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Maxim Articles Rewritten as Sociology Papers
by François Vincent (1/17/2010)

Obstacles That Keep My Career as a French Professor from Being More Like Tim Gunn’s on Project Runway
by Hervé Picherit (1/14/2010)

Other Halls and Oates
by Monique Madrid (1/14/2010)

When All Else Fails, Name Your Self-Help Book After a Raymond Carver Story
by Sean Carman (1/14/2010)

2010 Dead Pool Nominees, Local NYC Business Edition
by Joseph Housley (1/7/2010)

A Comparative Study in Theme Park Attractions: Mexico’s Chichén Itzá Ruins vs. Disney World’s Magic Kingdom
by g c cunningham (1/7/2010)

The Top Ten Movies of 1909
by Christopher Cantwell (1/7/2010)

“Must-Haves” for the Holiday Season
by Aubrey Cloutier (12/17/2009)

Tonight On HGTV
by Kim Justice (12/17/2009)

Jazz Substandards
by Lucas Klauss (12/17/2009)

Number of Twitter Followers of Famous Historical Figures
by Ben Greenman (12/10/2009)

Backhanded Compliments
by Beth Scozzafava and Nathan Szymanski (12/10/2009)

If My Upcoming Indian Childhood Memoir Fails, Literary Mashups I Could Create With It Instead
by Rupinder Gill (12/10/2009)

Biblical Figures of the NYSE
by Jim Connelly (12/3/2009)

More Academic Euphemisms for Masturbating
by Doug McInnes and Reid McDonald (12/3/2009)

My MFA Workshop Responds to My Twitter Status Updates
by Anthony Sams (12/3/2009)

Previous Experience Listed on the Résumé of a Male Nude Model Applying for a Job in the Monroe Community College Advanced Figure Drawing Class
by Rit Bottorf (11/19/2009)

Notes from the Landlord
by Brandi Wells (11/19/2009)

Captain Blackbeard’s College of Piracy — Ye Olde Course Catalogue, Spring ’10
by Christopher Robinson (11/19/2009)

The Franz Liszt
by Robert Bullis (11/12/2009)

Lost J.M.W. Turner Compositions
by Frank Morris (11/12/2009)

Calvin Coolidge Wins the Internet
by Maureen Miller (11/12/2009)

My Personal Netflix Recommendation Categories
by Keri Bertino (11/5/2009)

Tom Swifties Excised from the Bible
by Cory Harris (11/5/2009)

Movie Deals For Eight Dadamedy Shorts, 1919-1922
by Bryan R. Farrow (11/5/2009)

Actuarial Tables
by Jeff Bercovici and Piper Weiss (10/29/2009)

Terrible Poetry Jokes
by Peter LaVelle (10/29/2009)

Fourteen Nipple Synonyms for Romance Novelists
by Noah F. Grossman (10/29/2009)

Roman Bumper Stickers
by Kathleen Johnson (10/22/2009)

Seven Rejected Improv Troupe Scenarios
by Eric K. Auld (10/22/2009)

Airlines of Last Resort
by Mike Richardson-Bryan (10/22/2009)

What to Expect: The Third Decade
by Summer Block (10/15/2009)

Lowest Priority H1N1 Vaccine Groups
by Sarah Garb (10/15/2009)

Bob Dylan GPS Voice Quotes
by Dan Wilbur (10/15/2009)

Super Super Foods
by Will Bailey (10/8/2009)

Hairstyles That Would Also Make Better Lovers Than My Boyfriend, Bob
by Rebecca Huval (10/8/2009)

George W. Bush’s Retirement To-Do List Regarding the Gophers on Crawford Ranch
by Kate Hahn (10/8/2009)

YouTube Comment or e.e. cummings?
by François Vincent (10/1/2009)

Four Things Written to Me from the Dean, Forwarded by a Secretary
by Travis Dale Lindeman (10/1/2009)

The Least Popular Gift Cards at Wegmans
by Ken Krimstein (10/1/2009)

Eleven Things One Should Never Say While Climaxing with a New Lover
by Adam Skalman (9/24/2009)

Entries from the Index of First Lines in Frederick Seidel’s Poems 1959-2009 Taken as a True/False Quiz
by Georgia Cool (9/24/2009)

Failed One-Liners from My Audition for Host of Australia’s Funniest Home Videos
by Gladstone and Ian Carey (9/24/2009)

The AND1 Office Mixtape Tour
by Dan Moreau (9/17/2009)

The Other Bathroom Numbers
by David Weschler (9/17/2009)

Phrases My Orchestra Conductor Has Said to Me That Could Get Him Fired if Said Out of Context
by E.M. Gala (9/17/2009)

Hurricane or Grandparent?
by Dylan Brown (9/3/2009)

15 Uses for Vodka
by Will Bailey (9/3/2009)

Republican S&M Safe Words
by Nathan Pensky (9/3/2009)

Hyundai Motor Company Model, Cirque du Soleil Show, or Pharmaceutical?
by Adam McDowell (8/20/2009)

Mathematical Refutations of Folk Wisdom
by Andrew dePasquale (8/20/2009)

I Came Here to Do Two Things: _______ and Kick Ass. And I’m _______
by Wes Brown (8/20/2009)

Character from a Thomas Pynchon Novel or Someone Who Recently Sent Me Spam?
by Matt Barnhart (8/6/2009)

Philosopher Finishing Moves
by Pravasan Pillay (8/6/2009)

Spoilers I’ve Delivered To English Lit Majors
by Gladstone (8/6/2009)

Movies for Architects
by Blair Fink (8/6/2009)

Status Updates Since My Mother Became My Facebook Friend
by Scott A. Harris (7/31/2009)

Signs This Film is Not Your Big Break
by Stef Willen (7/31/2009)

My Line of Children’s Slogan T-Shirts Just Isn’t Selling
by Andrew Fleming (7/31/2009)

Iran or Star Wars?
by M. Lindsay Moore (7/2/2009)

Heavy Metal Board Games
by Andrea Bellemare (7/2/2009)

Properties I Learned In Math Class On Brownian Motion (BM), with Explanations
by Scott Lowenstein (7/2/2009)

Titles From The Baby-Sitters Club: The College Years Series
by Grace Dobush (6/18/2009)

More Appropriate Wi-Fi Network Names for My Fellow Apartment Building Tenants
by Josh Silverstein (6/18/2009)

Books On Tape
by J. Alex Boyd and Jonathan Baude (6/18/2009)

Aesop’s Wife’s Tales
by Doug Lieblich (6/11/2009)

Non-Safety Schools
by Matthew A. Cohen (6/11/2009)

Key to High School Yearbook Abbreviations, Updated and Expanded
by Marc Tyler Nobleman (6/11/2009)

Party Games For the Recession
by Aaron Nobel and Carmen Nobel (6/4/2009)

Potential Business Opportunities Based On Songs By The Rolling Stones, à la “Ruby Tuesday” Restaurant
by Trevor Seigler (6/4/2009)

Items Available at the Socratic Deli & Grocery
by Chad Lavimonière (6/4/2009)

Norse Spirituals
by Alex Schmidt (5/19/2009)

Events From Our Office Functions, Written as Newspaper Headlines
by M. Wilson (5/19/2009)

Presidents Who Could Also Be Strippers
by Noel Wood (5/19/2009)

Tips for Avoiding Swine Flu
by Janice Chan and Kristin Hillery (5/5/2009)

Great Moments in American and Brady Bunch History
by Jeremy Davids (5/5/2009)

From the People Who Brought You Poetry Slam
by Mike Richardson-Bryan (5/5/2009)

Articles of Clothing That Go Well With Distressed Jeans
by Colleen Doyle (4/24/2009)

FMyLife Moments in Greek Mythology
by Jon Mitchell Edge and Tim Caine (4/24/2009)

Dogs the Obama Girls Met but Did Not Choose
by Glen David Gold (4/24/2009)

Unrhymed Couplets Written Upon Learning My Ex Scored a Five-Figure Book Deal
by Chaya Chopra (4/17/2009)

Certain Terms and Conditions May Apply to This Offer of Marriage
by Torey Lightcap (4/17/2009)

Inquiries and Mitigations Made by Both Your Financial Consultant and Your Gynecologist
by Lauren Bans (4/17/2009)

1980s TV Shows for Plants
by Ross Murray (3/30/2009)

Things Said in the Sleep-Research Lab That Could Also Refer to a One-Night Stand
by Megan Helena Conner (3/30/2009)

Paleolithic Bryan Adams: A Playlist
by Josiah Lindsey (3/30/2009)

Partial Index of First Lines From The Academy of American Sciences Presents: Famous Love Poems Enhanced by 21st-Century Research Findings.
by Andrew Neuendorf (3/24/2009)

Passive-Aggressive Compliments I Give to My Wife That Were Stolen From Prince Lyrics
by Doug Campbell and Julia McCloy (3/24/2009)

Actual Personal-Health-Care Tips From the 1917 U.S. Army Manual of Military Training (Written by Colonel James A. Moss) That Still Make Good Sense Today
by John Kearney (3/24/2009)

Thoughts That Kept Picasso Up at Night
by Sascha Cohen (3/20/2009)

Tweets From the Roman Senate During Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline
by Daniel O'Keefe (3/17/2009)

Unpopular Mardi Gras Shouts
by David Ellis Dickerson (3/17/2009)

SerendipiTea’s New Workplace Line of Teas
by Karen Schechner (3/13/2009)

Titles I’m Kicking Around for My Forthcoming Bernie Madoff Biopic
by Eric Feezell (3/13/2009)

Academic Monographs by Stars of the 1980s
by Burke Hilsabeck (3/13/2009)

Investment Opportunities for a Weak Economy, Suggested by the Ghost of James Brown
by David Hart (2/27/2009)

School Mascots That More Acccurately Represent the Student Body at My University
by Chris Milmore (2/27/2009)

Why Karma Is a Bitch
by Laura Leu (2/27/2009)

Things I Thought or Heard While Serving in Iraq
by Steven A. Devine (2/12/2009)

SportsCenter Anchors Tell the Story of Jesus Christ
by Brendan Fitzgibbons (2/12/2009)

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