From pages 83-84 of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace: “[...] Probably that’s all I should say right here in terms of summary. If you know how to search and parse government archives, you can find voluminous history and theory on just about every side of the debate. It’s all in the public record. [...]
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September 1, 2009
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“Things You Will Learn From A Substance-Recovery Halfway Facility” Excerpt From IJ
By MDS in Story“If, by virtue of charity or the circumstance of desperation, you ever chance to spend a little time around a Substance-recovery halfway facility like Enfield MA’s state-funded Ennet House, you will acquire many exotic new facts. You will find out that once MA’s Department of Social Services has taken a mother’s children away for any [...]
January 26, 2008
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In Which The Story Of The Kankabourley Coonipede Is Told
By MDS in Humor, StoryMost people don’t think twice when looking at a centipede. Some people are frightened by them; others, not so much. Some people go out of their way to kill centipedes because they are creepy—like bigger, quicker spiders. What most people do not know is that when you kill a centipede it sends out a distress [...]
March 29, 2005
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