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  1. newsmanfan

    History Lesson

    (Author's Note: While I have never been a flag-waver or pledge-sayer, the ideals inherent in the founders' speeches and writings and edicts are, I believe, excellent ones, and all too often neglected by the very people who wrap themselves in flags and publicly claim the highest patriotic motives...
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    Slackbot draws stuff

    -------------- Do I see Scooter as a Fraggle in the upper-right corner? Ack!:eek: --------------
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    Muppet Theory: Chaos vs. Order

    ------------- My brother sent me the article and I sent it on to many peeps. It is absolutely correct! Balance! Yin and yang! Gonzo and Kermit! Ernie and Bert! I believe I am largely an Order Muppet...but I appreciate Chaos. -------------
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    What made you roll your eyes today thread?

    Ummm....too late... Glory hogs. When is hunting season open for them? I forget...gotta lay me in a supply of cream-pie-ammo for my faceplant gun. -------------
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    When you need to rant...

    -------------- Vegetarianism is actually a great deal healthier for you; most proteins and amino acids can be derived from plant sources, and adding a little dairy or egg or fish to that rounds it out nicely. Red meat is the WORST thing you can eat, and it's ridiculously easy to overeat it -- we...
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    Silly things you said, did, or thought as a kid

    -------------- I remember being really weirded out to discover that skeletons, which I loved, were actually INSIDE everyone. I still like skeletons. -----------
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    Questions about anything

    LOVE Unca Shel! Check out his "ABZ" for some really twisted stuff! Question: WHY do humans move into deserts to live in the first place? I mean, who the heck came across the country, stopped in TX or AZ and said, "Hmm...it's dusty, dry, unsupportably hot and nothing grows here...think I'll...
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    Hensonville City 2011

    ------------ :news: I didn't know Sam had published anything. Rhonda: That's what vanity presses are for, sweetheart. :news: I don't mind him doing commentary and op-ed pieces. I just hope he doesn't consider that news. Rhonda: Are you kidding? I'm sure he'll say NONE of it's news -- it's...
  9. newsmanfan

    Seven Ball Tango

    ------------- Heh heh heh... "I'm standing right here!" LOL The banter throughout was hilarious, and I love the pantomime I could see in my head during the whole "telepathic" exchange. Glares, wheedling looks, glances at the frog, more glares...yeah. It works. :) You surprised me with the...
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    Hensonville City 2011

    ------------- Today. Is. GOOD! :news: Well...uh...good! *whispers to Rhonda* Why is it good? Rhonda: Search me, Sherlock. Hey, you, with the gray streak you really should buy some hair color for, why's it such a happy day? Pink: Mm. Cal-loo. Mn. Yip. Yip yip yip yip. Blue: Cal-lay, yip...
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    So We'll Go No More A-Roving, for Fear of Furry Monsters

    Part Thirty-Nine Two monsters looked up warily, then slid aside for the troll to walk unhindered along a rough-hewn corridor. Strange glowing things crawled on the ceiling. Enormous bugs skittered underfoot. Wait – was that another corridor, off to the left? The Newsman paused the playback...
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    Kermie's Girl (ushy-gushy fanfic)

    ------------- So...a lovely long post deserves a good long review! First, let me state how happy I am that throughout not only this chapter but this entire work you’ve portrayed the various couples as simply People, regardless of gender or orientation or species...and made a contentious...
  13. newsmanfan

    Hensonville City 2011

    ------------- *dropping off gift cards and ice cream for Johnny and Link* Psst Sal...the yellow container has Chunky Monkey... -----------
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    Calendar Oneshots: Junebugs & Hot Sparks.

    -------------- Rhonda *wearing little black-and-red cheerleader outfit with matching cotton-ball pompoms* Ed! Ed! he's our ghoul! All you others, back to school! :news: That was actually... Rhonda: Don't say it. :news: Really rather... Rhonda: I'm warning you. :news:...cute. *before...
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    Silly things you said, did, or thought as a kid

    --------------- I am told I drew on the walls with crayons. I have no memory of this and categorically deny it. I think riding down the sidewalk on the handles of a BigWheel, or doing Gonzo-style leaps from the top of the pool slide into the pool (hurdling an expanse of concrete -- we only...
  16. newsmanfan

    The Dream/Ambition Thread

    --------------- Much luck to you Hollywood dreamers...that's possibly the hardest sort of dream to achieve, especially these days with such a huge talent (and semitalented) pool for potential studio employers to draw from. Do your best to stand out and still be You! I think every dream has...
  17. newsmanfan

    Muppet Engagement Photos

    -------------- That's adorable. And you KNOW I gotta respect a guy in plaid! -------------
  18. newsmanfan

    Dealing with depression and anxiety

    --------------- Waiting for the other shoe to drop. Never fun. I'm lucky; only happened to me a handful of times...but I know the worse your life has been, the less you trust good times. How about...be cautiously happy? ----------------
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    Avatar trend?

    --------------- So grab a dvd and start freeze-framing! Easy to collect good av pics now; it's not like they need to be in gorgeous 400 pt resolution or anything. I have two separate collections of Newsie pics, including stuff I use only for drawing reference. Screencaps can be perfect...
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    Hensonville City 2011

    ---------------- Rhonda: There's CAKE? And we forgot birthdays? Aw, peoples. *digs through emergency stash of gift cards* How do you do that, anyway? Rhonda: Do what? Eat so much and stay so thin. :news: Well, she can't be bulimic. Rats don't have a gag reflex. *Rhonda, not looking...
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