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Is Politics Dirty? Yes, If You’re Doing It Right…

Posted onMarch 1, 2017April 16, 2018

Jane Byrne Was Not A Witch. She was a Democrat. And everyone knows Democrats make terrible witches. Conflict is not their best feature. Plus there are those cat allergies. Now take a flashback in history. A time of upheaval, political instability and-- can you believe it? A snow storm that would change the course of...

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Ethel Merman Or Mermaid? Dinosaurs To Dead Gunslingers: Unnatural Roadside Distractions

Posted onFebruary 1, 2017April 16, 2018

by Duane Scott Cerny Long before the tabloid freak show of Jerry Springer or whatever trash washed up on that Jersey Shore, one had to actually “go out” to find the oddities of American life. You had to take to the highways and back roads of this sprawling country and be on the lookout...

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Northwestern University: Sex Demo, Nude Modeling Or Just An Excuse To Get Naked?

Posted onJanuary 1, 2017April 16, 2018

A few years back, the brewhaha on Northwestern University Campus blew a hole into Evanston, Illinois as old as titillation itself. Maybe you were hiding in an adult bookstore at the time and didn't hear about the "power tool sex toy" that was demonstrated in an optional after-class session on "Human Sexuality" conducted by...

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Winchester Mystery House: Sarah, The Ghost of a Souvenir

Posted onNovember 1, 2016April 16, 2018

In life, Sarah Winchester couldn't scare a ghost-- or be scared by one. Sarah Winchester was the original ghost hunter. Widowed and childless at the age of 42, she moved to San Jose, California on the advise of an East Coast psychic who claimed she'd be forever haunted by the deaths brought about by her...

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TRENDING TOP TWENTY, 2016: An Update From The Future

Posted onSeptember 1, 2016April 9, 2018

Nostradamus gazed into a font of water to see what tomorrow would bring. Often he would drop a single solid gold coin into the bowl just because he liked to hear that “kerplunk” sound.  Quirky, but bankable. Jeane Dixon used a fax machine and a hair dryer– making mostly inaccurate prophesies from her bathroom,...

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Duane Scott CernyGraduating from Northeastern Illinois University on a poetry scholarship (crazy, right?), I stumbled from one soon-to-be-going-out-of-business employer to the next. Finally, I decided to try to fail in my own self-employment, founding a small legal word processing firm. Surprisingly, it was a success. CONTINUE

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