Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Starting My Next Aborted Project
Seventy-Nine Essays About the Moon
1. The moon is big. Way back when, people used to look at the moon and think to themselves: "One day. One day we'll walk on that. Then they'll be sorry."
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