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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Halloween Noon Urchins
Happy Halloween from the Urchins! Here’s a peak at our costumes. The resemblances are spooky, eh? Geo Margaret Sarah
Posted in Collaborative, High Noon Urchins
Tagged Geo, halloween, Margaret, Sarah, The Urchins
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Special Super Scary Halloween Edition That’s What He Said
I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don’t want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Global Issues, Sarah, That's What They Said
Tagged 2010 elections, Carl Paladino, homosexuality, New York governor, Republican, vote
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Last Minute Urchin-Approved Halloween Costume Ideas!
By Sarah Jost There was a time when I planned my Halloween costume months in advance. That time was grade school. Now, Halloween costumes have been added to the ever-growing section of procrastinatable (it’s a word now) items on my … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Holidays, Literature, Sarah
Tagged A Confederacy of Dunces, a room of one's own, communism, Dances with Wolves, easy costumes, Halloween costume ideas, Jocasta, John Kennedy Toole, Kevin Costner, Laius, last minute costume ideas, Mrs. Dalloway, Oedipus, procrastination, Sophocles, The Hours, the Red Scare, virginia woolf
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What Are the Urchins’ Greatest Fears?
By Steve Make-Believe, columnist for Fraidy Cat Magazine Last week I had a chance to sit with the three co-founders of a budding blogging collective known as the Urchin Movement in the lobby of a cheap hotel over endless cups … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Holidays
Tagged aubergines, deforestation, earthworms, Ebola Virus, eggplants, fear, halloween, judd apatow, nicotine, wikipedia
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NaNoWriMo: Thirty Days and Nights of Literary Abandon!
By Geo Ong Forget Halloween for just a moment. November is a scary month. Why? One word: NaNoWriMo. Confused? Okay, four words: National Novel Writing Month. From the official NaNoWriMo website: NaNoWriMo is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature
Tagged nanowrimo, national novel writing month, novels, november, writers, writing
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Revenge of the Partially Decomposed Urchin
By Margaret Hedderman The three Original Urchins™, Margaret, Sarah and Geo set out on holiday. They had scrimped and saved every pence, and together could afford a corner of the rectory in an ancient North Yorkshire church. They arrived late … Continue reading
High Noon Urchins
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That’s What He Said
‘In a Station of the Metro’ By Ezra Pound The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Literature, That's What They Said
Tagged Ezra Pound, images, imagist poetry, in a station of the metro, metro, poem, poetry, subway, underground
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Lowering the Bar That’s Already in the Dirt: Is Todd Phillips the New Judd Apatow?
By Geo Ong Phew. Thankfully, despite earlier reports, Mel Gibson will not be appearing in a cameo in a sequel to The Hangover. Director Todd Phillips had plans to cast Gibson but ‘did not have the full support of my … Continue reading
