suspected that you’re giving people more than they deserve? You’re always there when someone needs a buck to borrow, a shoulder to cry on, a pair of hands to help with a move. You’re eager to make yourself useful, to prove your worth, to NOT be a drain on society. You want …
I am sorry to inform you that serial killers exist in this world, (and not just in the movies). Oh, you already knew that? Yes, it’s unfortunate that such creatures continue to roam the earth, committing heinous crimes that would make even Stephen King characters shudder in dismay. But since we can’t get rid of …
Yes, there really is a teacher with a chicken head. And no, it’s not fresh or anything. It’s a fake chicken head (obviously). More like a chicken hat than a full-on chicken head, to be honest. This particular chicken-head-owner is one of the most popular math teachers in all of Korea, where teachers have the …
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