Take a look at the writing competition at Narrative Magazine… …seems like it’s made for the writers I see around here. Problem is? Deadline’s coming up in a few days. UPDATE: There’s a new writing competition! Deadline November 30, 2009.
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Teaser Trailer: An Upcoming Post about Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, The Guild, Advertising, Web Distribution, & Texas
I’m writing an upcoming post about Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and The Guild. Was wondering if anyone has ever watched them before. If so, I may like to talk to you sometime before Friday. Here’s the link to the first guild episode too. No pressure. It’s not homework or anything.
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How You Know You’re Famous
You get hate mail! To think, our first piece of hate mail arrived only a few days before our first birthday. We must be doing something right.
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[mix-tape] Robin Fry, Voice of Mr. T, Shows Pink Bears are Funny
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Here at nonpretentious, we love a spot of British comedy (or humour, as they like to misspell it.) And we also love Mister T (and we pity the fool who doesn’t.) So we were overjoyed that the Queen’s own Robin Fry, actor, comedian, and voice of Mister T, agreed to make a mix-tape for...
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Black is Back.
Last week, two big events happened in the life of one of our favorite tweeple, Michael Ian Black. First, The State – MTV’s sketch comedy show – debuted on DVD. In case you don’t remember The State (too young?), here is some reminding: Second, “Michael and Michael Have Issues” debuted on Comedy Central. Michael...
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Prospective Taunts from Playground Bullies who will Grow Up to be Apple Employees
In the style of “first comes love, then comes marriage” First name’s Palm, last name’s Pre, you don’t get to play with me. In the style of… Have fun listening to your Zunes. Lots of luck without iTunes. In the style of “Bubblegum, Bubblegum, in a dish” Directions: Circle up in group. Each person...
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[mix tape] IndyHall’s Alex Hillman Knows Karaoke
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IndyHall's Alex Hillman Knows Karaoke (2009.07)
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[mix tape] Sasha is a (music) Monster
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nonpretentious contributors have been Sasha Pasulka fans for a long time.¹ For folks like us, bloggers with extra letters – like B.A., B.S., J.D., M.A., Ph.D., M.D. – after their names, Sasha is a role model. Here’s a girl who traded in her job working on this for an opportunity to work on this.² ...
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Two Mix Tapes!
We had a mix-tape from a few weeks ago that we needed to publish. Rather than keep you waiting even longer, we wanted to publish it this week. At first, we thought we’d publish it on Tuesday (yesterday). We already missed two weeks ago, then last week, and we wanted to at least get...
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No Spoilers Allowed: Mad Men Season 2 on DVD
Things I expect to see in this season: a plot line dedicated to race/Civil Rights; two or three more women swoon at Don Draper’s charm; and, Betty flirting with thoughts of suicide. Get Mad Men Season 2 DVD on Amazon or download episodes from iTunes. While season 1 was slow on the uptake, it...
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