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Items on the Desk That Make Me, the Temp, a Bit Uneasy
by Jen Greenwood (5/12/2001)

On the Heels of Finding Forrester and Saving Silverman, More Movie Titles with Alliteration, Gerunds, Proper Names
by Jim Hanas (5/12/2001)

Alternative Alphabetical Orders
by Sam Potts (5/12/2001)

2001 Nobel Prize Underdogs
by Sean Monkman (5/12/2001)

Properly Sequenced Tool Hits for Amada’S Pega 345 58 Station Sheet Metal Punching CNC Turret, Juxtaposed With Childhood Memories They Remind Me Of
by Ter McDermott (5/10/2001)

Suggested Titles for Anecdotes I Tell Far Too Often, Followed by a Tally of Significant Events, Items, and Characters Appearing Therein
by Ron Dulin (5/5/2001)

The Deployment of Concepts from Theoretical Physics
by Simon DeDeo (5/5/2001)

If You Wanted to Join Match.Com to Meet Girls and You Wanted to Impress Those Girls by Selecting a Username That Cleverly References a Literary Character, You Couldn’t Choose Any of These Because They Are Already Taken
by Ian LeBon (5/5/2001)

Nicknames For The Various Manners In Which A Shirt May Be Worn
by Kevin Canfield (5/5/2001)

Seven Selling Points for Sizzling Steak
by Nick Smith (4/26/2001)

Like a Fox
by Matt Glarner (4/26/2001)

In Search of Lost Temps
by A.S. Hamrah (4/26/2001)

Obsessive Behaviors Exhibited Toward Your Emotions
by Neil Kelley (4/26/2001)

Corporate Mascots: Their Stunning Secrets Revealed
by Alex Balk (4/19/2001)

Actual Names of Amsters Living in the Greater Seattle Area
by Sarah M. Balcomb (4/19/2001)

Actual First Names of People Who Have Recently Worked in the Romance Department at Harvard University
by Joe Lavin (4/19/2001)

List of Names of People I Actually Know That Could Very Easily Be Porn Star Names, Excluding the Last One, As I Do Not Actually Know That Person
by Elizabeth Miller (4/19/2001)

Movies You Probably Won’t Be Seeing Anytime Soon: Titles and Loglines From Screenplays That Didn’t Win Project Greenlight
by Matthew Dessem (4/19/2001)

Inspirational Messages Found in Southern California Public High Schools, As Observed by a Substitute Teacher
by James Nevison (4/12/2001)

Remember in Passenger 57 When Elizabeth Hurley Says “How Would You Like Your Steak, Sir?” and He Says “Bloody!” and Then They Start Shooting People? OK. Five Other Ways He Could Have Liked His Steak, With the Concomitant Killing Methodologies
by Josh Levin (4/12/2001)

Important Dates in Machiavelli’s Life
by B.R. Cohen (4/12/2001)

Proposed Names for an Amateur Wrestler Unduly Influenced by the Work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by Jim Ruland (4/12/2001)

Passwords Printed on the Eight Trial Software Packages AOL Has Mailed to Me since December 20, and an Imagined Exchange Between AOL and Me
by Matthew Summers-Sparks (4/10/2001)

Real and Imagined Things My 3-Month-Old Son Charlie Has Said
by John Moe (4/5/2001)

A Paranoid’s ’80s Mix Tape
by Dave Reidy (4/5/2001)

Muscles of the Face or Men’s Colognes
by Mike Henry (4/5/2001)

Uses for Various Bells as Suggested by EthnicMusic.com
by Sarah Moran (4/5/2001)

Popular Books Titled as Though Written in an Engineering, Scientific, and/or Mathematical Vernacular
by Ter McDermott (4/5/2001)

Advertising Slogans Targeted at the Lovecraftian Elder Gods
by Greg Knauss (3/29/2001)

Library Science Jargon That Sounds Dirty
by Aaron J. Enright (3/29/2001)

A Year in Words That Sound Like Pasta Shapes When Pronounced as Such
by Michelle Orange (3/29/2001)

Actual Sentences Written by Students in My Fiction Workshop in a Well-Respected MFA Program Over a Period of a Couple Weeks or So
by Luke O'Neil (3/29/2001)

Actual T’ai Chi Terms That Would Be Intriguing as Services Provided by a Geisha, Plus Two That I Made Up
by Brann Greager (3/29/2001)

Early Drafts of Surprise Endings
by Greg Knauss (2/23/2001)

Teas and/or Psychedelics I’m Inventing
by Jeff Johnson (2/23/2001)

America’s Funniest Home Depots
by Joy Nolan (2/23/2001)

Four Things I Would Have Said to Sylvia Plath If I Had Been Her Boyfriend
by Dan Kennedy (2/23/2001)

More Ways to Cook and Eat Céline Dion
by Mike Topp (2/15/2001)

Mohicans
by Michael Andor Brodeur (2/15/2001)

In Lineup Form, Possible Nicknames for Semi-Popular Former and Present-Day Major League Baseball Players Using Only The Full Names of Former Catchers Who Themselves Lacked Nicknames
by JT Dobbs (2/15/2001)

Rejected Titles for Sisqo’s “Thong Song.”
by Mike Johns (2/15/2001)

My Own Private Menlo Park
by Peter O'Toole (2/9/2001)

Disorders in Which Laughter May Be a Symptom
by Mike Topp (2/8/2001)

What We’d All Be Talking About If Important Things Had Different Names
by Daniel Arizona and F. Tanner Colby (2/2/2001)

Troubled Business Models
by Kenan Pollack and Stuart Wade (2/2/2001)

Things My Girlfriend or Mother Have Called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (Real and Imagined)
by Erik Kraft (1/26/2001)

Eleven Lunchmeats I Have Invented
by Steven Tomsik (1/23/2001)

Actual “To-Do” List Found on Ground in Parking Lot in Downtown Indianapolis, Published as a Warning to Steve About Potential Atypical Behavior of an Otherwise Kind and Generous Person
by Mark E. Need (1/23/2001)

Cause and Effect Rules for Sidewalk Travel
by John Moe (1/22/2001)

Titles From True Detective
by Mike Topp (1/19/2001)

10 Groundbreaking Research Titles
by Jane Newman (1/18/2001)

41 Archaic Diseases or Former Pro Football Head Coaches
by Dan Davis (1/13/2001)

Rhetorical Questions Posed By My Dentist That I Honestly Believe I Would Answer Yes To
by Dan Kennedy (1/12/2001)

Infrequently Asked Questions
by JT Dobbs (1/11/2001)

10 Eligible Bachelors and What They Are Eligible For
by Michael Andor Brodeur (1/10/2001)

Spelling Words With “K.”
by Erik Kraft (1/9/2001)

Academic Euphemisms for Masturbating
by Andrew Wheeler (1/7/2001)

Tanks and Bubblegum
by Eryk Salvaggio (1/5/2001)

Ailments I Will Probably Have, Later
by Steven Tomsik (1/4/2001)

Answers to Common Questions, in Which the Answers Incorporate Common AutoCAD 14 Commands
by Ter McDermott (1/3/2001)

New Year’s Events You May Have Missed
by Stuart Wade (1/2/2001)

Secret New Year’s Resolutions From Washington
by Jim Ruland (12/29/2000)

Actual Names of Hamsters Living in Seattle’s Queen Anne Neighborhood (in Reference to Previous Lists by Diana Fischer)
by Adam Voith (12/28/2000)

Concluding Sentences from YM Magazine’s “Say Anything” Column, a Collection of Embarrassing Experiences Submitted by YM Readers
by David Roth (12/27/2000)

Questions for the Office Manager
by Mike Topp (12/21/2000)

Lies I Have Told About Myself to Get Into Well-Paid Focus Groups
by Cornelia Ann Bailey (12/20/2000)

Waiting Lists
by Justine Hermitage (12/19/2000)

What Alex Rodriguez Can and Cannot Buy With $252 Million
by John Moe (12/15/2000)

A Week of Weather Forecasts By The A&E Biography Clock, As Viewed By Me From Columbus Circle
by Keith Bunin (12/14/2000)

Phrases Considered Handy by Makers of Ukranian-English Tapes for Car Service Drivers
by Elisa Zuritsky (12/13/2000)

Seven Deadly Lists
by Kevin Walter (12/12/2000)

Words, Names, Or Phrases That Must Be Mispronounced In Order To Create The Proper Rhyme Scheme In My Epic Poem About The 1921 Boston Red Sox
by Kevin Canfield (12/11/2000)

Who Let the Dogs Out?
by JT Dobbs (12/7/2000)

Ten Sequels (In the Tradition of What’s Happening Now!!)
by Sara Ogilvie (12/7/2000)

Jurisdictional Karate: 36 Selected Pairs of Guide Words from The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 1974
by Joy Nolan (12/5/2000)

Last-Minute Installation Ideas
by J.M. Martinez (12/4/2000)

David Blaine Is Soft, Or, Things I Would Stand In For 61 Hours
by Steven Tomsik (12/1/2000)

Actual Academic Journals Which Could Be Broadway Shows If They Had Exclamation Points Added!
by T.G. Gibbon (11/30/2000)

Names of People I Know That Also Form Grammatically Correct Sentences
by Cornelia Ann Bailey (11/29/2000)

Dares and Double-Dares I Took Prior to My 10th Birthday, and Their Consequences
by Sean Carrie (11/28/2000)

Noises That Select Political Pundits Would Make If They Were Wild Animals Instead of Political Pundits
by John Warner (11/27/2000)

Match the Product With the Label Instructions/Warning
by Bob Sassone (11/25/2000)

Bed As Compass: Directions in Which My Bed Has Faced, by City and by Apt/House/Room
by Michael Murphy (11/21/2000)

Things to Do in Hell
by Mike Topp (11/20/2000)

Strippers Who Care
by Stacey Woods (11/17/2000)

Grammatical and Other Errors Recently Found in an Official Government Document, In Alphabetical Order
by Rinny Brown (11/16/2000)

Words That Would Make Nice Names for Babies, If It Weren’t For Their Unsuitable Meanings
by Stephany Aulenback (11/15/2000)

17 Lines of Copy Used on the Website buycostumes.com
by JT Dobbs (11/14/2000)

Recently Discovered Voting Irregularities in Florida
by John Moe (11/13/2000)

Blame Florida: Proposed Name Changes for the State of Florida
by Jim Ruland (11/10/2000)

The First 100 Posts
by John Warner (11/10/2000)

Some States and their Electoral College Values
by Josh Weintraub (11/8/2000)

U.S. Presidential Candidates of the Future: Some Domain Names That Are Already Registered
by Mark Anderson (11/7/2000)

The Six Simple Machines (Modern)
by Karl Petruso (11/4/2000)

My Children Will Pay For This Someday
by Steven Tomsik (11/3/2000)

Taxi Driver
by Mike Topp (11/2/2000)

Recipes That Would Be Officially Approved by the Ayn Rand Institute
by John Warner (11/1/2000)

“The doggie.com Domain Name Has Been Registered”: Register.com’s Proposed Alternate Domain Names
by Matthew Summers-Sparks (10/31/2000)

The Seven Stages of Drunk
by Kevin Sampsell (10/30/2000)

Cow Best Sellers
by Mike Topp (10/27/2000)

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