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March 22, 2015

From the Annals of What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Woolly mammoth could roam again

A major step forward in bringing back the woolly mammoth has been taken by scientists at Harvard University who have inserted DNA from the extinct mammal into the genetic code of an elephant. Woolly mammoth could roam again as extinct DNA merged with elephant - Telegraph. Be the first to learn about promotions, events, and …

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March 21, 2015

All persons and events are really, really fictional I swear: Self-Published Novelist Defamed In-Laws in €53k Payout Case | The Independent Publishing Magazine

Self-Published Novelist Defamed In-Laws in €53k Payout Case | The Independent Publishing Magazine. "Brígida was portrayed as a loose woman who was unfaithful to her husband, António. It was said that Floro had done his son out of his money, visited prostitutes, had extra-marital affairs and died of Aids. His wife, Inocência, was described as …

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January 5, 2015

I’m big with the baffling-kitchen-accessory crowd, apparently.

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The Musubi Murder hardcover edition is available for preorder on Amazon right now. Fortunately(?) the market intelligence is already accumulating. Frankie Bow’s first novel, THE MUSUBI MURDER , is available at Audible.com, Amazon.com, andiTunes. BE THE FIRST TO LEARN ABOUT PROMOTIONS, EVENTS, AND NEW RELEASES:

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January 4, 2015

When school districts merge

Students warm up in choir, one of the many extracurricular classes offered at Starkville High Photo: Nicole Lewis This story is the second in an ongoing series about the last days of desegregation. STARKVILLE, Miss. — When the news first broke that two neighboring school districts in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi had to consolidate, parents, teachers, …

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December 22, 2014

Things I didn’t realize about my own book (until I heard someone else reading it)

The Musubi Murder audiobook is almost done. You'd think that I'd know my own manuscript pretty well by now, but: 1. That whole "said" issue really took me by surprise. My producer has gone back and clipped out the unnecessary "said"s and now the dialog flows more smoothly. It wasn't bad before, but those small edits make a big …

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December 19, 2014

When written doesn’t translate to spoken: Dialog tags and audiobooks

The Musubi Murder audiobook is nearing completion. I've really enjoyed listening to the chapters as they come in. I should be well sick of the manuscript by now, so I have to give the credit to my talented (and, as you will see in a moment, very patient) producer. In a printed book, when you have …

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May 16, 2014

The Five Stages of Grade-Grubbing

Denial ("I'm an 'A' student!") Anger ("You've crushed my dreams of medical school!") Bargaining Depression Escalated Bargaining (including parents going full Boeing Apache on the dean) Acceptance Revenge post on That Anonymous Rating Site

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January 11, 2013

A heartwarming story…?

An eight year old boy used Facebook to reunite a brother and sister who were separated 65 years ago. This is a lovely story. As long as it's not this 66 year old Clifford Boyson.

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December 20, 2012

You can go to jail for grade-fixing.

I have to admit, I derived an unseemly amount of satisfaction from this story. He was the kind of school administrator some college students might have considered themselves lucky to encounter, someone who was willing to raise grades issued by professors when the students’ marks fell short of graduation requirements...Mr. Koutsoutis, 56, who was director …

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November 21, 2012

r we getting dummer?

At the rate things are going, in three thousand years or so we'll be a planet of imbeciles. Imbeciles without coffee. Enjoy life while you can, humans!

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