The Universe May Be Nothing Less Than The Essence of a Lingering Science Experiment

Sorrowful Cyclops

Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:53 PM EDT

--By Shaun Stanert-- Towering woeful weeper You are a creeper It's without a doubt That one wet peeper Perpetually peering from Your colossal void The incessant surveillance Makes me paranoid

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arts, surveillance, spying, graffiti, sky, eye, paranoia, crying, cyclops, stanert

The Food of the Gods: A Healthier Halloween Handout

Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:49 PM EDT

--By Shaun Stanert-- Jena, a toddler, peeled the tinfoil from her Hershey kiss and nibbled the alluringly swirled tip of the tempting chocolate treat. Instantaneously bewitched, her cheeks swelled with cherubic radiance under the command of an uncontrollable smile.

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health, chocolate, halloween, polyphenols, treat, mood-enhancing, milk-chocolate, dark-chocolate, healthful, tricks

Only an Angel can Float on a Cloud

Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:14 PM EDT

{Fiction - By SHAUN STANERT} Rainey was flawed and needed to be fixed.

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arts, fiction, writing, story, clouds, daydreaming, graffiti, philosophy, psychology, shaun-stanert

The Message

Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:04 PM EDT

{Fiction - By Shaun Stanert } The cab driver coasts his yellow checker to a stop at the curb where Truman is standing. Leaning his elbow on the edge of the open window he tilts his head up, smiles at Truman, and shouts, "Get in I will take you to your father."

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cab, entertainment, message, father, dead, manhattan, odd, fiction, art, writing

Your Favorite Bistro: The good, the bad, and the…Ugh!…Ugh!….ugly!

Wed Apr 4, 2007 5:19 PM EDT

Having endured a demanding stint as a server in my teens, I quickly realized that restaurants are far from being the most sanitary places in the world.

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business, restaurants, profits, tipping, eating-out, leftovers, food-quality, restaruant-psychology, restaurant-atmosphere

Controversy Sells: Witness the Wet-Wine Dress Grown in a Vat and Woven by Bacteria

Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:09 PM EDT

Employing controversy as a marketing and promotional tool to sell products effectively is nothing new. Still, the fact that it does work, and works well, always intrigues me.

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world-news, wet-wine-dress, woven-by-bacteria, scandal, woman, impractical, scientists, controversy, controversy-sells, marketing

Save Knut The Orphan Polar Bear

Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:02 PM EDT

My interaction with animals has taught me that animals are sentient and possess their own unique brand of intelligence. It is an intelligence that may exceed our comprehension but still warrants respect.

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world-news, knut, orphan-bear, orphan-polar-bear, new-hope-today, stanert, berlin-zoo, animal-rights-activist, polar-bears, threat-of-extinction

What is Nirvana, as described by Gandhi

Wed Mar 7, 2007 3:50 PM EST

"NIRVANA IS NOT THE UTTER EXTINCTION AFTER DEATH."

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religion, nirvana, buddha, soul, gandhi

Target says we want More!

Tue Mar 6, 2007 4:03 PM EST

ON SUFFERING: Teachings known to contain the essence of the Buddhist path, regardless of the tradition one follows. According to the Buddha, whatever life we lead, it has the nature of some aspect of suffering.

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education, buddha, on-suffering, target, consumers, 7th-dalai-lama, chakra, consumerism, conspicuous-consumption, buddhist-teachings