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The Next Excerpt in a Theoretically Infinite Series

[get context here] Gluttons for Punishment The only significant way in which Snow and I ever got the better of Roper and Steed was with their nicknames. I don't remember which of us thought this up, but if we ever wanted to rile up the sisters, we just

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8 Min
By: William Shunn
Memoir

Chapter 44: "Night of the Siamese Fire Drill and Other Stories"

883 pages now. God. When this whole thing is done, I'm going to have to try to chop out at least a quarter of it.

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By: William Shunn
Memoir

And the Requisite Excerpt . . .

[from my ongoing memoir] There was one group we tried not to tangle with, though: our archenemies, the Jehovah's Witlesses—er, Witnesses. If we were dogs, then the Jay-Dubs were cats. If we were water, they were fire. If we were Superman, they were Lex Luthor. We

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By: William Shunn
Memoir

Chapter 43: "Shazzmatazz"

Bringing the grand total to 859 ms pages. Shoot me now.

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By: William Shunn
Shyness

The Case of the Boy Who Kept to Himself

So there I was, just working on yet another redesign of the Sesame Workshop site, when I stumbled across this parenting article. It describes me perfectly, and it was odd to hear myself described and potential explanations for why I am that way put forward. Of course, I haven'

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By: William Shunn
Memoir

Yet Another Memoir Excerpt—I Call This One "Prophet Sharing"

[Looks like marriage is in the air. For more info on what the heck is going on here, click here.] The modern church has plenty of embarrassing historical specters hanging around, but few haunt it the way polygamy does. The church has tried to distance itself from the practice in

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By: William Shunn
Korihor's Corner

Prophet Sharing

previous: Suffer the Little Children And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her

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By: Korihor Unbound
Art

Krasner v. Pollock

So here are the details some of you have been asking for. For an inexcusably long time. █████ and I have been seeing each other for about two and a quarter years now. It's always been exclusive; it was pretty much instant magnetism from the start, that night in

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3 Min
By: William Shunn
Language

Foreign Orals

Hey, everybody pop over to my friend lightningrod's journal and pester him to write about the oral exams he recently took in Washington D.C. for the Foreign Service. I've heard it, and it's fascinating stuff. Let's get him to post it!

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By: William Shunn
Memoir

Chapter 42: "Prophet Sharing"

The subject of the new chapter is, of course, in part, polygamy in the early Mormon church. This one was a long slog, and brings the stack to 835 ms pages. I got email from my agent this morning. Sophie Harrison at Granta passed on the manuscript, saying: Thanks for

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By: William Shunn
Memoir

Chapter 41: "Many Are Called, but Few Are in Stockholm"

...and this one to 801 pages.

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By: William Shunn
Memoir

Chapter 40: "Bordering on Lust"

Two chapters born at pretty much the same time, strangely enough. This one brings the total to 778 pages...

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By: William Shunn

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