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The Death and Resurrection of High Oddness

by Daniel Brenton on August 20, 2010

“All right, guys … I’ll think about it.”
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all
– T. S. Eliot
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
A few of you know back in early 2008 I started a humor/parody blog I called High Oddness: The Universe According to [...]

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No, No, No … They Didn’t Say That – 2010-07-26

by Daniel Brenton on July 26, 2010

The chronically overdue fourth installment of inspirational quotes so fake that only the gullible would believe them. Or an American high school graduate. Either.
Be honest with me — if you’re a Twitter user, don’t you become utterly exhausted of seeing inspirational wisdom tweeting by endlessly on your Twitter stream? Doesn’t it make you want to [...]

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Typical Selfish Idiot American – 1, Del Taco – 0

by Daniel Brenton on May 22, 2010

Some observations on the American character … or the lack thereof … and where it is taking us.

Let me share with you an observation of an all-too-American trait.
News outlets delight in serving up horror stories about the disgusting things that fast food restaurant employees can do to a customer’s order and about inappropriate acts done [...]

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Red Moon – What’s My Favorite Line?

by Daniel Brenton on February 7, 2010

The new cover for Red Moon

Over the last few months, Variance Publishing has hosted on their blog a number of posts featuring their offerings and commentary by their authors, and they graciously invited me to contribute. Stanley Tremblay of Variance gave me permission to repost these here, and today’s post is the last of the [...]

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No, No, No … They Didn’t Say That – 2010-01-30

by Daniel Brenton on January 30, 2010

The third installment of inspirational quotes so fake even a cave man could tell. (Err … make that a fifth-grader.)
Despite my best efforts to mock them, inspirational quotes continue zip by on my Twitter feed endlessly.
Don’t get me wrong about inspirational wisdom — this is in fact my second favorite topic (well … make that [...]

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