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a Mad Lib We Did Tonight: "Samson & Delilah"

Samson & Delilah (a tragic dialogue) Delilah: Sam Samson! will you stop doing those itchy excercises? Samson: Listen, Delilah. I have to keep my scumsuckers in shape. After all, i'm the strongest penguin in the tribe. Delilah: Well, you look sexy . Look at the way your hair hangs down over your condom machine . Samson: I've been busy. Yesterday I had to kill 10,000 Philistines with the jawbone of a panda bear . Delilah: Sheisty fuckface ! you promised to take me to a robust party tonight! Samson: okay. So I'll tickle my hair. Delilah: I'll do it for you. Now just here on this penis-head and I'll give you a silver haircut. Samson: Okay. Delilah: There. Your eyeball is nice and short. How do you feel? Samson: Clammy.

one of many recent health insurance emails

THEM Dear Ms. Robin: Thank you for using the Aetna Navigator website to contact Aetna Member Services. This is in response to your claim question on you for 04/10/2009 for the amount of $8,844.35 from _____________. The above claim was processed towards your in-network benefit deductible of $300.00, and then paid at 80% leaving your patient portion of 20%. The total patient responsibility is $1,106.74 including the $300.00 deductible. The insurance paid the amount of $3,226.99. Please refer to your plan summary of benefits which covers outpatient hospital services at 80% once the $300 individual deductible is met. Outpatient diagnostic, x-ray or lab services are covered at 80% once the $300 deductible is met. Our records indicate that ______________ participates with your plan of benefits and the negotiated allowed amount for your service was $4333.73. The adjusted amount of $4510.62 (the difference between the submitted amount of $8844.35 and the negotiated allowed amount of $4333...

starting a blog

my name is robin. i am a 30 year old unemployed, married chick living in a penthouse apartment in hollywood. yesterday afternoon my husband & my dad & stepmom were listening to me whine about how, basically, i peaked, creatively and punkly, etc., when i was a teenager. when i was a teenager, i even got some of my teachers to buy off on calling me by my nickname of "princess robin." i did a pretty well known zine and had a pretty well liked riot grrrl punk band. girls who find me online now who knew me then sometimes tell me that, like, i changed their life, exposed them to cool stuff they are still into, etc. i had chutzpah (sp?), you know? if something was unfair, i would yell at the grown man who was making the shit unfair until he backed off and apologized to me and the other teen girls involved in these showdowns. it felt glorious. but, i don't do anything now, worthwhile, you know? I'm a fiction writer and poet, and have been forever, that's ...