2003
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The Meaning of Life
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Paracelsus |
05/01/03 |
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Meaning, myth, and the funny little molecule that made it all possible.
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2001
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Stagecraft and War
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Paracelsus |
10/08/01 |
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Why do they hate us so much?
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Something Happened
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Paracelsus |
07/09/01 |
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Disability strikes close to home.
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Congratulations Graduates!
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Ben |
06/05/01 |
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Graduates of the world, remember that failure is always an option. Always nutritious, sometimes quite tasty!
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Cut
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Paracelsus |
02/14/01 |
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A story built around the premise that there is not a man in the world who loves Valentine's day.
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Access to Tools
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Paracelsus |
01/15/01 |
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Fond memories of a lucky score in a bookstore long ago.
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2000
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Crispy Doodlebugs
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Paracelsus |
12/04/00 |
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A surreal travel brochure for another domain.
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La Bella Scienza
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Paracelsus |
11/06/00 |
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Galileo gives posterity the finger, and other revelations from an Italian science museum.
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Why Travel Sucks
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Paracelsus |
08/28/00 |
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Travel is great, except when it's not great.
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Travel Tips from India
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Wally |
07/21/00 |
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Our correspondent in the field Bendy Wally discovers that happy travel in India means mellow-ness is Job 1.
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The Star Chamber ProseCam
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Paracelsus |
06/19/00 |
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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a thousand words do not necessarily return the favor.
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Almost Shakespeare's Complete Works
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Paracelsus |
04/10/00 |
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This is what happens when a million monkeys get web access.
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Mysteries of the Ancients
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Paracelsus |
03/13/00 |
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When everyone forgets, one small step for man becomes one small step for mankind.
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Legerdemain
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Paracelsus |
01/31/00 |
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Memory lane can be a very short street. Stroll with caution.
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A Trip to Japan
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Paracelsus |
01/03/00 |
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Join Paracelsus for a stroll around Japan. It's faster and cheaper than a mind-bending 14 hour flight across the Pacific. Believe me.
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1999
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RAQ
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Paracelsus |
11/29/99 |
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Chances are, these rarely-asked questions haven't been troubling you. But just in case, take a peek.
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Cheesecake Encounters
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Paracelsus |
11/01/99 |
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What has Paracelsus ever done for you really? Send a postcard and find out.
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Seize the Day
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Wally |
09/20/99 |
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A bad carburetor saves Wally's life.
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Why Paracelsus?
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Paracelsus |
08/23/99 |
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Wherein the author explains his fondness for a deranged medieval alchemist.
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The Ghostwriter
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Anne Onnamus |
07/26/99 |
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Be careful what you ask for...
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Nuts
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Paracelsus |
06/21/99 |
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A shoe salesman finds his fortune with an internet startup.
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Travels with Wally
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Wally |
05/24/99 |
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Rolling down the Nevada highway with tarantulas and big rigs.
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The Star Chamber Answer Man
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Paracelsus |
04/12/99 |
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Find the answer to nagging questions the easy way: ask a professional Answer Man.
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Meeting the Little Man
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Paracelsus |
03/15/99 |
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Want to know what I was thinking about when my son was born?
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The Y-No-K Crisis
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Paracelsus |
02/16/99 |
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The groundwork for our current Year 2000 problem was laid a long long time ago.
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What I Miss
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St. Frank |
01/13/99 |
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Memories of smoking stir up nostalgia for an old habit.
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1998
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Mr. Nym Goes Adventuring
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Paracelsus |
12/15/98 |
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It's an entire story in palindrome form; but more importantly it's another account of the inimitable Mr. Nym.
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Fisher Flies
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Paracelsus |
11/02/98 |
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Fisher Pinckney meets an old friend on an airplane. It doesn't make him feel any better.
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Bubbling Hot Springs
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Paracelsus |
10/05/98 |
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A river guide's job is hard and thankless, but it does have its rewards.
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Die Zimmer
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St. Frank |
09/01/98 |
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Kevin remembers a German room.
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Brother Blue's Secret
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Paracelsus |
08/10/98 |
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Brother Blue offers some practical and failsafe advice on public speaking.
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Super-Size It
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Pandora |
06/29/98 |
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It's a great big world, and it's getting bigger every day.
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Scooping Mayonnaise
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Paracelsus |
05/27/98 |
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Getting by on a jar of mayonnaise.
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Sucking Out the Goody
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Paracelsus |
04/27/98 |
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Follow your dream, Just do it, and other practical advice for the modern traveler.
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Hardball
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Paracelsus |
03/30/98 |
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If you're going to go you might as well go in style. And Paul Rossetti is definitely going to go.
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Browsing
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Paracelsus |
03/02/98 |
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One day you wake up and realize your petty vices are about the only things that hold you together.
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The Mexican Phrasebook
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Paracelsus |
02/02/98 |
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Your (one-way) ticket to a good time south of the border.
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Caught Looking
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Paracelsus |
01/05/98 |
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What's the sexiest thing you ever saw?
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1997
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The Naked Felix
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St. Frank |
12/08/97 |
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An innocent night with the boys becomes a reason to look forward to Alzheimer's.
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Where's Waldo?
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Paracelsus |
11/10/97 |
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You have to know who thine own self is before you can be true to it, and there, as they say, is the rub.
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Filling the Void
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Paracelsus |
09/29/97 |
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In the dark a good imagination can be a bad companion.
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Losing Over Marbles
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Gecko |
09/23/97 |
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A word to the sheep about birds from a lizard.
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The Rewards of the Infinite
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Paracelsus |
09/02/97 |
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The International Siblinghood of Zenophiles needs you.
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Pinto
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Paracelsus |
08/04/97 |
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Marketing in the service of mankind.
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Birth Sky
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Paracelsus |
06/09/97 |
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Of comets, eclipses, and the reptilian brain.
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Mr. Saturday
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Paracelsus |
05/05/97 |
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Helpful, polite, and entertaining. In short the perfect house guest.
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Stopping Time
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Paracelsus |
03/31/97 |
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You can stop the flow of coffee or of time but sadly not both.
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Baaa Humbug
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Paracelsus |
03/03/97 |
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And one or two little sheep shall lead them...
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Signal to Noise
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Paracelsus |
02/02/97 |
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Being an animated commentary on the pressing problem of information overload.
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Spawning
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Paracelsus |
02/02/97 |
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Christopher Manning has a splitting headache.
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Up Top
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Paracelsus |
01/06/97 |
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Raft down the Colorado or bust? A Grand Canyon diary.
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1996
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Taking the Cake
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Paracelsus |
12/09/96 |
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Santa giveth and Santa taketh away.
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The Limits of Self-Publication
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Paracelsus |
11/11/96 |
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Per obscura ad obscurity.
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The Scarf and Bolt
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Paracelsus |
11/11/96 |
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A martini, a cigarette, and a can of Vienna sausages.
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Hey Diddle-diddle
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Paracelsus |
10/14/96 |
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You wanna know why kids are messed up these days? I'll tell you why kids are messed up these days.
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Spider-Baiting
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Paracelsus |
10/14/96 |
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What you say to the spider and what the spider hears are two completely different things.
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The Mapmaker's Art
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Ortelius |
10/14/96 |
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Only a mapmaker can truly take you two places at once.
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The Resurgence of Alchemy
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Paracelsus |
09/16/96 |
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It's really just another name for bartending after all.
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What's a Star Chamber?
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Paracelsus |
08/19/96 |
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If there were a star chamber what would it look like?
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Broadcast
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Paracelsus |
08/19/96 |
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Lucy! I'm home!
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Spinning
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Paracelsus |
07/29/96 |
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Enjoy the view while Ransom takes you for a whirl.
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Parallel Universes
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Paracelsus |
07/01/96 |
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At any given point in time ten percent of the earth's population is discussing the weather.
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Nosferatu
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Paracelsus |
07/01/96 |
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Won't you be my special online friend?
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Sims
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Paracelsus |
05/27/96 |
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Or how I learned to quit worrying and love the bots.
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The Persistence of Astrology
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Paracelsus |
05/27/96 |
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If Mars is in Aries is that a good thing?
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Cachet
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Paracelsus |
04/29/96 |
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A special Star Chamber frequent-surfer card just for you... something with flair, insouciance, panache, a certain je ne sais quoi.
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Yadda-Yadda-Yadda
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Paracelsus |
04/22/96 |
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So there I am drifting off into daydream land, and my boss is saying...
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Bobo
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Paracelsus |
04/16/96 |
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Just what is that smell anyway?
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