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“The Round 1 Scene Premise/Prompt:

Your PROTAGONIST and his or her LOVE INTEREST are at odds. One of the protagonist’s schemes has gone terribly awry, and the love interest has had it. Write a scene in which they have it out – but in an unconventional way. Their words seem measured and reasonable; but the subtext says another thing entirely. You may use additional characters other than the ones specified.

Note From Contest Management:

This is going to take some crafty, non-on the nose…

I had grades. Sue me.

What else, what else? Well, D and I went to Cole’s for the anniversary of our engagement. Once again, OUT OF REGULAR FRIES. And we’ll always go back that one day a year, but the giant plug of ice in the margarita (no room for, uh, margarita!) and no fries…we’ll go back, but we ain’t dragging folks with us. Tradition’s tradition, but give me a real drink.
Tonight, I took the kid to the climbing gym for the first time. On the way from the truck to the gym:
Kid:…

look at what these teachers did. they had to insert their own opinions (‘gee, should I lie about being gay to little kids?’ ‘should I post possibly anti-religious articles to my blog if I work at a religious school?’

Hmm.

the important thing is to teach, not indoctrinate. Magic tricks???? Dude. In Florida, where they think you can magic yourself around the mall?

Karen Salazar is probably a warm and caring person, but where is the grammar?

Gay guy: right impulse, I love my…

who woulda thought?
from ‘Careerist’, where it is said that whatever you’re making at 40 is the most you’re going to make:

“the salary curve for most people in their 20s is very steep. Then it starts to flatten in the 30s, and then you get into the land of the 3% raise. In real dollars, those 3% raises are not actually raises, they are just keeping up with inflation.”

and what to do about it:

1. Go where the men are. To be precise, pay tops out at age 38 for women ($61K) and age…


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Hi. When elitists like Guggenheim support a system for all, ALL kids in public schools (not just

the ones with smart/info­rmed parents), I’ll stop laughing when he says he cares.

Was that too rough?

Try this:

I will pay $20 to the charity of your choice if you ask and get an answer to this question: if Guggenheim thinks teaching is so important. why isn’t HE a teacher in a public school? For another twenty, ask this: does he have any friends who support themselves as public…

Julie making $

Julie making $

Loose! With a marker and Webster’s Unabridged!

Loose! With a marker and Webster’s Unabridged!