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A Brief Conversation with My Hair

A Brief Conversation with My Hair is a collection of short literary humor pieces that have been previously featured on such websites at McSweeney's, Yankee Pot Roast, The Big Jewel, Opium Magazine, and The Science Creative Quarterly. Some of the titles (which may give you an idea of the content) are: "The Calls of Cthulu", "All I Need to Learn, I Learned From Kindergarten Cop", "Diary of a Grocery Cart", "Dionysus: Party Clown", and "A Brief Conversation with My Hair". The forty-plus pieces in this collection find the bizarre in the everyday or some bit of the everyday in the already bizarre. If you ever wondered if Allen Ginsburg could have put his considerable talent to writing pay-per-click ads or how Calvin and Hobbes may have responded to reading Hemingway, you will find the answers here.

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A Brief Conversation with My Hair
ABCwMH 39 from 2009-05-08T01:03

Last Episode - Interview with a Butler - Richie Rich's butler, Cadbury, has been through a lot with Master Richie. But now comes his most difficult adventure: being accused of murdering the youn...

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ABCwMH 38 from 2009-05-08T00:58

Dionysus: Party Clown - Dionysus loves to have a good time. He brings drink, food, fun and an up-beat attitude everywhere he goes. So, of course, Dionysus would make the perfect clown for your c...

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ABCwMH 37 from 2009-05-01T01:09

I Am Glad My Childhood Dreams Did Not Come True - When I was a child, I wanted to be the Six Million Dollar Man. I also wanted to own a pair of x-ray specs and be able to use the force. Here's w...

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ABCwMH 36 from 2009-05-01T01:05

So Now You're a Therapist - You've gone through years of high school, then college. Now you've finished graduate school and you're ready to get out there and begin your career as a therapist. Bu...

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ABCwMH 35 from 2009-04-24T01:28

The Coyotes... - The full title of this story: The Coyotes Who Sometimes Hang-Out in the Woods Near Frank Stellgard's Home. A tale of coyotes and beer.

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ABCwMH 34 from 2009-04-24T01:20

Happy Birthday From The Future  - What will be the ultimate geek gift in the future? Sending letters to the past. Cool! But you need to be very careful or a quick divorce could be in your presen...

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ABCwMH33 from 2009-04-17T11:15

Two Very Short Pieces - Two short pieces: If Allen Ginsberg Had Written Pay-Per-Click Ads and There Must Be Fifty Ways to Heave Your Brother (or Seven, at Least).

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ABCwMH 32 from 2009-04-17T11:11

The Gummy Bear Survival Guide - Gummy Bears: seemingly innocuous yummy treats. Or, Gummy Bears: scary and organized hordes with a deadly agenda. Don't take any chances, be prepared.

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ABCwMH 31 from 2009-04-10T00:33

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Kindergarten Cop - The 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Kindergarten Cop is actually a beautiful road-map for life. Who knew? Well, at least one person...

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ABCwMH 30 from 2009-04-10T00:27

Today's AA Speaker: Mr. Tom Waits - If Mr. Waits is actually like the people he writes songs about, and he is currently sober, he would make a very interesting, dynamic, and kind of loopy AA spe...

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ABCwMH 29 from 2009-04-03T01:24

Magician Doug Henning Has Something on His Mind - Doug Henning was, at one point, the most famous magician in the world. He was the face of and spoke for the entire magic community. Times have c...

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ABCwMH 28 from 2009-04-03T01:15

Language Aquisition and Poopie - How does a infant gain the ability to create and use words? Is it from something embedded in our brains at birth? Do we learn it from social interactions? And, m...

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ABCwMH 27 from 2009-03-27T02:02

Charles Dickens' Bleak House, Starring The Gremlins - Masterpiece Theater presents something new. Something more modern than our usual stodgy, flat productions. We've brought back some famous ac...

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ABCwMH 26 from 2009-03-27T01:49

Ferris Bueller Fills in for NY Times Magazine's The Ethicist - The New York Times Magazine's The Ethicist is out sick. Who do you get to fill in and to respond to the nation's need for clear, et...

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ABCwMH 25 from 2009-03-20T00:37

Gilgamesh Responds to Advertising's Biggest Questions - Gilgamesh, king of Uruk in Babylonia (2700 B.C.) has some thoughts on a few of advertising's biggest questions: Where's the beef? Is live ...

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ABCwMH 24 from 2009-03-20T00:31

Clouds: Important! - Clouds appear to be fluffy and benign. But, there is a lot more going on when it comes to clouds. Did you know that if you are not careful, they will swipe the water out of ...

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ABCwMH 23 from 2009-03-13T01:40

A Brief Conversation with My Hair - My Hair was had quite a career. There have been many high points and many low. Our interviewer was able to grab a few minutes with My Hair and go through a br...

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ABCwMH 22 from 2009-03-13T01:23

Hierarchy of Needs for Parents - Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs certainly applies to people in general. But what about parents specifically? They have needs, too. So, they need their own hi...

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ABCwMH 21 from 2009-03-06T01:56

Some Suggestions for the Next Film in the George Romero Zombie Series - Dear Mr. Romero: we've really loved your zombie films. You've put zombies on the map and helped make zombies the current r...

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ABCwMH 20 from 2009-03-06T01:50

An Interview with Old Man Last Year - Everyone loves to focus on the new and the young, especially when it comes to a new year. But what about the previous year? Here is an interview with the 20...

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ABCwMH 19 from 2009-02-27T12:00

The Absent Adults of Childhood Favorites Speak - Charlie Brown's mother. The parent's of the brother and sister in The Cat in the Hat. Peewee Herman's father. These "absent" parents, and others,...

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ABCwMH 18 from 2009-02-27T11:55

Sugar and Demon's: A Scientist's Field Notes - An infant spins around on a bed after consuming sugar. Is this due to the effects of the sugar? Or could it be demonic possession? A scientist inve...

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ABCwMH 17 from 2009-02-20T02:21

Pay the Rent: A Solo Play Exploring Gender Politics - Pay the Rent is already a classic of modern theater. You remember the piece of paper folded accordion-style. The taunt dialogue: "you must p...

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ABCwMH 16 from 2009-02-20T02:12

Introducing: Baby Talk - One of the biggest frustrations that a parent can have is not understanding what your baby is trying to communicate to you. What if someone invented a product that could...

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ABCwMH 15 from 2009-02-13T03:17

Masters of My Domain: My Vices as Characters from Seinfeld - An homage to one of the best episodes of one of the best television shows ever. Oh yeah, and an homage to some of my "best" vices, to...

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ABCwMH 14 from 2009-02-13T03:13

"I Sound My Chlorophyll Yawp": One of Whitman's Leaves of Grass Responds - Walt Whitman certainly has had a lot to say when it comes to examining blades of grass. Well, now one of those "leaves"...

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ABCwMH 13 from 2009-02-06T02:11

The Secrets of Parenting that No One Will Tell You - Parenting is a mystery. No one gives you a manual. Everyone has tons of advice. But there are secrets, too, about parenting that are known to...

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ABCwMH 12 from 2009-02-06T02:00

Parents as a Narcotic - Parenting can be difficult. It can be amazing. It takes hard work and dedication. It can be the hardest job you'll ever love to do. But did you know that parents can be a...

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ABCwMH 11 from 2009-01-30T01:36

Three Very Short Pieces - Three very short pieces in one relatively short podcast: 1) How to Frighten the Grim Reaper; 2) Future Broadway Hits (now that Spamalot is a hit with straight males 18-...

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ABCwMH 10 from 2009-01-30T01:28

Hill Like Stuffed Tigers: Calvin Discovers Hemingway - When Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes, discovers the "real" man's world of Ernest Hemingway's writing, an obvious affinity is born. Of course, ...

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ABCwMH 09 from 2009-01-23T11:48

How Are You Doing? - The world has been waiting a long time for a simple guide on how to respond to the simple but common question - How Are You Doing? And as you will learn from this teaching t...

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ABCwMH 08 from 2009-01-23T11:44

The Calls of Cthulu - H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu, an Elder God of the Damned, may be able to strike absolute terror in those who behold his terrible visage, but when it comes to operating a simple ...

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ABCwMH 07 from 2009-01-19T02:55

Walt Whitman's Guide to Cooking for Bachelors - The great venerable poet, Walt Whitman, was a consummate bachelor. He also had a flair for rustling up some hearty grub. Mr. Whitman offers up his...

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ABCwMH 06 from 2009-01-15T02:55

A Life Reviewed: A Collection of Blurbs - What if your life was held under the scrutiny of a series of reviewers? Then what if those reviews were reduced to a bunch of blurbs? Well here is the a...

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ABCwMH 05 from 2009-01-04T22:22

Living The American Dream - A rare example of truth being stranger than fiction - and possibly funnier. This collection of quick tales are my true brushes with famous people. And isn't that real...

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ABCwMH 04 from 2009-01-03T15:13

Random Quotes on Fame and Nostalgia from the Cereal Monsters - It has been a very long time since Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Boo-Berry were at the height of their fame. Now in their golden...

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ABCwMH 03 from 2009-01-03T15:09

Summer of Sam I Am - A darker and scarier take on a childhood classic: Green Eggs and Ham filtered through the summer of the serial killer Son of Sam.

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ABCwMH 02 from 2009-01-02T17:00

How to Write Your Own Proverbs - Most people hold a deep desire to write their own proverbs. Many also have no idea what they actually are. Your helpful and knowledgeable narrator will illuminat...

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ABCwMH 01 from 2009-01-01T17:00

Diary of a Grocery Cart - From its initial journey to a Piggly Wiggly in Penopshaw, Indiana to its final days lost in the swamp behind the store, we hear the daily musings of a very eager and ea...

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