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TV Tropes and Idioms
What is this about? This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés . The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite."Straight Dope Chicago Home Page
Follow STRAIGHT DOPE CHICAGO on twitter , assuming Little Ed remembers to send the feeds out, and if nothing else observe his fumblings with a technology that is obviously beyond him. For you old-school types, there's always e-mail . Copyright 1996-2012 Creative Loafing Media, Inc.To me, this is similar to ripping off your front car door to replace a rear car door that got knocked off. No ground has really been gained!
There, I Fixed It
History House Articles
The Amazing Electric Telegraph Samuel Morse, arrogant xenophobe, invents a means of communication that brings the whole world together. Part 1 in our series on the telegraph. The Children's Crusade Questionable medieval records suggest children go on a crusade to liberate the Holy Land but get sold into slavery instead.Ricky Gervais... Obviously.
Pictures of Karl continue to flood in - here's a few singled out for an honorable mention. (click the thumbnail for a larger version in a new window) Ricky Steve and Karl discuss the pros and cons of technological invention, leading on to Karl's Mathsusian concerns and a possible solution. There's a digression into the extra sensory perception of early hominids.Favorite Its okay, i dont mind you drinking, im just surrounded by it, there is some random dude laying on your couch with a bucket that ive never seen before Press ctrl+c (windows) or cmd+c (mac) to copy the text to your clipboard (856): Its okay, i dont mind you drinking, im just surrounded by it, there is some random dude laying on your couch with a bucket that ive never seen before http://tfl.nu/gngt
Texts From Last Night
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